The Mystery of the Secret Santa
For the past two years, packages for the kids have been left on our doorstep on Christmas Day from the "Secret Santa." This Secret Santa gets them small gifts, but they are things that the kids love. Junie B. Jones books, journals, writing notepads and pens (my kids LOVE note pads - they are either writing stories or taking our orders for dinner like little waiters). It's a thoughtful gesture that brings some unexpexcted joy on Christmas Day.
The thing is, neither Jeff nor I have any idea who the Secret Santa is. We had some ideas last year, but both those people delivered gifts for the kids in person before Christmas. It's hard to imagine that they would come back on Christmas Day with a second set of gifts for which they took no credit. Also, the Secret Santa spells Eamon's name right, so it probably isn't one of the neighbors. Most people spell Eamon's name "Amen" or "Amon" unless they have had the occasion to see it in writing (which our neighbors haven't, really). And since the Secret Santa gives gifts to "Victoria" instead of "Vika," I think he/she is probably not someone I work with or whose kids play with ours.
It's a mystery. I would love to be able to thank the Secret Santa for his/her thoughtfulness, but since I have no idea who it is, I can't! However, I don't think our appreciation is what they're after. It seems for someone out there, just knowing that they gave a little surprise to a couple of kids on Christmas Day is enough.
Merry Christmas Secret Santa. I hope your holiday brought some unexpected surprises as well.
The thing is, neither Jeff nor I have any idea who the Secret Santa is. We had some ideas last year, but both those people delivered gifts for the kids in person before Christmas. It's hard to imagine that they would come back on Christmas Day with a second set of gifts for which they took no credit. Also, the Secret Santa spells Eamon's name right, so it probably isn't one of the neighbors. Most people spell Eamon's name "Amen" or "Amon" unless they have had the occasion to see it in writing (which our neighbors haven't, really). And since the Secret Santa gives gifts to "Victoria" instead of "Vika," I think he/she is probably not someone I work with or whose kids play with ours.
It's a mystery. I would love to be able to thank the Secret Santa for his/her thoughtfulness, but since I have no idea who it is, I can't! However, I don't think our appreciation is what they're after. It seems for someone out there, just knowing that they gave a little surprise to a couple of kids on Christmas Day is enough.
Merry Christmas Secret Santa. I hope your holiday brought some unexpected surprises as well.
Wow. That's kind of cool, actually. To me, hearing Victoria vs. Vika is more telling than spelling Eamon correctly. (I knew how to spell Eamon before.) Do you have any older neighbors or something? Someone without kids?
Actually Maggie, one of my "suspects" is an older neighbor who worked with Jeff on the HOA board for a while. But, she's not really a Christmas spirity type of person, so it's hard to tell if she's the S.S. or not.
Very Cool! I wish I had a Secret Santa, I need some notepads and pens right at this moment. :)
Random act of kindness. It will be interesting if you find out who it is some day.
Maybe it's better not to know. It sounds like this person likes the mystery. ;>
very cool. what happened to our secret blog pals we used to do. i kind of miss that. maybe next year.
When my daughter was around 11, she started receiving little notes in the mail. Just a little message of congratulations when she did something good, or commiseration when something disappointed. Not very often either. They were always signed "Your Secret Friend". Even into her adulthood, she never figured out on her own who it was. But she loved getting those little notes and feeling like there was someone out there who was her special friend and always knew the right things to say. Her secret friend stayed around just as long as my daughter needed her! I've often thought every child needs a secret friend, because every child needs to feel special for no particular reason.