Love this
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Shout out to @hreilly27 for the awesome secret Santa gift! Love the note on the local scorecard (mad at myself for not thinking of that) As the worldās biggest lurker, this was no easy task but he nailed it! I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas that is filled with imperial hats.
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Glad it made it across the country!! Enjoy! If youāre ever out west, Iād be thrilled to show you the MacKenzie course.
Speaking of Imperial hatsā¦
Awesome work, @OTPLefty. Future Mrs. Reilly told me not to me to not open the box until I received your card (arrived today), which was tough as I saw it was from The Shop Indy. I love their stuff and this ā84 Indy 500 merch is no exception. The shirt is awesome, but I can wait to rock this hat on the course.
Rick Mears is my guy - for my money, there was not a better driver at the Speedway. He never put a foot wrong - didnāt even wreck at IMS until 1991. Absolute master and the ā84 500 is his magnum opus.
Thank you so much and happy holidays!
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Wow that shirt and hat combo are absolutely to die for.
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Sheesh. As a born and bred Hoosier who grew up at the Speedway, this is 
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Shoutout to my Secret Santa for an amazing smorgasbord of gifts.
As a golf nerd who reads everything I can itās amazing you picked out two books that I havenāt read yet so canāt wait to check those out.
It seems we crossed paths at the summer festival this year and I appreciate the wall art of the hole where I made my lone birdie on the day and also won a closest to the pin. It will now be immortalized forever.
I will be making great use of sickos mug for sure and also some excellent sleuthing to catch that Iām a giant anime nerd so absolutely love the Vegeta ball marker.
The Italian Flag colors on the western birch tees are just 
so thank you for that.
Also the handwritten note was very lovely so I canāt thank you enough for making my first Secret Santa on the refuge a great one! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year @tchap80
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I want to apologize to whomever got myself or @PinePocky as their secret Santa target. (You donāt need to out yourselves, we look forward to being surprised)
We are currently traveling and just found out that our school is CLOSING OUR MAIL ROOM FROM THE 22ND TO NEW YEARS and we cannot access anything that might be shipped to us during that time. Generally living la-vida-prep-school is awesome, this is one of the few downsides.
(Edit: the mail room people work super hard and Iām REALLY glad they are getting paid time off. I just wish they could find a way to trust faculty to get our own damn packages.)
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Merry Christmas @VinnyCal75 ! I had a blast researching the old posts and pulling together the random āsmorgasbordā as you put it!
Also, the ball marker is made by one of our own - @Darikashi and his āvillainsā ball markers!
Have a wonderful holiday and thanks for taking part in Secret Santa!!
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I have the exact same one and can confirm they are elite
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Very jealous of that sickos mug.
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The Shop has so much cool stuff. Indy 500 stuff from the past, so cool.
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Shoutout to my SS @Pendo23. Iām eternally grateful that you included the card with the 2nd package because Iāve been racking my brain for the last few days trying to figure out if I ordered those whiskey glasses for myself and completely forgot or if my credit card had been stolen by a most generous thief.
Thankfully they were from you and I havenāt lost my mind
The LOTR yardage book cover is awesome and will absolutely be the envy of several of the guys in my regular foursome. Thank you very much for the kind gifts and Happy Christmas!
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Man I was floored when I opened up your gift today! Incredibly thoughtful gift, and crazy enough I had just added this book to my Amazon wishlist last week! Cannot wait to try these coffee beans tomorrow, they smell awesome. Most of my favorite local roasters donāt source from Mexico often, really excited to try this.
I donāt post much so I knew Iād be tough to buy for but you nailed it.
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Letās go! Haha thats awesome. Merry Christmas!
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An amazingly generous and thoughtful gift arrived from @Shane yesterday. A full Olympic-themed package. Wine has already been opened. Girlfriend and mom are loving it.
The first year I did Refuge Secret Santa, my giftee just asked for āsomething unique to you,ā which I loved. Iāve included it my survey response every year since. It always seems to yield really cool gifts and reminds me how expansive this community is.
Another S/O to @lazyjk for making this happen. Best thing on the Refuge every year.
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Got home reallllly late last night from being out of town for the last week and finally got through the mail and packages tonight.
Thank you secret santa!!! The ornaments are so cute (my friend Ed agrees) and this purse is amazing. I love when people find ways to make new things out of old things and this Phillies baseball glove purse is super cool. Canāt wait to put it to use at games. The chocolate has already been devoured 
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Hell yeah, man! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.
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Glad everyone enjoyed! The guest tag is for when you make it out to the bay. We will get out.
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Glad you like it! Merry Christmas to you & yours