My Secret Santa had emailed me to ask if he could drop off the gift at my doorstep and I agreed to it because he apparently lives a few blocks away. He had told me he would bring it tonight at 6PM and I was all excited to get home in anticipation of the surprise package and/or serial killer waiting for me in the dark. Turns out my Secret Santa is AWESOME, stalking me like a boss and getting a bit of everything that was in my 'likes' list. 1. First he printed out a RAGE comic I made about being itchy and sent some skin lotion and all natural laundry detergent. How thoughtful of him...and embarrassing for me! 2. Haribo candy of all shapes and flavours: half of this treasure will be brought to the lab for late night emergency pick-me-up. 3. He sent 5(!) books, 4 of them medical thrillers as I love them and one Werber book that I have not read yet. Cannot wait to read them during the holidays while eating candy until my tummy hurts. Both Secret Santa and I are francophones so the books are in French. Yay for more practice. 4. It was a bit eerie to see that the fourth note was printed on a page of my resume...clearly I have watched too many horror movies. The note said that that he deducted I am Vietnamese and might like a nifty wallet he brought back from a recent trip to Viet Nam. It even comes from my mother's native region, how cool is that?! I am never been to VN myself but do speak the language with a heavy Hue accent...so this is quite a coincidence!

I feel so blessed to have been matched with such a wonderful and generous Secret Santa! The individual gift wrapping and multiples notes were a much appreciated gesture too, it makes the whole thing even more special. I had already signed up for rematch and this amazing gift sets the bar very high! I can only hope to strike the same delightful balance of whimsy/creepy/thoughtful as my Secret Santa did :)

Thank you again Secret Santa!