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Awesome! Glad you like it all! Felt inferior with my wrapping job after seeing some of the pics on here ha. Glad it made it to you, the USPS did not believe the address lol.Thank you peppermints, will get a photo later! The bottle opener is awesome and I have a friend that loves that movie and I've been meaning to see it. Looking forward to trying some of the recipes!
EverythingShiny what an adorable pupper you have! It's funny, originally I wasn't going to get a dog toy but I was at the store and remembered you saying you have a dog and two cats (or was it three?) and thought, "I don't know if I should buy this because I imagine their dog has a lot of toys already." Glad I did! Also fun fact about the stuffed sloth, it makes the sound of a duck! I couldn't find one without the noise-makers so I tried to choose the least annoying one. The chocolate potato chips are my favorite, so sweet and salty. My only complaint is that some chips have a disproportionate chocolate-to-chip ratio that is disappointing. One of the gifts has a return receipt if you want to exchange it at the store listed on it. Now that I think about it, I probably should have bought that gift at a more nationwide chain. My bad in advance!
Glad everything so far is to your satisfaction! Seeing everyone else open their gifts, I was worried I got too little in presents.
Glad you like it! I had a bit of an odessy trying to find the artwork in a resolution suitable for printing at 12in x 12in, and I was a bit worried that it might have come out too dark since I didn't have the genuine article to compare it to.So I decided to open my present just now since I will be busy tomorrow seeing a movie and lunch with family.
Santa asked me a few weeks ago what the best Metal album of all time was. I replied with Melissa by Mercyful Fate.
Then this showed up! At first I thought no way! Did Santa get me a vinyl? So I opened the attached card and inside was a note mentioning instructions.
So I then opened the present and my mind was blown away with this!
It's the album cover for Melissa minus it's text on glass. It so beautiful! I love it so much! So abstract! I can't decided where to hang it yet.
Thank you so much Santa! You fucking rock!
Yeah that book is my favorite by him, still have a lot of his works to read. Now the chocolates, I don't think they put any labels on what they are so you're going to have to go by taste. For most I got one dark and one milk chocolate of various kinds; standard bars, fruit orange and lemon chews (they're the gummy worm-looking ones), caramels, toffee, chocolate mousse/truffle/raspberry I think as well. I can't remember all the different candies but most of them should be good. I didn't want to buy a box of chocolates since that would seem lazy versus picking them out myself. Only downside with that is again, no labels on what the chocolates are.You did amazingly! I opened the rest today. The chocolates are incredible! Thank you so, so much! And I love Murakami but I haven't read that book yet, so thank you for that! You said it's one of your favorite books, right? Also, I used to work at Barnes & Noble so I recognized the wrapping paper right away. ❤️ The card was also hilariously perfect. You did such a great job and I hope you had a good first Secret Santa experience!
I also appreciate the thought in not getting a toy that squeaks too much - thankfully she doesn't really know how to make toys squeak, but the fact the sloth makes a duck noise just adds to the hilarity.
Merry Christmas to you :)
Glad you like it! Merry Christmas!Shoutout to cupcakeunicorn for really delivering with the gifts :D Chocolate, a book that I look forward to read and two Marillion concerts on bluray and dvd :D Honestly couldn't have asked for a better gift! Merry Christmas my friend <3
I'll say it in three languages given where it's from and my ethnic origins:
1. Thank you so much Canadian SS! I really appreciate it!
2. Merci coup mon amie!
3. ¡Muchisimas gracias Santa secreto! Me encanta mucho.
I had no idea what was housed inside the box but I pleasantly surprised. I'm glad that I waited to open this after my nieces left or else they would have tried to devour all the snacks last night haha. That is if my middle brother and sister-in-law didn't reign them in but I would have shared some. Some of the chips did open a bit in transit but that's ok as they all made it across the border intact:
I opened the message in the envelope last as promised and really appreciated the message. I've been going through an existential/philosophical crisis lately so it meant a lot to me. I think with the news in the US being negatively biased and being on social media a bit too much, I started thinking about life's biggest questions. This reminded me that gratitude and having someone you don't know reach out to for a moment brings it back down to the present in a comforting way. To say that it's going to be all right in this journey even though we might not know what tomorrow brings. I would have loved to seen your penmanship whether it was neat or sloppy in a handwritten letter but I got a glimpse of it with the package and it's solid.
That being said, I was thinking about going to Canada for the last 2 years or so. I once had a history in high school who gushed about how beautiful and clean Canada was so the seed was planted at a young age. To get a small literal taste of the culture is to experience it in some capacity. I look forward to sharing it with my familial roommates.
I do intend to plan some kind of vacation out there next year if not in the future with plans to hit up multiple cities including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Quebec City. I've only seen it through travel shows but it's another thing to experience it firsthand since TV doesn't relate smell and taste. And not just because you guys legalized marijuana (I'm pretty liberal and open about 420) since I understand there is a shortage due to high demand. One of my favorite things I love to do is sketching people in public places.
As for the games, I definitely look forward to diving into Yakuza 6 and Persona 5 at some point. I got a bunch of PS4 games from my siblings and for myself so it's going to be a while. With the former, I have a bunch of Yakuza games to get over time but avoid playing them back to back to prevent series fatigue. I watched my brother play Yakuza 3 and that was enough for me. Whenever he gets around to playing 4, I'll do it again.
