Secret Santa 2016! Pairings sent! Shipping early November, e.g. NOW!

andrewjoy · 21 Nov 2016, 13:29

mine arrived , DHL spoil everything as it tells you whats inside ! But i only have a brief description of what it is not exactly what it will be.

I am still craving more of last years chocolate i got given , is was sooo nice!

Alkhar · 21 Nov 2016, 13:49

andrewjoy wrote: DHL spoil everything as it tells you whats inside ! But i only have a brief description of what it is not exactly what it will be

Didnt even think about this aka the custom declaration ...

Thumper · 21 Nov 2016, 14:06

Alkhar wrote:
andrewjoy wrote: DHL spoil everything as it tells you whats inside ! But i only have a brief description of what it is not exactly what it will be
Didnt even think about this aka the custom declaration ...

Were did you ship ?

Alkhar · 21 Nov 2016, 14:23

USA, so it was mandatory.

XMIT · 21 Nov 2016, 15:32

My own Secret Santa outgoing package ships today!

hypkx · 21 Nov 2016, 17:00

Shipped today and received yesterday my package.

Thumper · 21 Nov 2016, 19:33

hypkx wrote:Shipped today and received yesterday my package.

Ho ho ho.

hypkx · 21 Nov 2016, 19:37

Thumper wrote:
hypkx wrote:Shipped today and received yesterday my package.
Ho ho ho.

I wonder whats inside

Thumper · 21 Nov 2016, 19:40

hypkx wrote:
Thumper wrote:
hypkx wrote:Shipped today and received yesterday my package.
Ho ho ho.
I wonder whats inside

Please don't blame my shipping methods, I was quite surprised that I didn't had a fitting box in my house :/

Nonetheless there will be surprises in there.

Halvar · 23 Nov 2016, 12:20

J'ai reçu un colis très lourd de la France aujourd'hui.

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andrewjoy · 23 Nov 2016, 12:59

i found a cool video about secret santa

webwit · 23 Nov 2016, 13:25

I'm glad she colored A, B and C, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to distinguish those letters.

Is this a mathematical pleonasm?

Scarpia · 23 Nov 2016, 15:19

Question: Once Festivus is over and everyone reveals what they got from their Santa, will the identities of the Secret Santas be revealed? Are we meant to try to guess who our Secret Santa is? Or is the fun in not knowing?

Personally I'm fine with either scenario, but since the country of origin is hard to miss on a tracked package, some Secret Santas might be rather easy to guess.

XMIT · 23 Nov 2016, 15:32

You can PM me after December 23rd if you haven't figured out who your Secret Santa is, sure.

kbdfr · 23 Nov 2016, 15:40

Two years ago:
off-topic-f10/deskthority-secret-santa- ... ml#p196839

XMIT · 23 Nov 2016, 15:50

Given that I asked participants to include a card or letter, I think nearly everyone will know who their sender was.

snuci · 23 Nov 2016, 17:21

XMIT wrote: Given that I asked participants to include a card or letter, I think nearly everyone will know who their sender was.

I thought the "secret" in Secret Santa" was that nobody would know? Had I known, i might have put something better in there (just kidding)

ohaimark · 23 Nov 2016, 18:01

I made sure to keep my note anonymous, but I doubt the recipient will be wondering for long.

HzFaq · 23 Nov 2016, 19:08

Got my package today, so tempting having it sat over there on my desk...I'll wait until the proper date though

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Scarpia · 23 Nov 2016, 19:59

Kept my note anonymous as well (though I'll be pretty easy to guess).

ohaimark · 23 Nov 2016, 20:01

This event should be known as Semi-Secret Santa.

Alkhar · 23 Nov 2016, 20:05

Scarpia wrote: Kept my note anonymous as well (though I'll be pretty easy to guess).

Yep didnt think about this too ...
Signed the letter with my nickname ...

Thumper · 23 Nov 2016, 20:32

Alkhar wrote:
Scarpia wrote: Kept my note anonymous as well (though I'll be pretty easy to guess).
Yep didnt think about this too ...
Signed the letter with my nickname ...

Me too.

Muirium · 25 Nov 2016, 17:52

Much to my surprise, Santa tracked me down to my winter roost. Less to my surprise: he is of course from Scandinavia! Should I post some pictures yet? I had to open the parcel to figure out what it was. It's a good 'un.

XMIT · 25 Nov 2016, 17:53

No photos until Festivus!

Muirium · 25 Nov 2016, 17:57

Rats!

XMIT · 25 Nov 2016, 17:58

Which reminds me...

Photos are to be posted on Festivus or soon thereafter.

If for some reason you don't think you'll be around on Dec 23rd, you're welcome to PM me photos and I'll post them to the forum when the time comes.

kbdfr · 28 Nov 2016, 08:58

Just received something unexpected - must be my Santa gift

ohaimark · 28 Nov 2016, 09:18

I'll be flying back from TX on the 23rd, so photos might be a day late. Lots of variables that afternoon.

andrewjoy · 28 Nov 2016, 11:25

I cannot wait mine is so tempting ,, there is a small hole in the side of the box and i can see some beige coloured plastic or metal , i wonder what it is .......ooooo