This is the second Reddit Secret Santa that I've participated in (the third if you count Arbitrary Day over the summer) and, so far, each of my Santa's have been incredibly awesome with the gifts that they've given me. This year is no exception.

At first I was worried that my Santa wasn't going to be sending me anything because every time I checked when it was that they pulled my information, it always said that it was on the 29th of November. I hadn't received any messages from them and as the 16th neared, I got more and more worried that I wasn't going to go anything at all. I know that doing this isn't about getting--it's much more about the giving. But still, to not even receive a message from your Santa would be pretty sad.

Amazingly though, my Santa hadn't forgotten about me at all. They were using the time to research my Reddit profile and try and find something that really fit me. I got a message from them a few days ago, and today, a box arrived in the mail for me that I wasn't expecting.

I'm a filmmaker, videographer, and photographer by trade and a lot of my work requires really good audio and sometimes even voice over work. I've been using a Blue Snowball microphone for a while and it's served me incredibly well, but I've been itching to buy myself the next step up as far as microphones go.

Enter my present: The Blue Yeti.

It's an amazing microphone for the price, and a rather stunning thing to look at in general. I wasn't expecting to get anything like this at all, least of all from my Santa. So I can only assume that they're just incredibly awesome and thoughtful and leave it at that.

To my Santa (minorsniper), this gift will be put to good use! Thank you so much for getting it for me.

Have a very merry Christmas!