Look. I know everyone is supposed to be excited for their gift. Even if you're not REALLY excited, you're supposed to pretend because that's the spirit of the holiday. I get that, but that's just not me... I... OH BOY, I AM! I AM ACTUALLY GENUINELY SUPER EXCITED!

My Santa is incredible. I opened my box and saw a tag that said "Scratch Off Map" (sorry, I like nosing through everything before I open my gift) and I was like "Oh, it's a scratch off USA map! I see people showing off their map all the time online! They're actually pretty cool!"

Then I opened the container and unrolled the map and OH BOY... I WAS NOT EXPECTING WHAT I SAW!!

It's a map... OF THE WORLD... and it looks INCREDIBLE! I actually let out a gasp because I was NOT expecting to see that! It's super fancy and super detailed and isn't just countries but also divides up the countries to their respective sections! I don't have to scratch out a whole country when I visit it. I have to actually explore the WHOLE country if I want to be able to scratch off all parts of the country and see what is hidden underneath the matte area on the map!

There is also flags at the bottom and I can't decide if they scratch off as well (I REALLY AM TOO IN LOVE WITH THIS TO MESS IT UP YET!) but it is just so awesome all around. I actually took pictures of the map the moment I had it out on my floor and sent pictures to a bunch of people because EVERYONE knows how much I love traveling and this is like the most perfect gift I could have gotten!

THANK YOU SECRET SANTA! YOU REALLY ARE QUITE AN INCREDIBLE PERSON! I don't know you, I wish I could personally thank you but I'm seriously just happy knowing that someone actually figured me out and got something I both love (REALLY LOVE) AND something I can use. Actually I'll be able to use this for a VERY VERY LONG TIME.

I promise it won't stay on the floor! I'm just looking for a way to frame it up so I can put it on my wall now. This will be the first actual thing that goes on my wall out of all the years I've lived here!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I hope you got even 1/10th of awesome of a gift as I got! I really feel weirdly guilty because I can't even imagine that anything I got for my giftee will come close to as perfect as this is for someone like me.

PS: IT CAME WITH A MAP OF THE USA AS WELL! I hope you don't mind but I'm actually planning on giving the USA map to my little brother. I really want him to love and enjoy traveling as much as I do so this will be the perfect way for him to see just how much he has done. I also plan for once he finishes the map then I have the trip of a lifetime he'd be the perfect one to take with me on. You really will have made two people extremely happy with one gift -- you're quite the crazy good Santa! I'll definitely try to update this after I give the map of the USA to my little brother so you can know how he responds!

THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!!