Not even Christmas yet 
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Iām just teasing. 
I want to see EVERYONEāS presents. But everyone is being a goody-two-shoes and waiting until Christmas. BOOO. SHOW ME YOUR PRESENTS.
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I support opening gifts before Christmas
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This guy gets it.
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When @Charizard1020 says it he gets 5 likes, but when 7 year old zork says it his parents LAUGH in his face?? How is that fair
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Unbelievable double-standard.
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Thank you Holahart for the amazing and generous gift! Lots of unique items from different eras and some beautiful Togepi art!
The art will live on my desk next to my Artia print so i can enjoy it everyday. Thank you 
Hope you have a great Christmas.
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That Togepi art is beautiful, I love that.
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A bit of a long post but this one deserves it.
My secret Santa gift came today. My secret Santa remained anonymous. But this is probably one of the most thoughtful gifts Iāve ever received.
First is the very cool picture of feebas
Second are these stickers! Love the wheezing as it reminds me of the anime
Third is this very cool grading kit. Definitely excited to use it when I send cards in.
Next are these two holos of beedrill and aerodactyl. These holos werenāt released in English.
Then we have a very cool blank holo card. Something Iāve never seen in person.
Then something g that was very cool. An energy card that was from a personal collection. The card has history as it was a card that was used when we were kids.
Next is something that blew me away. As a very big fan of wotc, this was so so awesome. Itās a full set of mint Neo Revelation commons. Also from a collection. I was thinking about what my next collection goal would be and I think a binder collection of Neo Rev is the way to go. How incredible. Getting a small binder for these tomorrow.
Last but definitely not least is a paper theater from Japan! How cool, something Iām going to be putting together this weekend.
A very thoughtful note was also written but I want to keep that private.
To whoever my secret Santa is I just want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. A lot of thought was put into this and itās so special. Iām so happy and merry Christmas to my secret Santa and to Efour! 
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@stevethemagicguy, those are awesome gifts. @holahart your cardart is amazing how you incorporate the shading so naturally and fit the cards so seamlessly.
@Charizard1020 that papertheater is so cool looking! Amazing card selection you got as well!
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So happy that you like your gift 
my favorite find was the Japanese-exclusive Miki Tanaka art on the McDonaldās promo, but learning about all of the obscure Togepi releases/cameos out there in general was a blast.
I hope you have a great Christmas as well! 
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Awesome gifts! Have to second everything that @lyleberr said.
@stevethemagicguy Lots of cool Togepi cards, and that art by @holahart is amazing! Especially with regards to the illumination in the leaves and on Togepi and the bark.
@Charizard1020 Thereās an awesome variety of stuff, but the paper theatre also piques my interest. You gotta show it off when itās put together!
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This is always a feel good thread. Love to see the community we have here.
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I had to fight the FedEx worker for it, but my Secret Santa gift just arrived, and I couldnāt resist opening it right away! (Censored since my last name is in giant letters all over the front and back- why do they do that, lol)
My secret Santa was @Ruley711 ! Where do I even begin- this gift was absolutely perfect. I loved your note as well! Species collectors unite!
The sleeves were a design I didnāt have yet (and had been looking at for quite some time!), and each card is absolutely beautiful. You hit every one of my interests- my two favorite artists, Saya Tsuruta and Kanako Eo, and my two favorite PokĆ©mon, Piplup and Maushold. The radiant collection Sylveon is one Iāve been looking at for a long time but havenāt gotten around to yet, the Mew is such a gorgeous artwork I also havenāt gotten around to picking up. The holo on it is especially gorgeous! Of course the Maushold is such a cute artwork as well, and the Piplup is one of my all-time favorite PokĆ©mon arts.
Iāll be keeping the signed card in my (yet very small) autographs binder as well. I canāt reiterate how thoughtful this gift was- thank you so much for everything!
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I am so glad you liked it! We have very similar tastes in artists & pokemon we like, so I had a ton of fun looking for things to get.
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Great minds think alike, it seems! Thereās something so nice about the softness of Kanako Eoās and Saya Tsurutaās styles with the texture of the linework and coloring. I especially canāt keep my eyes off of the Sylveon! Cool PokĆ©mon areā¦ well, cool, but I love the cute ones the most.
Iām glad you had fun with it! Thank you again, so much!
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I couldnāt agree more. Kanako Eo, Saya Tsuruta & Sowsow are my personal ābig 3ā so that was my plan when looking, I knew you had that Piplup obviously, but I couldnāt not include a Tsuruta Piplup card lol.
oh and the signature is a rare 1/1, probably until next years secret santa 
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Sowsow is fantastic as well! I was planning on picking up another copy of the Piplup for the Saya Tsuruta binder anyways- I love it so much, thank you!
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Sooo, I wanted to wait until christmas but after seeing so many gifts getting opened, my patience just faded away
There was a 151 ETB and another small package in the parcel:
As the christmas card will soon expose, is @Taigataipan my secret santa
I unpacked it further and found a Forbidden Light and Evolutions booster and a very beautiful japanese Suicune from Shining Darkness:
I love the Suicune! Pokemon Crystal was my first Pokemon game and since I love all the dog pokemon, this is just perfect 
At first I was unsure if Iām going to open the two boosters but ahhhh anyway, here are all the hits:
The ETB got some serious hits! The Venusaur ex is so cool. The texture of the card is pretty crazy and super shiny the Omanyte is also really nice with its earthy colors.
A full art in the Forbidden Light booster. Got really lucky there! (sleepy snorlax in the background 
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Thank you so much @Taigataipan for the thoughtful gifts! 
I really enjoyed opening all the packs and the cards are getting a special place in my collection. Merry (soon) Christmas!
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Phew finally I can talk about your gift, honestly thought you were delaying opening until Christmas Eve.
Good to see it arrived there so quickly and you liked the contents. Funny story about the 151, few days before @fourthstartcg shared shipping details I bought two ETBās ( one for Secret Santa event, one for my own openings ), latter had much weaker contents as my collection thread suggests but Iām happy you got 3 hits. At least now both of us can enjoy the beauty of Venusaur EX 198/165, one of the highlights from whole set. 
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