LadySabastian ROCKED her first exchange! I am so grateful for this gift.

First off, I received a very large and nice box. It weighed 9 pounds! When I opened it, I was greeted with a ton of packing peanuts. I dug inside and found a parcel of 3 wrapped packages and a "Santa sack" full of more gifts!

I opened the sack first, and it contained a ton of snacks (peppermint Flipz, a boatload of Reese's cups, lemon and mint Milano cookies); various toys for my cat (catnip bird, 7 jingle/crinkle toys, a laser, and a bag of salmon treats); and 5 pairs of Harry Potter socks that I had on my amazon wishlist. Sweet!

I opened the card next, and it had a very nice note along with a $25 gift card for Hollister which is great because I need new jeans very badly. Wow. At this point, this is already more than I expected, and I still have three wrapped gifts to open!

The first package contained a Christmas book about squirrels! Squirrels are my very favorite animal and this is adorable. The author of the book makes little scenes outdoors and waits for her wild squirrels to come and interact with her sets... uh, cute as heck!

The second package had a World of Warcraft cookbook! The recipes look delicious, and the art inside is incredible. Love! I can't wait to try some of these out.

The third package contained a Harry Potter puzzle! OMG. This puzzle is challenging. The pieces are very odd shapes, and so much of it is the same color. I am not often challenged by puzzles, so I'm in heaven with this one. My boyfriend and I got started on it right away, and even put on The Sorcerer's Stone in the background while we worked, since that's what movie the puzzle scene is from. :) I dug into the Flipz while we worked!

LadySabastian, I hope you receive an equally thoughtful and wonderful gift from your Santa. Please know that this was one of my very favorite gifts from RedditGifts exchanges, and this is coming from a "seasoned veteran." I can tell that a lot of care and thought went into this present, and it was above and beyond.

Merry Christmas!