Most of the people you meet in your life, like most of the people you don't, never leave their countries to travel. Of those who do - a tiniest fraction visits a substantial number of countries: most travelers I know never reached 20, although I do know some people that are close to 100 by now.

For me, the reason to join Secret Santa this year was to share. I come from a country that gets not that much of attention from foreign tourists and it was a pleasure to buy, pack and send different locally made stuff for my giftee.

Now, when I've unpacked my gift, I was super-pleased to see that my Santa packed a lot of local Netherlands snacks! It is, in a way, a small visit into the country's traditions (I've got a traditional chocolate letter A for my First Name begins with A! :D), specialities (like liquorice! Netherlands are no. 1 nation in liquorice candy consumption!).

This is awesome! Thanks, Santa. Thanks, reddit! I hope you all have a very happy new year and travel a lot in 2018!