UPDATE: The mystery has been solved as two days after the first package an envelop arrived. It contained a beautiful reproduction of an old map of Breda. I'll have to get it nicely framed as it's too nice to file it away somewhere. I love old stuff like this!

I was suprised to get another gift as Santa marked only one gift as shipped, but it was a nice surprise! Thank you, Santa!

Original post: I'm taking a guess here and think that the mystery package that arrived yesterday is from my Hometown Santa.

Yesterday a small package arrived. The sender was a second hand book store that sells through another big online vendor and I had actually browsed through that second hand book store's selection that day. Thus I recognised the sender, which added to my confusion. I had not ordered anything from this book store, had I? The stamp on the package said it had been shipped on September 9th and that didn't make any bells ring either.

Inside was an old children's book named "Het turfship van Breda" by P. de Zeeuw and inside the book was a stamp from a Sunday school. There was no note. I was very confused and I did some digging online about this book (This is actually a second edition from 1975 and the author has produced an impressive list of books and novels) and I also browsed through my own order history to see if I hadn't accidentally ordered this book.

Then it slowly dawned on me that this book does tick off several of the things I mentioned in my notes to my Santa. It's about local history and I like reading. The book is about the capture of the city Breda in 1590 during the Eighty Year's War and during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda.

Assuming this is from my Hometown Santa: Thank you, Santa! It's a witty gift that teaches about local history and I'll enjoy brushing up my knowledge of the Eighty Year's War and Breda. When my daughter is a bit older I may find out if she likes history as much as I do.