Santa —

Oh my goodness. I am totally speechless. This is by far the best and most thoughtful gift I have ever received — ever. It has totally made my Christmas this year, and I am so touched and appreciative of the care and thought you put into everything.

When the package got delivered to my house I was at first very confused, as I did not think it was my Reddit Secret Santa gift. I think I said to the mail dude, “oh wow. That’s really big. Are you sure that’s mine?” To which he said “it’s got your name on it, Lady. And also why are you still in your pajamas it’s 3pm.”

I started opening the box and thought there may just be one thing inside, but I opened a box FULL of presents. I was in shock, and very taken aback. I opened the card inside (see pic) which described that there were presents for myself, my husband, my stepkids, and even my dog!! Each present was thoughtfully wrapped and included a little card explaining either who the present was for, what its purpose was, etc. I cried.

Seriously. SO. MUCH. THOUGHT.

I opened four presents at first (because the temptation was just too much), and received hockey stick shaped candy canes, a Christmas T-shirt, smartfood popcorn (which I opened and ate right away... it didn’t make the final cut of pictures I’m so sorry... that’s how bad my smartfood addiction is), and a CARHA hockey duffle bag. This would have been way more than enough, but the box was still FULL of presents, and I wanted my significant other to be a part of the fun, so I waited for him to come home.

When my significant other came home, we continued opening the gifts together. There were some “family” specific gifts: an ornament, a fun boardgame (which we LOVE funny board games... this one is PERFECT for our family!), and a super cool 3D T-Rex puzzle that you can COLOUR! I can’t even explain how suitable these are for our family. We LOVE these types of things and you hit the nail on the head with selecting them. I can’t believe it!

Next, my significant other and I opened our stockings at the same time, as directed by Santa. We opened the bags with the stockings in them and died laughing...

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JUST KIDDING! (But we did laugh A LOT and had to take a break because I was laughing so hard I almost peed my pants). So, my significant other is a habs fan and I am a leafs fan. Die hard. Everything in the stockings was Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs themed!! My significant other got a HABS stocking filled with wrapped gifts, and I got a LEAFS stocking filled with wrapped gifts. We also each got these AMAZING Canada jerseys, which we immediately put on and opened our stockings in. In each of the stockings were Habs or Leafs themed gifts: habs/leafs socks, habs/leafs beer steins. There were also LCBO gift cards in each (to fund our love of craft beer!), and I got liquor chocolates (amazing!), and a Sportchek gift card. As we were opening the stockings and laughing, I also kept saying “hunny... oh my god... what?!” As though it was his fault that we were getting these gifts to which he said “you’re the one that signed up for Reddit Secret Santa!!” We were (and are) both amazed, incredibly grateful, and super humbled by it all.

My Santa also sent items for my two stepkids, which I have left wrapped so that they can open them. In the card Santa said the gifts are ornament making kits, colouring, and activity books which is all totally up their alley, and I can’t wait for them to open them and join in on the Reddit SS fun!

My Santa not only sent myself, my hubs, and my stepkids gifts but he/she also remembered my DOG! They sent a dog-themed stocking full of wrapped gifts. This is a pretty lucky pooch considering 7 months ago he was homeless on a reserve, dirty, covered in ticks and infested with worms. From ditches to riches, pup! Inside his pooch stocking was a couple of toys and some treats! My dog was SO THRILLED about his gifts. He was over the moon about his toys, and carried them all around the house wagging his tail and showing us them and then running around. It was absolutely adorable, and I really wish we filmed it to send to my Santa!

This was a truly incredible and touching experience, Santa, and I am so so grateful and appreciative of you for making our Christmas so so special. We (my significant other and I) hadn’t planned on giving one another gifts this year, so the fact that we got to share a little Christmas together via your gifts was so special, and made me feel very emotional.

Everyone has their “shit,” and we’ve definitely had some “shit” this year, so this has been such an incredible and positive way to wrap up our year, and I am so incredibly grateful to you for giving us that. It’s mostly the care and love and thought that went into the gifts. You took the time to pick out very special things that you knew I and my family would enjoy and appreciate. Your thoughtfulness and care is felt and appreciated and has touched my heart.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I hope that one day our paths cross, and I can treat you to some dinner, beer, and hockey! ❤️

P.S. Santa, I’d love to send you some more photos (but didn’t want to add them as they have our faces in them). Please let me know the best way I can send them to you — thanks! :)