Secret Santa

I do! I’m yet to try pairing it with toast, but it’s very nice with meat. I even found a jar of Marmite I bought a long time ago (and completely forgot about) to compare, and Vegemite was way better.

Yeah, she had just finished eating her treats and thought it would be a dessert. It didn’t smell like this, so she got curious (but didn’t dare to nibble it yet). She refused to cooperate with taking a photo with the koala on her head, though :sweat_smile:

I just looked for the “koala sounds” and some of them could sound a bit scary at night :laughing:

3 Likes

I felt like a little kid at Christmas opening up my Secret Santa gift this morning! It was a beautifully packaged hamper filled with all of my favourite things: nougat, chocolate, cookies, tea, and even a teacup (which was perfect timing, because I dropped my favourite mug yesterday!)

I have absolutely no idea who sent this, but whoever you are, you and I are definitely on the same snack-wavelength, because I love all of the treats in the hamper!

You’ll have to reveal your identity so we can share the cookies over a cup of tea…

6 Likes

@Ali It was me :slight_smile: I was almost certain they’d print the billing address and you’d see my name there! :sweat_smile: I’m so glad you liked it! :slight_smile: And thank you for the website suggestions, that was really helpful. Happy holidays :slight_smile:

1 Like

@keithgg You’ve been trying to guess since last year, your time is up! :sweat_smile:

I’m your Secret Santa! :santa:
I didn’t find a way to affordably send you gifts from Brazil, so ended up purchasing the gifts from a SA store. That’s why you’re not seeing the mini 3D-printed 3D printer I promised on a social chat (I hope that’s ok though!). :stuck_out_tongue:

4 Likes

Hi, whoever my Secret Santa is - I just got around to reading your messages about delivery issues and having to give it to the security guard at the building as the door was locked. I checked with them today and unsurprisingly it is no longer there and I am not sure if it will ever reach me.

I was in the delivery room with my wife when all this happened and we got a son almost at the same time the gift was supposed to reach. So I am not in anyway disappointed about the set of events. :hugs:

Thank you so much for the gifts. :heart:

P.S: I will post the photos if it ever finds the way back to me.

@farhaan I got it at last! I had made a couple of brief attempts, but stopped in frustration… I mean, it’s 3 mazes at a time, times 3! But today, instead of over-thinking it, I closed my eyes and went by feel, and it turns out, this was the way to go. I can assemble and even disassemble it now. Great gift, I love it, thank you so much!!

4 Likes

@jill This is amazing, when I was trying to pick a puzzle I wanted to gift something which is more than “witty”, I guess it is perfect now :slight_smile: I am glad you enjoyed it.

1 Like

This is getting a little more exciting. Apparently the parcel was never delivered and my secret santa has sent a message asking me to verify my address.

My address in the shared sheet is correct. Please include my phone number in the delivery address so that the delivery people can reach me.

Second time is the charm :crossed_fingers:

2 Likes

I just got a package from from secret santa!

It’s a box of these adorable hand-made chocolates:

I saw the envelope addressed as “from santa” and was fully ready to go into detective mode. Unfortunately, the shipping label spoiled the name, so I know that the gift was sent by Feanil (I don’t see him in the forum).

Thanks Feanil for the wonderful gift!

6 Likes

Yep, unfortunately the United States Postal Service would not let me secretly send you this package. I’m glade they made it to you safely. They are from a local chocolate shop that I really enjoy!

5 Likes

Ah, I should’ve been able to figure it out! Damn, I’m a bad guesser :man_facepalming::joy:

2 Likes

@feanil Did you get a package recently by any chance? :) That kinda gives away my identity as your secret santa, but I had to disclose it for the Polynesian post office to let me send the package anyway :confused:

The tracking says that it was received on Dece 31st by “an individual” - hopefully that individual was you! ;) Universal Parcel Tracking - Global Package Tracking

I received this beautiful kit, my secret santa is very good at hiding the trail so please tell me because I have no clue.

Thanks a lot for this amazing gift I have been doing these STEM puzzles for a while. Here is a small four stroke engine and small R2D2.

I will post a video once I complete it. Thank you once again.

7 Likes

That’d be me :sweat_smile:

Shipping it was such a bit a prodblem. It was supposed to arrive around the 17th of December, but there were so many delays. Glad you got it in the end!

3 Likes

@antoviaque I did receive it! Meant to post a picture here. It looks like it had quite an adventure getting here:

Thank you for the delicious cookies, I did not get a chance to take pictures of them before my daughter ate most of them :joy:

7 Likes

Thank you, @keithgg, it is amazing :slight_smile:

1 Like

@feanil Ahah, woa, that package does look like it took on an adventure yep ;p Which it kinda did!

I’m glad your daughter liked the biscuits :) It was tough to find a local snack that wouldn’t perish during its sea trip afterwards, as most good ones are to be eaten right away ;p

Makes sense, I imagine it is a lot of delicious fruit that would not have successfully made the trip.

1 Like

YAY :tada: My Secret Santa gift arrived. The delivery service have away the name right after it got shipped. My secret santa is @kshitij. Still, it was a nice to eagerly await to see what I am getting, especially after the missed delivery during the first time.

I got a pack of chocolates and a IoT device. Both of which I love.

@kshitij You couldn’t have picked a more appropriate gift. In the last couple of months, I have been repurposing the old electronics around the house and setup a home server with a handful of services. I was next thinking of putting an old iPad to use by setting up a home dashboard. The ATOM Lite is going to be a perfect interface for sensors… I am already seeing a Grafana dashboard in my head. :nerd_face: Thanks a lot.

9 Likes

Glad you liked it! I think I’ve been on a similar journey with a home server, etc. The doorbell in my house isn’t very audible in my office especially when I have headphones on, so I started by linking my wireless doorbell through an IOT device to also flash a bulb in my office, so there is a visual indicator when someone rings the bell :slight_smile:

1 Like