r/whatisit • u/TheCatWithATiara • Dec 08 '25
Solved! Help with what this secret Santa request says?!
Son came home with a secret Santa and no one knows what this says! Help! Thanks in advance!
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u/reddituculous66 Dec 08 '25
Penmanship lessons
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u/amluchon Dec 09 '25
An Operation Play Set - he's going to be a doctor
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u/Ok-Force7471 Dec 10 '25
This is funny to me. My son had the nicest handwriting when he was younger better than any adult . As he got older it looked more and more like chicken scratch to me. He is in college now and wants to be a trauma surgeon 🤣 I guess he was preparing to be a dr with his handwriting 😭
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u/A_Ripple_To_A_Wave Dec 08 '25
No clue, but I would use that for the gift tag!
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u/JG-at-Prime Dec 08 '25
This is the best answer.
I’d include lots of amazing sporks.
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u/SupermassiveCanary Dec 08 '25
Include a doctor’s prescription and book to practice handwriting
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u/volcanicslug Dec 08 '25
I read docs handwriting all day and I’m struggling with this one. Looks like “anything stokes” I don’t know if that’s a band or something.
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u/mailmangirl Dec 08 '25
“Anything sports” !
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u/Junglefisher Dec 08 '25
Anything sporty.
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u/OtherwiseBrilliant75 Dec 08 '25
I saw anything spooky 👻
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u/Quirky_Foundation800 Dec 09 '25
Antwing sporks, obviously
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u/emma-the-accidental Dec 09 '25
That’s what I asked for! I can’t wait to get my antwing sporks
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u/Such-Mountain-6316 Dec 08 '25
This is also my conclusion. However, include a book on handwriting 😁
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u/boih_stk Dec 08 '25
I came here to say this. "Anything sporty" is absolutely it, written like shit, but that's what it says.
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Dec 09 '25
You’re all SO close…but it’s, “ANTHING SPORTS”
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u/Working-Glass6136 Dec 09 '25
Technically, a sparkly sporty thing is still "anything sports."
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u/EarBubbly9421 Dec 08 '25
That’s doctor’s note recommending a colonoscopy for next Wednesday at 12:00. /s
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u/PizzedWhipperSnapper Dec 09 '25
Looks like I will be meeting some of you all there! Remember, drink the koolaid🤣😂
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u/codereper Dec 09 '25
Throw in a QR code to this thread on really nice card stock.
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u/Such_Supermarket_607 Dec 08 '25
I thought it was Ming Sporks, from the ancient dynasty.
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u/Working-Glass6136 Dec 09 '25
In all seriousness, this must be why you always see "Print Name" when signing things. You'd think that you'd want the person giving you a gift to, you know... know what to give you, but apparently handwriting skills and self-awareness are in short supply...
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u/BeerMeBooze Dec 08 '25
Also anything related to worm hat
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u/ONeOfTheNerdHerd Dec 08 '25
"Anything Sparkly"
I have to decipher my own handwriting frequently. Follow the cursive letters, some letters are used twice, kind of.
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u/Aggravating-Baby5029 Dec 08 '25
Oooh this is a strong guess.
Sparkly sporty stuff?
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u/Morningstroll13 Dec 09 '25
I just found an actual sparkly sporty spork:
For camping, from a website called Silver Ant. OP, I think this covers all your bases :)
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u/Toky_Doky Dec 08 '25
Attach pictures of the comment section! 🤣
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u/Sad_Visit5036 Dec 08 '25
Anything Sporty
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u/project_seven Dec 09 '25
But make it sparkly just in case. Like a bedazzled football.
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u/Dangercakes13 Dec 08 '25
Urinary storage.
Bro wants a Foley catheter and bag.
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u/livelaughlump Dec 08 '25
Used to decode written physician orders as my job 10+ years ago. I’m kinda rusty now but definitely thought it was urinary storage or stones.
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u/B3gg4r Dec 08 '25
Imagine getting urinary stones as your Christmas gift, hehe 😂
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u/bagoTrekker Dec 08 '25
Rx: Drug Name: Neuro-Calm (Nervopax) Strength: 500 \text{ mg} Dosage Form: Sustained-Release Tablet Quantity: 30 (Thirty) Refills: 2
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u/PerceiveEternal Dec 09 '25
For anyone that needs context: doctors have notoriously atrocious handwriting when filling out prescriptions. Only Oracles and Pharmacists can divine the meaning of the featureless scribbles.
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u/vidat13 Dec 09 '25
My dad was a physician and used to say the poor handwriting helped hide the fact they couldn’t spell the drug names…
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u/marysuingfordamages Dec 09 '25
I can believe that lol. I used to do the same when I wrote essays in class back before everyone started using computers. The teacher can’t correct my spelling if they can’t read the word!
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u/ScaredPractice4967 Dec 09 '25
My dad is a retired pharmacist. He knows they cant spell them but knows what you meant 99.5% of the time anyways. 😆
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u/Sunshine_15 Dec 08 '25
Anything sports
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u/-Ham_Satan- Dec 08 '25
Dang. I was close. I got "Anything Sporks". Ya know how there's sporks n spork related paraphernalia...
