I was very excited when I opened my Secret Santa gift on Christmas Day; the box it came in was quite large and rather thin, and I was a little confused as to what might be inside. I was even more perplexed when I saw something thin wrapped in cardboard that took up most of the height of the box. When I flipped open the cardboard, I was greeted by a vinyl copy of Lou Reed's Transformer! Digging deeper into the box and through a whole lot of bubble wrap, I found a big bottle of Dinosaur BBQ Sauce (I haven't tried it yet, but I will soon)! The card I found towards the bottom of the box contained a message from my giftees that explained how the gifts represented some of the things from their location of Syracuse in New York, and the card also included some Polaroids (very cool) of places and sights in the area, with descriptions of them written on the back.

I'd like to thank my Santas for sharing a bit of their lives and culture with me, it's exactly what I was hoping for in this year's Secret Santa! Thankyou for giving me a 'Perfect Day' with some perfect music, and I'll have to 'Take A Walk On The Wild Side' and try some of that BBQ sauce later (sorry about the horrible puns)!