This gift means more to me then my very generous santa probably ever imagined. As it so happened, approaching the Christmas season this year, my home flooded due to a faulty washer machine, and besides loading my home for months, I also lost everything that I had on my floor that day, and as a high-school senior boy, that was a lot.

All my xbox controllers where lost, along with my hard drive containing my games. My entire physical book library was destroyed, including books of my childhood pictures.

The move to hotels was stressful and chaotic, forcing me to lose track of all my personal comforts and living out of a backpack for 3 weeks, right during finals week and college application season.

Finally at Christmas, our family found a small house to rent until ours was repaired, and boxes begin to be opened and brought back as we moved in. With finals over and on break, I was excited to destress and relax by getting back to gaming for the first time in a month. After hooking up all of my xbox equipment, and getting everything set up, I realized that I had no controllers left and no way to play. I had to wait until I saved up the money or the lengthy insurance process completed to get back to my hobby.

The next day, my secret santa gift arrived. It was a beautifully customized xbox controller, with my own gamertag engraved into it, showing some significant thought and time having gone into the gift. And the controller allowed me to begin to play xbox again, weeks sooner then I could have myself.

So thank you to an especially generous santa this holiday season, thank you for making a boys rough month begin to turn around and get better.