So -- my favorite part of these exchanges are when my santa not only takes the time to think of me but my daughter as well makes each of these exchanges just a little more special to me, and this one particularly so. Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to get a good photo of the little one with her present prior to her running off to her dad's for the next little while but that's OK I'll edit this post when she does.

I had told my Secret Santa that I liked several things to hopefully give him/her [I still don't know] a good idea of who I am; and what I do.

A big passion of mine lately is Nerdfighteria / The Vlogbrothers fandom, and I got an assortment of buttons, all of which will be going on my lanyard very soon that cover French he llama, pizza, Doctor Who [extra bonus!], The Fault in Our Stars [also extra bonus!] I love all of these little buttons. All are very simple but are such a testament to things that I love and am very passionate about!

I'm a big Disney person, and The Nightmare Before Christmas, and they suggested that I'd read Coraline by Neil Gaiman. I haven't read any of Gaiman's work yet but I'm very excited to start.

The gift for my daughter was the Blu-Ray collectors edition of Coraline, which I know she'll love. :) It'll be a family date night movie. :)

Then lastly [aside from the very beautiful card with the touching message inside] I received a book about traveling through each country. I'd love to travel the world some day, I've got a long ways to go but I'll get there eventually. In the mean time though I have this lovely book that I can pour over with my daughter and we can imagine just slightly what'll be like when we can actually get to these places. :)

Thank you so much Secret Santa, you're a wonderful individual with a big heart to consider not only me but my daughter as well! Merry Christmas to you! :) I'm a very lucky individual!