Reading this thread is so heartwarming.

Good on every one of you for creating a family like community in a public forum!

Can anyone say they've been able to read through any other thread or comment section on any other forum or social media page that featured nothing but positivity, thoughtfulness, and gratefulness? I bet you can't. This is truly amazing and the collective generous nature of everyone participating is second to none.

I've said it before, but pinball people are THE BEST people on the planet!

Finally ready to wrap all my gifts and send them off! I hope you like them, I know I do!

Knocked it out of the park santa! Nice share of your awesome gifts!

Wow @SkyKings2301 's santa knocked one out of the park! Nice job santa and excellent thorough share. I feel like I was there opening your gifts with you.

I love the play pinball sign. Share another photo when you set it up in your game room!

I had the pleasure of visiting Wonderland Brewing Co on a trip to Denver recently. Great place! First place I found a Godzilla to try out and lots of other well maintained games. And some nice brews too! Nice gifts!

Thank you Santa!

Gift arrived today! Not a lot of gift opening happening in my home over the holidays so will try to resist and wait for Christmas! Can't wait to see what's inside! The doggo is pretty curious too.

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Cool! Pinball coasters are awesome.

That's absolutely incredible! Christmas time always reminds us that good people are still everywhere.

I've told myself if I can cracker a billion on my JP I will open my SS gift early.

Current GC is less than 700 million...hoping for a holiday miracle!

Well,

I challenged myself and decided if I could break a billion on my JP I could go against my guns and open my secret santa gift early.

I've been trying every night, but it looks like I will have to wait a couple more days.

Time to pour a drink and try again!

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Merry flippin Christmas everyone!

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Well I would like to say I waited until Christmas as I promised myself I would (unless I put up a billion on JP which did not happen)...however with my gift sitting in my lap waiting for midnight like a child, at about 11:35 PM the gift suddenly opened to reveal the multiple gifts my santa generously sent me!

First out of the box was lobster! Well, lobster flavored candy...lol. Might have to pour this in a dish and bring it to the in-laws to share.

Next was a few very useful things that for some reason I never got around to adding to my tool bag and I'm sure excited to finely have them!

A clipable pivoting bright light that will surely be handy, a magnetic retractable rod which i wish i would have had a long time ago, a magnetic dish (how did I never even think of that!), a hefty set of common sized magnetic nut drivers (again something I really needed, I have a set but they are not magnetic and I drop a lot of nuts), and a box of common screws nuts and washers (which hopefully will last a while- now that I have the proper magnet tools I will hopefully be losing less of them!)

Last out of the box was the gift that tickles your feelings because it shows my santa was really thinking about ME specifically, and that is a pair of tin signs to match both my Last Action Hero and my Jurassic Park games, and a cool play pinball tin sign as well! I can't wait to get them walled and I'm already planning out their new permanent spot on the wall next to my games!

Thank you so much for everything santa, even the lobster candy! It was so exciting to have the gift teasing me until today! I wanted to hit my goal on JP and open it early, and although I got painfully close (977 million), it was worth waiting for! My wife's been practically begging me to open it since it arrived.

I can't wait to do this again next year!

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I actually won this in a pinball tournament and have been meaning to actually start it. Going to put it under my vegetable grow lights and see how crazy Bob Ross can get

Thanks again santa,

Put several of your gifts to good use today installing the gotg orb mod my wife got me. The magnetic rod came in super clutch when I dropped a screen and nut all the way back by groots head. I can't believe I didn't have one of these already, what a life saver. Magnetic dish was also super handy, and all of the wall art pieces have found their forever homes. Thanks again!

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Oooo I definitely know exactly where that Mars cheese castle is. Your santa must be from Wisconsin!