Almost missed the postman when the package arrived; caught him just as he was about to leave a slip. Said he had a package for me but he needed to go get it from his truck. He brings back this box. The moment has arrived. What could it be? I tear open the box, not wanting to look at the customs declaration for fear of spoilers.

Inside I amazed. As a first time santa myself, I had just packaged everything with some bubble wrap and let it be. This puts me to shame. Three individually wrapped items.

I open the first. A small, cylinder. Inside I find a package of stroopwaffels. I enjoy when santas send a little of their culture with gifts. Even better when its edible!

I open the second package. This one rectangular and floppy. At first the cover looks unremarkable; but plenty of things look unremarkable when they are in fact amazing. I flip it open to discover a copy of Roworth 1798 'Defense on Foot'; a book on Broadsword and Sabre that I have never read. Exciting!

Lastly I open the final package. Its larger than the rest, and wrapped in extra bubble wrap. Cylindrical in nature but with a tapered head. Inside I find a bottle of 'Zwaard en Volk Vikingbloed'; a cherry mead from the Nederlands.

This first time Santa has done their homework to the letter. I was expecting something a big more generic, but this is tailored to me to a 'T'.

But is this the end of the exchange? In the letter that came with the package, a mysterious "This is package 1 of 2" is written.

I cannot rate this higher than a ten, but it is easily a 15 on the Gift Scale; with extra marks for personalization !

15/10 Would Reddit Gifts International Again

Part 2/2

Back when my Arbitrary Day gift had arrived, the letter inside remarked that this would be one of two, stating that they were waiting for something to be done/arrive. More than happy with the first set of gifts(plural) I would have been content to wait and have nothing else arrive. But I would have bet wrong: Today I got a second package, just as large as the first. Perhaps though it just had alot of packing inside. It was international after all. When I open it up I find all these:

One Package of Bakkers Best Bokken Pootjes (Goat Legs[they are like cookies not real goat legs{I don't think}])

One Package Kanjers Milk chocolate Caramel Wafels

1 Copy of Ghost of Ascalon (A book based off an MMO that I play, and have never read before)

1 Hand Made Leather Wrapped Monogrammed Journal

I really do not know what to say. This whole journey has affirmed to me that the process of gift giving is a wonderful experience. If anyone is on the fence about trying an exchange, take the risk. Its not about the gifts (though from the above you can see sometimes you do get way more than you expect) but its about the adventure of finding out the perfect thing to send to make someones life a little brighter.