Last Sunday @laputis and I came to the church where I had to play during Mass and found a package addressed to me. This was Christmas package from @contrabourdon, our Australian friend.

On the top next to the address I saw a neatly drawn Spiky the hedgehog, clearly drawn by @contrabourdon's wife @leysa. Spiky had a Christmas hat on, a mic in one paw and was singing:

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## "Merry Christmas to youuuu"
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When we got back home later that afternoon we opened a package and found a cap with a Steem logo on it (a gift from @leysa). We took turns wearing it and taking pictures.

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James sent 5 copies of Australian organ magazines. I think they will keep me busy for a while.

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There was also a nice greeting card added with @leysa's drawings of Pinky and Spiky gang and these words:

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## Dear fellow Steemians
## @organduo and @laputis
## wishing you
## a very merry
## little Christmas
## from
## @contrabourdon
## @leysa
## @principal8
## @octave4
## and @flageolet2
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To complete the package was a picture book "Deck the Shed with Bits of Wattle", written by Colin Buchanan and Greg Champion, illustrated by Glen Singleton, published by A Scholastic Australia Book. It's full of Aussie Spiky humor. And of course @leysa decorated the book with her hilarious drawings of Pinky!

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Thanks so much our Aussie friends!

What a fun Christmas this year for us. However, people in Australia have not been so lucky.

## Let's hope for more rain in 2020 and that bushfires in Australia would be put away soon. Don't forget to donate to support the brave firefighters... Many of them are volunteers:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/21/how-you-can-donate-and-help-the-volunteer-firefighters-in-australias-bushfire-crisis

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Check out my Pinky and Spiky comic books:
https://amazon.com/author/vidaspinkevicius

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