It occurs to me I didn't make any follow up here!
The main prize winner got his decks - Ozfan30 is happy! As you can see below, encase got his Second Chance prize as well.
Interestingly enough, both Card Player and Fes opted to donate their bonus prizes for either spotting or making the 100,000th post to my magic volunteer work at a local hospital! A tip of my hat to both of them, they are gentlemen and scholars.
This year, I was there on the morning of Christmas Eve and on the afternoon of Christmas Day. I had a rather interesting, moving experience on the first of those two days. I was in the pediatric ICU, approaching a child who, without going into details, wasn't terribly happy with where he'd been spending the last few days. His mother mentioned that he might not be receptive, but I told her that was fine and I'd give it a shot anyway.
When I left, she was crying over the fact that her son was smiling and having a good time for the first time in three days. She bumped into my program supervisor later that day, who emailed me that it was the best Christmas present ever.
With the New Year 2015 approaching, I'm counting my blessings - I'm in relatively decent health, I have a happy home and many, many other little things that make me grateful. One of my greatest blessings is that I can go to that hospital and entertain sick and injured children - it's a wonderful thing.
