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I received the best Secret Santa present and at the same time started the process of moving country and so this write up got so delayed and @EllenVanThom I am so sorry for that! This gift was awesome. So, after a short 4 month wait, here it is....what's in the box? First things first, the electrical engineers LOVED that the box was ESD safe, now to dive in
First impressions, these multicolored peanut packers are so ridiculously fun and since I opened this in my office then went everywhere like a mini ball pit!
Teasing you in, first items found are..
Earing!! These are so sweet! Obviously Imgur Giraffes and then calculator and computer since I'm an engineer, so far so great!
I'm stretching the Christmas selfie acceptance to post this quarter-selfie - I hope that doesn't break the rules. But needed to show these on, so so cool. Wore them to Julebord that night.
Back into the peanut packer ball pit and discovered these next...floppy disk coasters!! Very much in need as I have cropped these images carefully to avoid the messy desk I'm opening the box on!
#arty window views in December
Next up the letter, but I did as the internet stranger says and waited until the end for this one
And then, we reached the chocolate. Oh my. So overwhelmingly ideal, some familiar faces but a whole load of new treats to try! Christmas body was a happy body.
Now back to that letter! Explanation of each present and what each chocolate is with personal recommendations :D some of the chocolate was from East Germany and some from West
I'll end on a picture of the technique for eating the Butter-Schoko-Spekulatius as guided in the letter. 1) Make hot chocolate 2) Dip it in until it falls in the hot chocolate 3) Take it out and eat with with a spoon. No more photos after, I was enjoying this too much. It was freaking delicious! This is why you follow random internet stranger instructions! Thank you so much @EllenVanThom for such a thoughtful and creative present. Sorry it's taken until April to say thank you.
Superclown89
Excuse me? East and west berlin? These chocolates either are really old or lenin came back with the wall
ThatSillyDog
I'm so jealous, I didn't get anything, but this is my first try!
Albarian
Congratulations:) What I got from mine was nothing
I hope it was lost in some place instead of not real
MightyBlueBalls
Nice, guess what I got for christmas... fuckall
hijenavuk
Great done now you made me try it too next year.
HMPDharma
The gift looks lovely, also good on you for saying thank you. Better late than never :D I'm sure they would appreciate it.
altfiction
i'm kinda disappointed that it wasn't gweneth's head
Haviduck
Blei det bra julebord a?
macmacmac29
@EllenVanThom check it out!
PhilTheFluffiestDogOnTheInternet
procrastinatingagain
I thought it was filled with Easter eggs from the thumbnail.
SpecialProjectY
I thought those were fruit flavored corn puffs.
expectantbamboo
I thought they were old jelly beans.
LucidAftermath
I thought they were heroin balloons
MigraMines
Blond hair brown eyes so purdaful @GoldilocksAndThe3Beards
EllenVanThom
i am so relieved you liked all your presents :) happy easter-christmas
Ziek
Dawn I'm mad jealous with that German candy, I've always wanted to try some
Trentski
Better late than never! Not the worst thanker, as you still showed your gratitude; you’re 2nd worst, if we’re tracking that kind of thing!
HanseP
Norsk?
thisistheinternetimheretotellliesandarguewithstrangers
You think they have julebord anywhere else?
HanseP
Maybe they Call it the same in Denmark or sweeden?
thisistheinternetimheretotellliesandarguewithstrangers
Pretty sure they don't.
HanseP
Hmm, then probably Norwegian then
addms
Nice to see a whole bunch of thoughtful gifts but on another note, that handwriting is just divine.
DrinkMoreYoullFeelBetter
Pretty sure that is a font choice in Word...can't remember which one.
EllenVanThom
it's a font
DjVader630
theslowestsloth
You have good camera phone
CryptFist
Hey she kinda cute!!!!
Superstar69
Really cool. Can't wait to join this years Sercert Santa
NoSeriouslyJustTryIt
So your telling me there is still hope my SS gift will show up...
Quaxx
The half selfie looks pretty, now I want to see the other half
phonoodle415
Leme get soem of that Knusper Flocken
JackTheRipper69
Maybe there is a chance i will still get mine?...........Nah
darrenphillips987
Great gift
GuW69
It's called Ostalgia, I want an East German Secret Santa who sends me stuff like Vita Cola / Club Cola and other East German relics...
kuschku
Edeka hat normalerweise Vita Cola, oder nicht?
Scootaloo2
I'm not gonna lie, I really want to eat those packing peanuts
SoEyeStoleATimelordAndRanAway
out of curiosity: how did you like the „Zetti Knusperflocken“? :3
yourshittygerman
god those are worse than heroine...I suppose.
Voltcat
I suppose so too
BlueWaffleLover
I like em, first time I saw them was in a coldmirror video iirc
SitusInversus
Wenn du denkst, du bist hässlich und keiner mag dich wirklich, wenn du denkst, du bist cool wenn du die Schule schwänzt...
Arehel
Schinken!
SitusInversus
Da guckt ihr, ich kann auch schlagfertig sein!
heyrelaxfellayouneedarestguy
Holy crap! A kinder egg? That’s like a grenade ready to explode. Get rid of it!!!
Smart83
No worries... it’s the girls edition.
super3dcow
You should shoot it first with that gun you bought when you were 7.
cmad182
OP hasn’t replied, my thoughts and prayers go out to their family.
Pangs
Kinder Joy is a thing now.
ChromeBadger
Not the same. Rather disappointed when I had one.
concaveUsurper
Yeah it's just nutella and white chocolate nutella with not quite Ferrero Rocher balls. Good but...not what we wanted.
Roudy
Yeah, it's not nearly as good
AbsolutVlodka
No worries, shoot it with your assault rifle!
pocketcthulhu
Waste of ammo... stomp on it.
AwesomeTeddybear
Lol you can buy these anywhere in Europe... but in America these are more illegal than guns :D
TacoPrime
Amaerica has them just breaks into 2 packages 1 side is toy other side has candy
Thundamuffin
Also legal in Canada
omgyeti
Just illegal to import.
SitusInversus
This sounds very shizophrenic to me.
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namiasdf
MAKG, I know it well. I'm part of the Kinder Egg Alliance (KEA), and we regularly go to war in the deep underground.
lysani
The law prohibiting them in the US was written about 30 years before the Kinder eggs were first made.
susansbutthole
Guns are legal in America?
Thundamuffin
Um, is that a real question?
susansbutthole
Yeah. I didn’t know guns were legal in America. No one constantly talks about it.
nero4ty2
Aren't they legal now? my local polish market had them this year
CaesarSalad
I see Kinder Eggs all the time in stores now, even at places like Walgreens.
nero4ty2
those are usually the Joy, i've only seen the surprise in a few places, but still available
SAFireStorm
They are different. Half the egg is a plastic toy holder, the other half is chocolate. No way for dumb Americans to fuck this up!
nero4ty2
thats the Kinder joy, I got the Kinder surprise, hollow chocolate egg with a toy inside
MyDixyRect
I just bought the original both half chocolate. It was from my local Mexican store so maybe still illegal lol.
razzmouhi
Yeah, we sue people for everything. It's why we can't have nice things.
Peanutchews
Give it time well find a way
BarnibusSwarleyStinson
Kids eat the plastic half
AwesomeTeddybear
You mean in America? I actually don't know, I only know they were illegal...
nero4ty2
yeah, got a ton of them for my kids for easter, not the joy, the kinder surprise
omgyeti
Just illegal to import, .
nero4ty2
not anymore, someone decided they are totally safe now
VodkaReindeer
Lol seized them at the border before https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/the-us-is-finally-lifting-its-ban-on-kinder-eggs-a3691696.html