I'm lucky enough to not want for too much, so I asked that my Secret Santa did something for a charity or somebody in need this Christmas. My santa stepped up and gave the money he would have spent on a present to a charity of his choice, the UK's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal (RSPCA).

This came as something of a creepy surprise as I happen to work at said charity... and had never mentioned it anywhere on Reddit or the internet at all. Having had a chat with my Santa via private message, I've established he is in fact not a private investigator or otherwise terrifying in any way, and it was a total, if remarkable, coincidence. Another one of those strange Redditgifts moments I suppose!

Unfortunately, I couldn't get any of our canine employees (https://blogs.rspca.org.uk/insights/2015/12/13/a-blog-for-our-office-dogs/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=Bridie&utm_campaign=WinterCash2016#.WEhAVLKLTIU) to pose with my thank you note without attempting to eat it, so I have instead got a picture featuring the non-canine star of our Christmas video, the #LoveAnimals heart cushion - I hope that will do

(If you haven't already seen it, the heart features in this Christmas ad - not a bouncing badger in sight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPQCBzreSm8)

Thank you so much and Merry Christmas from myself and Bridie the Irish Setter.