I got contacted by my santa introducing himself and asking me about my preferences in my profile - and said he had not heard about raspberry pi's and boards in general.

Also, he thought it was very strange I hadn't owned a handheld console growing up, since it was pretty much ingrained in our culture that kids would have a gameboy.

I told him I didn't want to buy a used one for the same price of a new one, and that price was high. So that's why I wanted to get into RPi tinkering, since endgame was to make a handheld console using my 3D printer at work and the RPi.

He said he had something in mind for my gift and we didn't exchange any more messages.

So come today, delivery man comes at work (I live in a forsaken neighborhood so I used work address) and gives me a package, sized exactly like an A4 paper stack (funny because I work at a print shop). The packaging was handmade, which I loved because it was so thoughtful that he took the time to pack it nicely. It took some time for the traffic to slow down, at which point I sat and opened the gift.

First was a personal letter in which my santa apologized for his bad christmas card making skills, and said he had already "started to work on it" which didn't really make sense at the time. He also said there was a backside to the letter, but to read it after.

So I opened the box (funnily enough, it was an actual A4 paper box) and saw that my Santa had bought me a RPi magazine that comes bundled with the Pi Zero W essentials! My mouth was legit gaping when I saw it, and my boss was very curious to see what I got that made me so happy (not that he would know what it was xD).

There was also another small package inside, which I thought was extra stuff for the RPi. I opened it a while later due to another wave of customers coming in.

It. was. a. fucking. gameboy. advance. With a ton of games too! It caught me by such surprise that I actually started sniffling and couldn't really do anything.

The back side of the letter said that he was sorry to send me a used console, but since I was ok with it he did it anyways. He also apologized for not being able to send me more (?!).

Dear tzole21, this was the most thoughtful and amazing gift Santa has ever given me. There is nothing more I would ask for! Much love to you and everyone else!