With the latter game, the first and last Persona I played was vanilla P3. While I never did finish it (I saw the ending on YouTube since the final boss looked like a long slog), I enjoyed the sim and dungeon crawl balance. I read P5's plot on a whim and dread the last act since I know it drags on but that's okay. It should be interesting either way. I'm happy to know that it's one of your favorite series going into it.
Any way, thanks again and happy holidays to you! All the best next year. I look forward to seeing your gifts from your SS (unless you posted them already). Feel free to add me on PSN at Jipan181.
As for my art, you'll be seeing it grace this thread very, very soon as I poured myself into my SS on that end. ;) Man this post took too long to type on my phone hahaha. But that's why I get paid to write!
Hahaha, I definitely will in this thread if not via PM if I don't get around to them within this thread's shelf life. I'll try a few of them shortly once I get around to brushing my teeth. My mom was curious about the mysterious box.Glad you liked everything and I was able to cheer you up this Christmas! Thank god everything made it across the border intact cause I was worried. You'll have to let me know what you think of all the snacks.
As for my own gift my SS got a hold of me earlier this week to let me know it's coming but unfortunately wouldn't be here in time for Christmas. I'm hoping it gets here before I leave for Europe in 10 days or so and I'll be able to open it then.
*Also yeah my penmanship sucks pretty bad lol so I just typed it out so you would be able to actually read it*
Glad you liked it! I noticed in your post history that you like coffee so I kinda jumped on that. That coffee was roasted about 300m from my house and is my favourite coffee and she only roasts it once a year. Enjoy :)Thanks kennah for the gifts! Sorry I didn't give you any direction but I really like everything you got me! I'm looking forward to trying out the hot chocolate and coffee!
Glad you liked it! I noticed in your post history that you like coffee so I kinda jumped on that. That coffee was roasted about 300m from my house and is my favourite coffee and she only roasts it once a year. Enjoy :)
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I can't figure out who sent this to me. The cd was supposed to be some kind of user name hint. But I'm not nearly that clever. Heh. Or maybe it's that three of my three kids are down for the count this Christmas with a wicked flu. Thanks so much for the gifts! My eldest is looking forward to reading the Zelda book and I can't wait to try out all the treats. :) The theatre book is really really exciting to me! It's exactly up my alley. I'm a little terrified about what my kids are going to prank me with but I'm sure it'll be fun Thanks again. Please let me know who you are!
Awesome! Glad my envelope joke played well. Merry Christmas!First of all, Merry Christmas to everyone!
Thank you John Rabbit for the awesome gifts! I had a laugh at the card (both the card itself and the envelope especially) but definitely appreciated the gifts. Both items were things that I've been wanting to get but held off for some reason or another, so it was a pleasant surprise getting both items.
Fully opened up my SS gift and it's awesome!
Thanks so much - never read uncanny X Force and looking forward to it! Starting to get back into Gundam so it'll be fun to build it. Looking forward to the hot sauce and will definitely have lil man cosplay as Gohan one day! Bonus for the Goku Santa Art 😬
You will never eat pizza the same!!! Aardvark sauce and pizza is a match made in heavenFully opened up my SS gift and it's awesome!
Thanks so much - never read uncanny X Force and looking forward to it! Starting to get back into Gundam so it'll be fun to build it. Looking forward to the hot sauce and will definitely have lil man cosplay as Gohan one day! Bonus for the Goku Santa Art 😬
You will never eat pizza the same!!! Aardvark sauce and pizza is a match made in heaven
Dead Guy So I've tried out all the snacks and shared some with my brother. The verdict? We enjoyed all the snacks!
The Old Dutch ketchup chips was quite something. A malt vinegar taste with the tomato-ness of the ketchup and savory. I've never had anything like it before despite seeing ketchup chips in the Dominican Republic (lime chips are quite popular there). And award winning Canadian chips! How about that? It was very interesting in a good way. I can see myself getting hooked to them! Especially since I'm a condiment addict.
The Old Dutch All Dressed chips was also pretty unique. Sour cream and onion chips with a hint of barbecue sauce and malt vingar. I definitely enjoyed them. Another addicting snack. That's definitely as Canadian as it gets.
The Cheezies were a bit hard to bite into but taste like Cheetos if Cheetos was made with real cheese. It reminds me of the cheese puffs my grandmas would buy me in the Dominican Republic as a child. Not bad. I can see myself dipping it into some barbecue sauce.
I really enjoyed the Coffee Crisps. I was worried that there would be a strong, overwhelming coffee taste. But I was glad there wasn't because they tasted like Kit Kat bars but with a hint of coffee. It was nicely balanced. It was a highlight. I can see why you love them.
Caramilk: Rich, chocolate and caramel taste as I chewed on it but comforting in a ja'i ne sais quoi way. It tastes familiar but has a distinct taste thanks to real coacoa and sugar. It's damn good!
Aero Minis: Miniature, light fudge taste like brownies but not overwhelming in chocolate taste (perhaps because of the bubbles). Pretty solid.
Maltesers: They taste like Whoppers for sure but with a lighter taste and crunchy. It reminded me a bit of the Butter Finger candy bar minus the peanut butter taste.
Smarties: Here in the U.S., the Smarties that are sold in stores are sweet and sour and chewy. I thought it would be the case with Canada's version of Smarties. But I was surprised to see it was a light vanilla-esque chocolate taste. I find it charming that most of the chocolate say to share with others. I'll be careful eating those or else my dentist will have a field day with my teeth hahaha.
All in all, some really solid snacks all around! The salty snacks were great. Thanks again!