Sooooo, opened the box on Christmas morning but only got to post about it now.
fcknoise. Is. The. Man.
Let me start saying that I absolutely had no idea of what to expect. I mean, I gave very little to none indications in the "wishlist" thread because I didn't even know what to wish for
I have been quite.. accommodating? with my gear-related needs this year, so I bought a lot of stuff out of curiosity or for fun - the no gigs/no rehearsals combo has a lot to do with this - therefore I got to play with a lot of the pedals I wanted to check. So that's why I had no expectations, and Nils absolutely kicked the ball out of the park with the most appreciated gear gift i could (not) expect!
Lots of things to say here
Let's start with the first thing I opened, a small package with something unidentifiable only by touching it..
turns out it is a MOTHERF** RAINDEER HEART.
A real HEART.
HOW METAL IS THAT?
BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURGH! 
i am equally curious and fearful of knowing what it tastes like, but NYE is gonna be the date.
At this point i was already losing my mind wondering what weridness was wrapped in the other packages...so i moved to the second one..
the sourest sweeeeeetest sweden sweets from heaven. No pic cause they are already mostly gone, for the joy of our dentist.
Third one is a hilarious Zappa shirt from a swedish guitar shop, super fun. I love white tees and it fits perfectly, actually i am wearing it right now (side note - my daughter laughed all day long telling everyone at the Christmas lunch that i got a shirt of a grumpy old man sitting on the toilet
).
Time for the unequivocal vinyl. IT's from a Swedish band named Neutral. Tapeloops/gazey/distoredpsych nordic weirdness? yes please!Never heard of them before now but i listened to them yesterday morning while mounting some shelves in the kitchen and It fit the awful weather perfectly
no seriously, i enjoyed it a lot.
Ok, there are only two things left, let's start with the medium-sized package- Weights like a book so it's probably a book right?..NO.
It's gear. It's a MAE Part Garden.
WHAAAT?
I have been wanting to check this one out for ages but never enough to pull the trigger.
Totally, totally unexpected as i didn't even remember i had expressed vague interest for it..amazing!! it comes at a perfect time to close the year of the dirt with adequate grandeur!
Will post a complete review as soon as i plug the guitar and play with it (see following point to know why i haven't yet)
So now.. i was getting extremely anxious..if the gear was in the middle box, WHAT'S in the BOG BOX???
An Arturia Drumbrte Impact.
Dude, seriously? you outdid yourself in ways i can't even express.
A M A Z I N G
Unexpected? absolutely.
Appropriate? most definitely.
Nils was also so kind to include a MIDI cable so I connected it straight away to the MInilogue and..BAM! MAGIC! it ignited back in me the Synth/Drum machine sparkle in ways i totally couldn't imagine. I have been playing with it for 3 days straight. Took it to our bands usual Christmas Jam, played it with my daughter, my girlfriend, already recorded about 15 different patterns etc etc..I am having so much fun that i still have to plug the guitar in the Part Garden, i have used it only with the Drumbrute so far (and it sounds amazing)
So, what more can i say? nothing, i am speechless.
Thank you again Nils, THANK YOU!
Group picture:
side note 1: just took a look at the last 2 pages and wow, like every year a lot of amazing gifts, another confirmation that ILFmas spirit is the best thing ever.
side note 2: the box for my target started moving again yesterday! yess! I seriously hope it gets delivered within this week.
I posted a photo! 
