My Reddit Secret Santa gift!

Packaging is everything!  The outermost packaging was festive, the first hint that my Secret Santa was a thoughtful one indeed.  Upon ripping that open, I found two more wrapped packages carefully protected within bubble wrap.

There was also a folded note, but the outside said not to read it until the other packages had been opened (spoilers inside).  So I didn’t.  I opened the thicker of the two first — it was a Zen Magnets Gift Set — basically buckyballs (the recently-banned tiny neodymium magnets) — but in a much more elegant packaging.  Inside the fancy cardboard box was a fancy wooden box.  Inside the fancy wooden box was a fancy red pouch containing the magnets.  Underneath that was a lovely cloth for cleaning the magnets, a laser-etched platform for building magnet sculptures, a pair of 3D glasses and a building guide.  AWESOME!  My secret santa noticed my love for cultural artifacts, especially things that have been or might be restricted or banned, and fulfilled that completely!

Then I opened the other gift — a copy of Dark Dreams, by an FBI profiler.  As most of my friends know, I really enjoy books by FBI profilers.

I will absolutely participate again next year, and aspire to be as good a Secret Santa as mine was this year!!!

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