Where to begin...so much awesome, I'm surprised the box didn't explode.

My Santa says they live in the country. They don't even have a 911 address. They are somewhere in the tri-state area where Missouri, Iowa and Illinois touch. Like Four Corners, but I'll call it Three Angles. But that doesn't matter. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL MULE FESTIVAL.

I have to gush about the mule festival. It's in Clark County, Missouri. I WANT TO BE THERE! There's even camping. My Santa sent a cookbook of fixins from the festival, and I only hope that they did the cookbook exchange and sent that to their giftee. I'm way too excited about the mule festival. Taking deep breaths...thinking I need a t-shirt from this year's...tell me who you are, Santa, so I can send $!

And AMAZING beeswax candles from Missouri. Two beautiful tapers with snowflakes. Plus, a great t-shirt from the Rollin' on the River fest, which is in Iowa. Then, more fantastic-ness. Keokuk Geodes from Illinois! How cool is that?!? These can only be found in that area. And then a bag of potato chips that are only distributed within a 50 mile radius...delicious. I want to marry them.

My Santa is truly lucky. They have a MULE FESTIVAL!!! I can't stress how much I love this. But really, a neat person. Whoever they are. A super big thank you for all the great things, and your wonderful letter to accompany all the goodies. A very great giftee, indeed.