First off, I have to apologize to my Santa. I have been meaning to write this thank you since before Christmas and I’ve just been bombarded left and right between family, work and being sick that I just hadn’t gotten the chance! My Santa was so amazing to me!

First off, I knew my Santa was going to be epic as they asked me for more details about myself, including whether or not I had kids and what kind of likes my wife had. When we got the box, I couldn’t believe how heavy it was. Over 12 pounds! I was so excited to rip into it, that although we only had 20 minutes before my family was due to arrive for an early round of dinner/presents, I decided to just go for it and unwrap everything anyways.

The first surprise was just how much came out of the package! Not only that, two specific gifts were labeled for my wife and for our cat respectively. We had Spike sniffing around almost immediately so we decided to help him unwrap his gift first. Treats! Thank you from a very happy fur baby. Pictures of a very happy Spike included. Then I had my wife open her gift. Face Masks! She says that she loves them and she can’t wait to pamper herself!

On to my gifts! Spike was still sniffing around so I opened up some delicious Gudrun chocolate. I had never had anything from them before, but they were all delicious. I divided the tray with my wife so we both got enjoyment out of them. I next opened a copy of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 40th Anniversary edition! I love Monty Python and Holy Grail is a classic. So excited to own my own copy of it! I then opened a board game (which both my wife and I enjoy). Game of Thrones which I have heard great things about and am excited to try out. I then got an awesome ice cube maker shaped like the Death Star! I have yet to get a good cube out, but I think I am overfilling it. I will keep trying as the cubes would work well with some Star Wars glasses I have as well. Next, I got a fantastic knife sharpening block that I had wanted to use on some older knives that I want to repair. Last but not least, one gift that literally made my wife laugh out loud. An oven mitt that says “Trophy Husband” on it as I mentioned to my Santa that I enjoy baking. I've already used it a few times this week!

Of course, I should mention that I loved the Jon Snow card (and had it displayed with the other cards we received this year) and that Spike also loved the huge box everything came in. So that was a bit of an extra gift as well.

Oh! Also, I had to laugh when I saw my Santa's username. It looked familiar, and sure enough, I had actually seen their post on /r/SecretSanta before the gifts where sent! Post is here.

Thank you so much for everything Santa! I really do love everything and could not have asked for a better experience from this exchange!