This is only my second time away from home for Christmas, so lately I've been feeling a bit lonely. But today, I had the biggest smile I've had in a long time.

I got home from my new job here in Tokyo and noticed a slip saying that a package was attempted to be delivered. I was just about to go online and reschedule a time for them to deliver it to me when the door bell rang.

I answered the door and the poor delivery man was soaking wet and he had my package! I apologized to him for having to deliver the package to me in the rain. Instead of snow, Tokyo usually gets rain for Christmas.

I knew exactly what it was, part of me wanted to wait until December 25th to open it up, but I was wayyyyy too excited. I promptly grabbed the scissors and ripped that box open. The first thing to greet me was Winnie the Pooh dressed as Santa Claus and a Disney bag.

By this point, I'm grinning ear to ear and even more excited to see what awaits me inside the bag. Before I opened the bag, I noticed a cute little letter that had a cat folded into the stationary. Japan is the best place if you want cute stationary. My secret Santa wrote me a lovely letter explaining the gifts.

I open the bag and there was A TON of stuff in there. It had the following:

Hot Red Wine Mix

Apple Tea

Wasabi Chocolate

Chip Calendar

Chip N Dale Towel

Mickey Mouse face towel

Winnie the Pooh Photo Album

Ayumi Hamasaki 3D Postcard

JPOP Mix CD (note the beautiful origami)

Words cannot describe how happy this made me. My secret Santa completely made my Christmas. Incredibly thoughtful gifts. To my secret Santa, you are awesome and thank you so so much, I can't thank you enough. It may seem small but this really did make me incredibly happy. Thank you!!