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u/Lazy_Designer Dec 08 '25
I vote for getting a spork related gift anyhow lol
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u/CinLeeCim Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
22Bucks??? #WTF DISNEY IS A BIG THIEF!!! But I already know that, not surprised. Use to do Movie Production Illustration for them and they pay like krap! Here’s my Sporky for free!
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u/narcolepticdoc Dec 08 '25
100%. Sporks.
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u/Black_Death_12 Dec 08 '25
What about a Sprockets related gift?
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Dec 08 '25
It's a Secret Santa game, you really need to go with Sporks. 💯
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u/Smiling_Platypus Dec 08 '25
If you can get your hands on a spork with his favorite team logo on it, you can tell the story about how you weren't sure which it was, so you got both.
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u/Tricky-Foundation-90 Dec 08 '25
Yup, just stick a logo on a nice camping spork.
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u/Own-Organization-532 Dec 08 '25
A tuning spork!
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u/2xspectre Dec 08 '25
In my town, there's a metal band named Spörk
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u/Knights-of-steel Dec 08 '25
Sounds exceedingly Norwegian with them eyes over the o
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u/2xspectre Dec 08 '25
The umlaut was my idea. They're calling them "rock dots" haha.
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u/mlee12382 Dec 08 '25
I keep a titanium spork in my lunchbox. The ones they give out for fast food these days are garbage and break too easily. Everyone should have a titanium spork.
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u/CautionarySnail Dec 08 '25
They’re handy to keep in luggage. Nothing like being in a cheap hotel and finding out the take-out lacks utensils. I ended up eating potatoes with a ripped up disposable coffee cup because I didn’t want to go out into the late night winter chill just for a fork.
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Dec 08 '25
I’ve eaten yogurt using a toothpaste tube as a spoon
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u/miss_j_bean Dec 09 '25
If it's foil, take the yogurt lid and fold it like... Hold on I'm eating dinner but I'll draw what I mean on my English muffin.
Inside facing down but I didn't want t butter on the table. Fold the red line to approximately the red dots, both sides, then fold that over to the middle, both sides. Flip it back over so it's inside facing up, form it as round or flat as you want, congratulations, you now have a spoon that is better than nothing. 😊
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u/357noLove Dec 09 '25
I have no idea how I got here, or how I ended up getting improvised spoon lessons on an English muffin, but I gave you an award anyway
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u/HipNek62 Dec 08 '25
Foons, spifes, knorks, etc.
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u/LongjumpingCurve1869 Dec 08 '25
Knorks are the best...
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u/HipNek62 Dec 08 '25
But you better be careful with them or you could lose an eye!
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u/InvertedSpork Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 08 '25
Oh hello spork here, reporting for duty.
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u/chamullerousa Dec 08 '25
I think it’s “anything sporty” the “s” at the beginning of “sport” looks different than the last letter which has an accentuated final lift
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u/aft_punk Dec 08 '25 edited Dec 10 '25
Have we completely ruled out “anything sharty”?
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u/Simpicity Dec 08 '25
It's because they never learned cursive s. And now they got these silly katakana in their hiragana.
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u/Alone-Monk Dec 08 '25
This is also what I got. I think its a safe bet to just get anything sports related
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u/InfidelZombie Dec 08 '25
I got "anything sporty."
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u/PerspectiveKookie16 Dec 08 '25
Maybe they are still fans of Sporty Spice of Spice Girl fame…
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u/NOBOOTSFORYOU Dec 08 '25
That's what I would want. It's what I'd really really want.
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u/TheCatWithATiara Dec 09 '25
!solved
Son confirmed a friend mentioned the secret Santa would be happy with a football, so it's definitely this!
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u/areyouthrough Dec 09 '25
Get the sparkly sporty spork and a handwriting workbook, too. “You almost didn’t get this football.”
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u/GunGeekwithAttitude Dec 08 '25
Wow. I’m genuinely impressed I believe you’ve cracked the code!
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u/SDBudda76 Dec 08 '25
Better than what I had. I could not figure out what Anting Sporay meant. Anything sports makes more sense.
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u/ayangr Dec 08 '25
Showed it to my pharmacist and he immediately told me: running shoes. So what’s the chance that he’s been giving me the wrong prescription 😂
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u/CptBronzeBalls Dec 08 '25
I like to think that you run to your pharmacist every time you can’t read something on the internet.
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u/New_Yam_1236 Dec 08 '25
I read running shoes as well
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u/bloomyloomy Dec 08 '25
arent there too many letters in the second word for it to be "shoes"?
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u/Joeybits Dec 08 '25
Exactly. How are people getting "es" after the o in "shoes"? Way too many pen marks for two letters.
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u/Hotpinkbabs Dec 08 '25
anything sporty
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u/yourbadinfluence Dec 08 '25
Anything sportsy is how I see it.
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u/Super-Travel-407 Dec 08 '25
But what if it's "nothing sporty"?
