Secret Santa Gift Exchange

i'm a little afraid to join.

no stinkbombs, or flaming bags of dog poo, or coffee table books by what appears to be heloise on acid, etc...
 
Lifesaver will be in when she pms me her address. I will include her then, when she is official ;-) I hope we have a decent number but either way, I shall go ahead and match people up on Thanksgiving and pass out the names via pm the next day.
I already have several ideas for my secret santa giftee and I haven't even started matching anyone up yet!
 
Official list:
Me
Doc
QSis
Deelady
VeraBlue
Luckytrim
SilverSage

Lifesaver



And to those who are afraid to join in (BT--for instance you, if you do not want to get food items just say so along with any food allergies. It is one of my problems)
 
C'mon Chowhound!!! C'mon Miniman!! Lefty!!!! High Cheese?? Mav???

You are all the backbone of this place....play with us! And Bucky...get in the goddam pool already! Adillo...???? SmokeKing?????? Let's go, my brothers!! Buzz, you too! and Sister Terry, get in on this!! Please!!!!!!!!!
 
Official list:
Me
Doc
QSis

Deelady
VeraBlue
Luckytrim
SilverSage
Lifesaver
Dan Diamond
Maverick
Keltin
Mr. Green Jeans
 
Good job Susan. Come on gang, the more the merrier. Still time for you to sign up. Just PM Susan (or PM me and I'll forward to Susan).
 
Doc, thanks for trying but evidently there is not that much interest. A cold blanket was thrown on the idea initially; I should have dropped it.
 
Thanks for your efforts Susan. And Thanks for posting it on NCT's Facebook page. I expected a better turn out and I agree participation has been rather lackluster.
I'll put this on hold for now and try to revive it in Dec. and see if more of the Christmas spirit has caught on here at that time.
THANKS Again!!!!!!!!
 
I don't think 12 participants is lackluster at all!! I'm sure more people will come on board - but you do have to have a cutoff at some point.
Why not make the cut off the day the tree is lit in Rockefeller Center? Thanksgiving is just two days away. If you wait another week, you might get a few more participants. But, even if the list stays as it is, try to remember the economy still sucks and one out of ever 10 people is still out of work. I love the idea of the exchange, but I'd be equally as happy to see pictures of everyone's christmas tree, or menorah or kwanza candles or plastic spoon assortment! People don't join these things for a reason. Personally, I'm a card carrying member of the "i won't join any club that would have me as member" club. If more join, great, if not, so be it. I hope everyone has a good time either participating or watching what those who are say about it.

Is there an agreed upon price?? Still thinking of the economy, I don't believe this should be any more than twenty bucks.
 
Susan is backing out of it Vera as she has outside pressures on her and she is disappointed with the turnout so far.
I agree and plan to go forward with it, but at a later date. No Thanksgiving cut off. I might have to have all those participating send me the same info they sent to Susan and I'll work it from there.
Anyone else who thinks they might want to join just PM me your info.
$20 sounds like a good suggested cut off but there is no hard fast rule. You sure do not have to spend twenty bucks. You can get by a whole lot cheaper, just pick a gift you think the other person will like.
If we have a cut off of Dec 11th that would give everyone one week to shop for whatever and that would give it a week to be delivered. Doable but might be rushed a little. All still under consideration at this point. I need to get past this weekend and then we'll shore up plans.
I will run the SS though, so send me the PM's if you want in. I will update the list early next week.
 
Doc, maybe we can try again next year.
Sounds good Susan. I had thoughts of trying to still make it work this year but I simply can't see it through.
It's a tough year all the way around, lets all hope next year will be better for all. :thumb:
 
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