SWFans Secret Santa

[Dasquian Belargic]

Would anyone be interested in doing a Secret Santa here on Fans? If, somehow, you don't know what Secret Santa is: basically everyone's name goes into a hat, and then at random we pick out names, assigning everyone with a secret gift partner. Simple.

We could have a budget of something like $20 or lower. Then come Christmas, we can have the joy of unwrapping a parcel from an unknown someone, somewhere.

What do you think? :)

[Ilias Nytrau]

Wicked idea, beb. Slightly more interesting than a Christmas card exchange, which is equally as cool, I might add.

I say go for it!

[Mandy with an I]

If money wasnt so tight, I would be all for it. :(

[Miranda Tarkin]

I'm good with cards/secret santa :) Would love to do it

[Liam Jinn]

I can't afford it, at least not this year. Sorry.

[Nya Halcyon]

I'm in for it.

[Daiquiri]

Put my name in :)

[Sanis Prent]

Add my name to the hat. I'm in three secret santas right now. Another would be great.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Alright, anyone who wants to play, PM me your details...then on December 7th I'll give everyone a buddy. Gives you a couple of weeks to find something, and get it posted out. How does that sound?

[Miranda Tarkin]

^_^ Sounds good

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I'm game :)

[Wyl Staedtler]

Oooooh, yes. :D

[Ilias Nytrau]

I'm for it. I'm in.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I am tentatively in... I'll know for sure tomorrow.

[Dasquian Belargic]

So far I have eight participants, in a total of four different countries :D

[Park Kraken]

I'd be up for the christmas card thing. But I'm too broke for gift parcels. and, there is the problem that if a gift card is bought, the ultimate recipient may not have the store around them of said gift card to spend it at.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well, don't buy a gift card...?

[The Message]

I'd be up for the christmas card thing. But I'm too broke for gift parcels. and, there is the problem that if a gift card is bought, the ultimate recipient may not have the store around them of said gift card to spend it at.

Nothing says Merry Christmas like a nude photo of yourself. Chika bow wow..

[Dasquian Belargic]

Ok, I'm PMing out everyones Secret Santa partners now :D

[Nya Halcyon]

Did we set a budget for this?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

20 bux I believe.

[Dasquian Belargic]

Right, 20 bux :)

[Nya Halcyon]

Okiedoke :)

[Park Kraken]

The issue of me being broke is no longer an issue thanks to gaining employment (suprisingly enough as a security officer considering what the economy is doing to security work in the local area), so I'm up for participating in this thing.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I believe you are too late, everyone's already been divvied up.

[Liam Jinn]

The issue of me being broke is no longer an issue thanks to gaining employment (suprisingly enough as a security officer considering what the economy is doing to security work in the local area), so I'm up for participating in this thing.


I believe you are too late, everyone's already been divvied up.

Wow, really? He couldn't afford it before, now he can. Give him a chance, it's Christmas :)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

But the names have been pulled from the hat? :huh Up to Jenny of course, she's running it. I just assumed that since we've already 'pulled' the names... O_o

[Dasquian Belargic]

LD is right. I already paired everyone up. The 8 people who PM'd me have someone to give a gift to, and receive a gift from. :/

If more people are up for it, that's cool, but the original people have been sorted already... I can't really change who they got or ask them to send two gifts.

[Park Kraken]

Ok. Can I at least have addresses to send christmas cards to then?

Ooh, I just belatedly realized that I should be decorating the house right now. Perhaps I'll put up the christmas lights tomorrow or the day after.

[Miranda Tarkin]

I hath purchased my gift to send! :D

[Tri'ahna Zylary]

Yeah me too... now I just gotta get around to sending it...

Although - it's not going to be all that much of a secret seeing that the stamps on the package will give away where it comes from (unless there's someone else from Germany who's taking part in this).

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Well its a secret UNTIL we get it. ;)

For most people :shakefist Payday is on Friday, I plan on going SHOPPING! :dance

[Dasquian Belargic]

For most people :shakefist

I'm sorry I couldn't think of a way to make it so I didn't know who would be buying my gift :mneh

Friday is my shopping day too.. :mischief

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Whoever has your name will just have to figure out a way to surprise you despite the lack of surprise. ;)

edit: IN THE MAIL IN THE MAIL!

[Nya Halcyon]

I sent mine out last friday - hoping it'll get there in time!

[Dasquian Belargic]

:o

I kind of broke the rules and bought gifts for two people. Apologies if they don't arrive on time.. :uhoh blame the Royal Mail.

[Grace Van-Derveld]

And hopefully post here to let us know you got everything ok! Especially since a lot of us are doing International mail fun!

[Nya Halcyon]

Yeah.... the international mail thing is a bummer.... postage was almost as much as the gift itself! They really need to start up a cheap global mail service.

[Ilias Nytrau]

I should shower and get dressed and actually leave my house despite the cold and snow to go gifting. :lol

[Lilaena De'Ville]

ack lines at the post office were too long and my husband gave up. So, half is mailed, half is not. :uhoh

[Dasquian Belargic]

Oh my freakin god. I got a secret santa package today (and opened it, not realising what it was...) - I cannot express in words how utterly awesome this gift is! Everyone else is going to wish they had Holly as their secret santa now :D

[Lilaena De'Ville]

AAAAHHH YOU GOT IT ALREADY?!

:glomp

[Nya Halcyon]

What was it? Or shouldn't we tell? *is curious what utterly awesome is in this context*

[Byl Laprovik]

I'm late to the draw on getting my gift out. Sorry in advance :(

[Dasquian Belargic]

I got this!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/tehwofl/wodbook1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/tehwofl/wodbook2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/tehwofl/wodbook3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/tehwofl/wodbook4.jpg

The very first (I think?) SWFans Book! It's a collection of RPs from our World of Darkness storyline, specifically the Gabriel and Sansa related stuff.