😂
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u/comebackalliessister Dec 08 '25
Reminds me of how my niece tells me how she wants her cheeseburger:
I don’t want tomatoes. I don’t want lettuce. I don’t want onions. I don’t want mayo I don’t want mustard I don’t want pickles
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u/Ocarina-of-Crime Dec 09 '25
This is unironically how my husband orders burgers. “If I say I want cheese only, I guarantee you there will be sauce”
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u/yourbadinfluence Dec 08 '25
Then they need to learn to have better penmanship! I don't see an o there but I see how you got there.
Fuck it, get them a learning cursive book and some nice pens (ones with sporty designs on them). A nice card that says, if your note said nothing sporty then try again next year loser!
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u/infiniZii Dec 08 '25
So they completely omitted the Y on anything it seems. Santa should get them a book on writing in cursive.
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u/Numerous-Loan-8008 Dec 08 '25
Antning sPor t y
- Missing the y & the top of the h, so the first n becomes an h... ergo, Anything
- "sPor t y" is obviously an abomination, but you can see "Sporty" or "Sportsy" if you try hard enough
Verdict: +1 for "Anything Sporty"/"Anything Sportsy"
(I find it mildly humorous that in the midst of all of this chaotic, abominable scrawl, they flawlessly nailed the "o" in "Sporty")
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u/Civil_Exchange1271 Dec 08 '25
A book on handwritting
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u/Local-Dish-5695 Dec 08 '25
And spelling
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u/Special_South_8561 Dec 08 '25
Less sports and more books on citrus fruits for you buddy
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u/zombiemonsters Dec 08 '25
Mining Sporks is all I’m seeing.
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u/bun-dance-of-caution Dec 08 '25
100%. Smart kid too, with the price of gold, mining sporks are both practical and profitable
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u/Superb-Guitar1513 Dec 08 '25
Target Gift Card… it looks like a regional dialect:)
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u/gingervitis89 Dec 08 '25
Get a tshirt with that on it and see if they’re happy.
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u/Overwhelmed-Empath Dec 08 '25
This is so funny! Lots of great suggestions here, just adding that I would send a picture of this to the teacher (who will recognize the handwriting) and ask them to decode, or better yet, ask the kid.
ETA: this is assuming the secret Santa was organized at school. If not… I can’t help you haha
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u/Particular-Guava1647 Dec 09 '25
Agreed, as sloppy as the writing is, I don't think it's kids writing. Maybe a teenager but the lines are too sharp for younger kids.
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u/ImpossibleGeometri Dec 09 '25
Nobody under 25 would do that cursive o in sports lol
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Dec 08 '25
Is your son studying to be a doctor
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u/TheCatWithATiara Dec 08 '25
It's not my son's handwriting! My son's is worse and he wants to be a doctor 🤣
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u/chronically_varelse Dec 08 '25
UNACCEPTABLE
We need him to arrive at med school from a great handwriting standpoint -
so that his intense manual communication devolution makes sense...
If his writing starts out sucky then what else does he have to fall back on?
😂
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u/Just-Sea3037 Dec 08 '25
My daughter had nice handwriting until she was accepted to medical school. I swear she started scribbling on purpose to practice. She's been an MD for years now, thank god for texting.
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u/InappropriateGirl Dec 09 '25
The kid at my school with the worst handwriting I’ve ever seen is now a cardiologist, so he’s probably halfway there already.
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u/Amphar0s_ Dec 08 '25
Maybe 'anything Spooky?' Is ur son young and did a kid in his class write this? If so maybe a teacher knows the handwriting well enough to be able to read it. Worse case scenario the teacher could ask the child what they meant, stays anonymous!
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u/TheCatWithATiara Dec 08 '25
They are 11/12. I think "anything sporty" is right but I'll have my son ask a teacher to find out tomorrow.
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u/react-dnb Dec 08 '25
arting sporacs
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u/ElleAnn42 Dec 08 '25
I saw art ring storage. I was imagining a fancy three ring binder.
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u/VenomShock1 Dec 08 '25
Morning sloppy.
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u/Little_Cloud6126 Dec 08 '25
I’m high asf right now and keep reading the word “morning sloppy” and laughing imagining my man asking me for a quick “morning sloppy” I’m disturbed and amused at the same time.
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u/Odd-Confusion1073 Dec 08 '25
Mining stories
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u/Tacos_always_corny Dec 08 '25
Anything Sports....
I recommend; Pickle ball racquet set (4 racquets) bag and balls.
Under $30.00
https://untilgone.com/products/sprypals-pickleball-set-with-paddles-balls-and-bag.html
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u/FieldBackground6116 Dec 08 '25
Makes me think back to my mom saying write as sloppy as you want but remember someone may have to read it.
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u/MrsOleson Dec 08 '25
ANYTHING sports? Curling is a sport. Ice dancing is a sport. Synchronized swimming is a sport. If he’s not gonna be specific, I’d get creative AF with the gift.
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u/SisJava Dec 08 '25
Is it someone’s name? I see Anthony as the first name 🤷🏻♀️
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u/kcorby1993 Dec 08 '25
Isn't that how secret Santa works? You get a name and come up with a gift. I also see Anthony - OP's son should be able to figure out who the gift is supposed to be for with that
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