I've only celebrated Christmas like once or twice in my entire life but I never participated in a gift exchange before. I originally joined this Secret Santa because I liked the idea of giving and I told my Santa not to send me anything but they insisted and I couldn't take away their chance to give which is the reason I signed up to this exchange in the first place.

It seemed like just another day for me when I arrived home today, but when I walked into my room I found this green parcel sitting on my desk. I instantly knew what it was, mostly because my SS told me what/when to expect it but still.

I grabbed a pair of scissors and starting cutting the tape holding the wrapper but then I couldn't contain my excitement and I just tore through the wrapper like the Hulk. First thing I saw when I opened the box was an envelope with a holiday card inside on top of glittered tissue paper. The card was Christmas themed and it had this bird with decorated feathers and some artsy stuff that I loved because it reminded me of art class when I was a kid which was the only time I really played with that stuff. I opened it and found a cute drawing of a bear waving his paw at me and he was wearing a Christmas hat.

Underneath the glittered tissue paper was this super cute plushy and a hand made squirrel ornament which reminded me of that squirrel in Ice Age who's always chasing his acorn lol. Santa even supplied me with a can of instant snow because they must have known that it never snows here.

There was also a skewer of candy kebab, a 100% maple syrup lollipop (yum!) and some hot chocolate powder that will help keep me warm this winter.

I loved everything my Santa sent me but my personal favorite was a book they sent that's based on The Mentalist TV show. I can't wait to read this book and I'm glad I finally have something to look forward to over the holidays.

I just want to thank my Santa for their thoughtful and heartwarming gifts, sincerely. You've lifted my spirits and you made my holidays so much better.