[Nya Halcyon]

That is very cool!

Hey Holly, how did you make that? Or let it be made?

[Lilaena De'Ville]

HOOORAAY it looks great, I'm so happy! A rare first edition!

oh if others are interested in getting one, let me know. I could also use some authors' last names if I do a second edition ;)

edit: I did it through lulu.com

[Nya Halcyon]

Now that's something I gotta remember....

And a really cool idea... we should make more of these, an entire series :p

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Completed roleplays are required. Makes it difficult to get a whole storyline that's useable.

Of all of the RPs I used, only one was incomplete, and I finished it for the book. So it has BONUS material!

[Nya Halcyon]

True.... there's not an awful lot of completed material around...

[Dasquian Belargic]

Think of these books as motivation to finish threads then? :D

[Nya Halcyon]

If everyone could do that, it'd be great :p

[Miranda Tarkin]

That is sweet. Wonderful present :)

Can't wait to see what everyone else gets and I hope my person likes theirs!

[Tear]

Wow im very impressed. Nicely done

[Anita Stern]

I'll be getting my gift sent out... tomorrow. So It'll probably be late. :rolleyes

[Ilias Nytrau]

Posted out my gift. Should be five business days (it goes out tonight), and you'll have it. ;)

[Nya Halcyon]

I'm really curious to find out when mine'll get there.... international shipping is horribly buggy these days! The other week I posted something off to the UK which took two weeks, so I don't want to know how long it'd take to the US....

[Miranda Tarkin]

Anyone else get their packages? :uhoh

[Lilaena De'Ville]

nope! UPS service has been held up due to snowy streets and delays at the airport tho...:uhoh

[Grace Van-Derveld]

Well I sent mine out awhile ago so.... I just want to make sure ^_^

But yeah, similar problems here. Damn snow/sleet storm warning is in effect into 6pm central tomorrow!

[Nya Halcyon]

Yeah mine was sent over week ago... should be there by now.

Haven't received anything either but if it's from the US - I just got a package today that I ordered THREE weeks ago from someone in the US, so there's a good chance the secret santa package will take equally long.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ahhhh! I got mine! Thank you thank you! :hug I can't wait to crack open The Handmaid's Tale, it looks awesome!

[Selinica Miriya]

Just got mine. Books! I can never have enough books, but I never have enough bookshelf. :lol And I don't think you knew, but I'm a fan of Boris Vallejo's work, so the cover on one of the books is right up my alley.

Oh yeah, Miranda is my Santa! Thanks so much! I'll be reading...:hug

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Miriya is my Santa, btw, forgot to say! :glomp

I bet everyone gets books. ;)

[Dasquian Belargic]

Haha, we are all book nerds. Figures. Good to hear others are finally getting their gifts! :)

(The Handmaiden's Tale is an excellent book btw :D)

[Miranda Tarkin]

Yay! :D I am so glad you liked the books and a total bonus to the cover art! I love his work too! Andre Norton is a favorite fantasy author of mine and wanted to share :)

Just to clarify, you did get 2 packages with 2 books each right? Shipping was cheaper that way ^_^

[Selinica Miriya]

Sure did! Thanks again! ^_____^

[Miranda Tarkin]

Yay! You are very welcome! ^___^

[Dasquian Belargic]

I'm really curious to find out when mine'll get there.... international shipping is horribly buggy these days! The other week I posted something off to the UK which took two weeks, so I don't want to know how long it'd take to the US....

I sent postcards from the Vatican to various places in the US, and they took roughly one and a half weeks to get there. It took only a week for them to get from Italy to the UK. Then again, maybe the Vatican post office is very efficient!

Then again, I have had post from the US this year that took about 7 working days to get here.

[Mandy with an I]

Then again, maybe the Vatican post office is very efficient!


Well, they do have God on their side.


Sounds like the Secret Santa was a big success :)

[Dasquian Belargic]

God, and a lot of Nuns with nothing to do.. :lol

And yup, it seems to be a big success so far! I think everyones enjoys receiving unexpected parcels in the post ;)

[Selinica Miriya]

Waiting for things to arrive in the post makes me all giddy. Receiving them makes me giddy. I love mail, so long as it isn't government stuff or bills. Who in the world actually LIKES bills?

[Dasquian Belargic]

Another parcel for meeee :eee

Storm Front (Book 1 of the Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher
Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn

Alright alright I get the hint I'll read the Dresden Files :lol Thanks again Holly, these are some of the most personalized (and geeky) gifts I've received this year :) :hug

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:dance no more excuses!!!

You're welcome, it was my pleasure. :eee

[Dasquian Belargic]

Miranda finally got what I sent her, woohoo - so I was wondering Holly, did you get a package from the UK yet? :uhoh

[Anna Fernandez]

Nope I haven't gotten anything...:uhoh

I was wondering about this today too, lol, except I was wondering if everyone got their packages? Seems like we haven't heard from Charley and Christin...

[Dasquian Belargic]

They were both posted at the same time so hopefully within the week you should get something.

Charley, Christin and Daiquiri we have to hear from *nods*

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Did C&C sign up separately or did they just do one? O_o

[Barton Henning]

Seperately, I believe.

Oh and there was Mara too! ^_^;

[Darven]

The one I sent arrived a good while ago, Christin said. The one I am getting is a little late, but I was informed of it so it's all well. :)