[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by JonDuke

Quick story: This is my first year participating but I've watched from the sidelines every single year.

This year, I had a gift that I really wanted to give away and happily signed up but I didn't want anything in return. I thought a donation to an animal shelter or food bank would be awesome instead but also very much realized that, to someone like me who was excited to give a certain gift, asking someone to make a donation instead might not be as "fun".

MMM clearly took this to a whole other level with donations to multiple deserving charities. I didn't catch on that it was "multiple" donations until I saw "on the 3rd day of..." and then found myself eagerly checking this thread these past 2 mornings, then happily reading the posts to my wife and children.

The entire time, full of excitement... like a kid on Christmas morning, you could say,

Thanks for that. I'm 44 years old and love Xmas because of and for my wife and kids but you just brought some back some hidden magic/spirit for myself as well. Much appreciated.

Thanks to surferguy for throwing this together each year and thanks to everyone for sharing pictures of their hauls as well. This has been super fun.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all y'all.

I really appreciated that you asked for charity for this and I sort of went all out a bit on it. I thought about some of the things that bring me joy and I find it mostly has to do with that feeling of giving back. This year has been a hard year for many people so just taking a bit of that time in order to give a bit of joy to others seems like it is worth it.

I really appreciate SurferGuy for setting this up as well. It is a lot of fun and is a unique way to build a community out of strangers who are united by a love of a game.