My secret Santa is a Christmas angel

I wasn’t feeling that festive this year, probably due to the unseasonably warm weather, and the lack of decorations in my house and this being the first year that the To Do list took over from my usual enjoyment of the season. And then along came The Packages….

Look how beautifully decorated they are! I feel the sleigh deserves a special call out here! I was so excited to pick up the one that had been diverted to my local delivery office – I couldn’t wait to get them back and open them up!

So, I opened up the first package as instructed. There was a letter! I read the letter! YES, I had scored an awesome secret santa- woo!!!! Ooh, I knew it was going to get real exciting! I was squealing like a child (and I’m nearly 33).

Look at the cute origami cat note clues! This person has gone to a massive effort. Look at the gift-wrapping! Clearly a graduate of the Kirstie Allsopp School of Impressive Giftwrapping! Pam in particular enjoyed the plaited wool and I’m going to attempt to turn the pompom into a decoration for next year’s tree.

It’s a cat hat! I love it, and have barely taken it off since. The cat-shaped cookie cutter is very cute and will inspire an infinite number of cat-shaped foodstuffs. Pam loved it too, and started to bite it! The cupcake cases and flags are super-cute and will make my baking efforts look fab!

Ooh, a Great British Bake Off recipe book! Fab! And they’ve put their favourite recipe in there too! OK, this gave me all the feels and I started to well up. This was more than just a gift, this was restoring my faith in humanity. Yes, the world may contain buttholes like Donald Trump and Katie Hopkins, but it also contains generous, kind-hearted, thoughtful people like this wonderful gifter, who went to so much effort for a complete stranger. And then I saw the inscription and I lost it. Tears were shed.

The final package – a very pretty gingerbread person cake stand. I love it! Can’t wait to start baking and getting some treats on this!

This was one super amazing gift, and I was so fortunate to have this angel as my Santa this year. The time and effort that my Santa had put into this gift is truly appreciated and I was so touched by your thoughtfulness and kind words.

The following day I made the cola cupcakes from your recipe and they were delicious! I’m going to try Mary’s chocolate gingerbread and stamp out with the cat cutter next week and may attempt something else from the book for back to work nibbles. All the while wearing my awesome cat hat J

Wishing my very special Santa and all redditors a very merry Christmas

Added bonus – the unfolded kitty looks like Yoda

xxx