penguins_dont_fly is a Volunteer Community Mentor
Hi everyone,
Packages are starting to arrive, please remember no opening anything till the reveal date Dec 22nd... you can start posting pictures of the unopened packages here if you like or anything that is on your mind.... like what food or drinks you are looking forward to having this holiday season
Hope everyone is having a great time so far
Got an awesome gift from Nate today.
I almost died (pun intended) when I saw this book...
I have a photographic book about this world's fair (The Magic City) and have always been intrigued by the fair and the evil Mr. Holmes. This will be a great opportunity to delve deeper into the subject. Oh, my degree was in psychology and sociology so it's purely a professional interest and not just my fascination with gruesome stories. 😉
The rest of the books are perfect and I can't wait to read them.
Love these eBay coasters! If you notice that one is missing it is...my daughter stole it for her desk as soon as I opened the package.
Thanks so much for everything, I love it all; the books, coasters, handy shipping supplies for my orders. Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much @rosiesrecycles!! I love every bit of my present; especially the stickers & coffee!! 
YAYYYY!! My gift exchange loot is HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
First a quick shout out to @theshoppingmom2 Who is an organizing pro! You're doing so much work and I appreciate it so much!
Thank you SO much Jennifer for being so kind to send me such great things!!! (More on that below!!)
NOW for my goodies!! Here are the pics!
It said that it was from someone from eBay which is awesome!! I saved the bubble wrap surrounding the inside box for my shipping so BONUS GIFT! HEH! 
Look at my lovely box inside!!!! It was very pretty and I loved it!! I will save it for later because its too cute to dispose of. Then I can reuse it and act like I had this idea for this pretty box. haha!!
Look how much I got in my stash!! How awesome is that?! So many things: bath soak, a lovely watch, chocolates, hot cocoa and a great mug!! (I love the tall mugs!) A picture frame and my favorite the wireless speaker! I have been wanting to buy a wireless speaker for ages because I can't hear my audio books over in my packing area. But now I can just reroute my sound to my wireless speaker and I can hear it while I pack! YES!! So amazing!
Everything was a great and perfect surprise. I can't tell you how much I appreciated it all Jennifer!
Thank you x1,000!
@theshoppingmom2 wrote:@map2271 I will check with your secret pal and get back with you
Could you check with mine, too?
I'm still hopeful that mine might just be delayed ... and I'm leaving the Christmas lights on for any midnight reindeer express deliveries 😉
Thank you Laurie. My gift showed up on 12/24! I love the cow “ugly” Christmas sweater is awesome! I hope it fits by next Christmas- my goal!
@ifyouloveit wrote:Awesome Ugly Cow Christmas Sweater, big laugh at the secret Santa who mailed the ugly sweater!
(Holidays aren't complete without the ugly Christmas sweater, although I really like this one, it's super cute!)
Happy Holidays everyone, I've enjoyed watching you all open your gifts, fun, fun, fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree! that cow sweater is so cool!!! Happy holidays to you!!
@moo*cow*corner wrote:I gotta say...I love the cow sweater! I'd certainly wear it! Moo-ry Christmas!
It's been fun watching all of the awesome creativity that's here in the Community, even from the sidelines. Everyone did great! Maybe I'll join next year.
Thanks for the compliments! and yes , please join us next year!!!
@smileytown18 wrote:
So that's where Doug's Purple Sweatshirt went?
I guess that was a very abrupt end to his modeling career! It had potential there
I know!!! I was looking forward to seeing doug@ebay doing more modeling
