Before I start I want to apologize for not posting this earlier. I received this in the second week of January. I absolutely love my gift and wanted to make a grand post that is worthy of it. Unfortunately I haven't managed to get the time to do so, so I thought an okay post is better than no post :(

I'm in Canada and my santa is from The Netherlands. I signed up for international matches and in my profile I said I'd like something that is unique/special/traditional to the sender's culture/country. I also said in my profile that I like cookies (well who doesn't?)

My santa sent exactly that!

The shipping took about an entire month, I guess baked goods coming in from Amsterdam must have raised a few flags at the customs :D

When I got the tracking info I noticed that the package weighs a whopping 4 kilograms! Holy crap that must have cost a fortune to send I thought, and I found out that it really did when I got the package. The shipping alone can be considered a gift lol!

So I opened it up and there was a note on top of layers and layers of snacks.

The note described a children's holiday called Sinterklaas that's celebrated on the 5th of December. All the food items that he sent are traditionally eaten in that holiday!

He sent an absolutely ridiculous amount of little biscuits called Kruidnoten, and I'm glad that he did because I can't stop eating them! I've never tried them before and I absolutely love those little cinnamon ginger nibblets. He/she insisted that I share, and I did, and everybody that tried them absolutely loves them!

I'm still trying to get around to tasting everything properly, I'm savoring them really. The anise buns called Korstjes are very delicious as well. If I have to pick I'd say the plain Kruidnoten are my favorite! I'll try to find some at the local Dutch grocery store :)

Thank you again Santa for a very thoughtful, very delicious present. It's tied for the best gift I've received in the last year, by a mile!

I hope you have a wonderful year good health for years to come!