So my Christmas survival package arrived today and already I feel like Uter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qch9cJfPG5Q I don't know how much I got stalked but I can tell you that coming from a German background, christmas was always synonymous with copious amounts of chocolate and I'm glad the tradition hasn't waned.

So yeah, outside of snacky-poos, my santa hand-drew me a poster of the factions from Planetside, a game series I've been into for a decade. I seriously love it: both because I have zero artistic talent, and because I love gifts that have a personal touch. It's cool to think that my Santa took the time to learn about my interests and applied their own talent to them.

So then there's a pasta cook book too. Awesome because I always seem to fall back into my standard tomato sauce, this'll be a great reference when I want to vary up my recipes.

Finally, a motorcycle calendar. But not a silly new rice rocket calendar: old cool bikes. I cheated and skimmed through and there's awesome early Ducati Desmos, Black Shadows and super hawks in it and ooze cool and make the tinkerer in me go to his happy place.

All in, I couldn't be happier with my first exchange. Unless maybe I got paired with Doc Brown and he gave me a time-travelling, flying Delorean for christmas.

Also, my card had a T-Rex doing taxes. Take THAT, brachiosaurus accountant!

p.s. In reference to what the dolphin said: my boyfriend goes nuts for pocky, I can definitely use them as bargaining chips ;D