Dear Santa,

I don't think you realized the significance of the gifts you selected or the way they were shipped. There's absolutely no way you could have known that two seemingly random items belonged together, especially since your intel was gathered from different sources.

The 3D cat puzzle is gorgeous & has already enjoying her new home. My cat Floey is enjoying her gift as well! Thank you!

The second box contained two items which separately have no connection with each other. The lovely History of Poland book is awesome! I immediately started to read it, looking at the maps to find where my grandma's family is from. After a few minutes it dawned on me that there was more in the box. As soon as I realized what it was I started to cry. Normally a 3 pound (!) bag of candy isn't tear inducing. However, when it's a big ass bag of Bit O Honeys which happens to be your grandparents' favorite candy, well a lot of happy memories surface. My Polish grandmother loved the Bit O Honeys so much we had to smuggle them into her hospice room & later actually put some with her when we buried her. The book + candy just stirred up so many wonderful memories of my grandparents. Thank you soooo much.

As I was setting the gifts up for pictures, something occurred to me and I started that ugly cry: the box with the book & candy arrived today, the anniversary of my grandpa's passing away.

Your gifts to me reminded me of that special bond between grandparents & grandchildren.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

*****edited 12/22 to add: My husband was so inspired by my not so secret Santa /u/rodmono that he managed to sneak a mother's ring that we gave to grandma in the early 70's and had it cleaned & resized. Putting the ring on was putting on decades of cherished memories. Thank you again Rodmono!