I’ll start by saying this has been my fifth secret Santa exchange and I have been incredibly lucky to have had five amazing Santa’s!

I’m mostly a stay at home Dad these days but started a new part time job last week which is quite physically intense. I came home on Saturday night after a very long shift to a package that I wasn’t 100% sure if I had ordered. On opening and seeing the wrapping paper underneath, I knew it had to be Reddit SS!

At first I was confused...how could my Santa know my abnormally large shoe size? I never listed it in my info but we quickly realised this was just a container for a lovely bundle of gifts!

I did try my best to wait till the 25th...I really did. I lasted exactly two hours from reading the note till I caved! I’m a bigger kid than the one year old!

I had mentioned that, if possible, could my SS let me know where they where from and so I received a lovely card from Billingham! I will admit I did not know it’s location but you’ll be right in thinking I’ve googled it since and maybe we’ll pop by some day!

I really love gifts that are new to me or something that the gifter themselves has a passion for, even if it doesn’t fit with me in the end, as it really gives a sense of that person. With that in mind, I feel like I’m a little closer to my Santa this year!

My Partner and I are going to keep the Lebkuchen Stars for Christmas Eve! They look scrumptious! However, as you can see, we’re having to wrestle the bag away from the little one!

The doodle book is great and will keep me occupied through train journeys and nap times! I finally completed Inktober this year so this will keep pushing my creative skills forward!

As a massive comic book fan, I can’t wait to get stuck into the Lovelace And Babbage book. I actually don’t know anything about the real life figures either so I’ll learn and be entertained!

In the same vein, I seem to have completely missed out on Public Service Broadcasting which is strange as they seem right up my street too! Can’t wait to give it a whirl and try more of their work!

The past parcel I opened was the camo case. And I saw the antibacterial wipe and assumed this was some kind of baby care package! It was even cooler than that though! A geocaching supply kit!!

We used to do a lot of urban exploring before the wee fella arrived and even some geocaching! We’ve been desperate to get back into it and this kit will be so helpful in letting us do that! We’d also never set up our own stash before so we get to do something new too!

Thank you so much Santa! For the gifts, card and the explanation note! It was lovely to get to know a sense of you from them all! I hope your Santa has or will be as generous and as thoughtful as you’ve been to me! Thank you again! And Merry Christmas!!!