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Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 20:14 ]
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Well hello there! It's that time of year again folks where you get to stalk your victim er, recipient and send them something amazing to make their Christmas rawk! :metul:

Rules of the game if you want to play are:

    PM me your details(name & address) by Midnight November 20th with the subject line 'Secret Santa'.

    I will be sending out your recipients details the next day, you then have about three weeks to stalk them and buy them something truly amazing!

    I reckon try to have your gift sent out by about the second week of December so it gets there in plenty of time.


    You may post in this thread, but you don't have to if you want to remain super secret and stalkerish!
    :ninja:

    I'm thinking of a cost limit of £5 - £10?


    Over Christmas you take a photo of your gift and put it in this thread.


Try and make sure that you at least get proof of postage in case something goes astray, recorded delivery is always better so it can be tracked, but do whatever is within budget for you.

Try to update your Amazon wishlist, you can get the thingy (technical term, okay) so you can grab stuff from any site.

Last posting dates;

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Thursday 21st December First Class and Recorded Signed For

Any further thoughts or anything you think I've missed, feel free to post in this thread or drop me a PM. :)

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Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:53 ]
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Last call for our Santas! :)

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:46 ]
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Thank you to all of our Santas. I shall be sending out your PMs this evening. :)

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Nov 22, 2017 21:27 ]
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad shop!!!

As ever if you want to ask any questions via me please feel free, but remember I'm only really around in the evenings and weekends unfortunately.

You might be able to pick up some Black Friday deals!! :D

Author:  Kern [ Wed Dec 06, 2017 17:12 ]
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Just received a mystery parcel!

Starting to feel Christmassy now.

Author:  Joans [ Wed Dec 06, 2017 21:50 ]
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I think we have the same Santa :p

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And now we've found out the people at the top of our chain have fucked off on holiday, I can put the tree up.

Author:  myp [ Wed Dec 06, 2017 21:54 ]
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*does the "we're gonna be in first" dance*

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Dec 06, 2017 22:09 ]
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Lonewolves wrote:
*does the "we're gonna be in first" dance*

Title.

Author:  KovacsC [ Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:16 ]
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My parcel is under the tree. Thanks Santa.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:45 ]
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Six days to go!

Author:  Malc [ Sun Dec 24, 2017 16:07 ]
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Can't seem to add my photo, but my presents arrived on Friday.

Author:  GazChap [ Sun Dec 24, 2017 17:53 ]
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Ah yes, mine arrived on Wednesday and is waiting for me under the tree :)

Author:  Kern [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 10:58 ]
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Porn! Thanks Santa!

Author:  KovacsC [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:14 ]
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Batman and Lego. Love you Santa.

Author:  Joans [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:42 ]
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Lego Star Wars! How did you know, thanks Santa.

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Oh, and thanks for the notebook too, I guess >:( :luv:

Unfortunately, you did a little too well...

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I might re-enact some epic battles. :p

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:44 ]
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Mrs Grim... says "Thanks for my game!".

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 11:58 ]
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What was it?

Author:  MaliA [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 12:22 ]
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Thank you, Secret Santa! Love it! Will report back.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 14:08 ]
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Goddess Jasmine wrote:
What was it?

Um... I can't remember.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 14:10 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Goddess Jasmine wrote:
What was it?

Um... I can't remember.

:DD

Author:  DavPaz [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 15:08 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Thank you, Secret Santa! Love it! Will report back.

Why are you in the same place? Are you related?

Author:  GazChap [ Mon Dec 25, 2017 22:12 ]
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Thank you Santa, for my Deadpool and Iron Man Lego-a-like model things! Based on the packaging I imagine there's some sort of AR/mixed reality stuff with it and scanning QR codes, but I await with bated breath!

Author:  myp [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 14:51 ]
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Thanks Santa! It's a bottle cap frame shaped in some kind of Baltic country. Will look at a map later to see if I can work out which one it is.

Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 15:44 ]
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I think it might be Westeros :D

Author:  RuySan [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 18:06 ]
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Serious cultural question:

Do "you people" buy new christmas sweaters every year?


Also, some really great presents all around. When me and my friends did secret santa, i bought a deck of cards with porno pictures for 1€ on a Chinese shop.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 18:13 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
I think it might be Westeros :D

Ha ha!

Very cool gift indeed!

Author:  Mimi [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 18:52 ]
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RuySan wrote:
Serious cultural question:

Do "you people" buy new christmas sweaters every year?


Also, some really great presents all around. When me and my friends did secret santa, i bought a deck of cards with porno pictures for 1€ on a Chinese shop.

No. I bought one many years ago which has been passed on to my husband and I’ve bought myself a rather lovely pure wool replacement with robins on the yoke. It’s Christmassy, but not so Christmassy that it’s too novelty-ish. Proper novelty sweaters are more for offices, Christmas Day and charity days. A lot of places have a charity ‘Christmas Jumper Day’ but I can’t see why anyone would buy a new one every year. Why do you ask though?

This is my lovely jumper. Excuse that the picture quality makes it look like I took the photo with a potato.

Author:  RuySan [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 19:42 ]
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Thanks for the clarification. I asked because this Christmas my mom said we should do like the English and buy a new fancy sweater every year. I doubted that claim, so here I am.

And that's a really lovely sweater by the way :)

Author:  Mimi [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 19:51 ]
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Hehe, I think it’s perhaps because the shops are full of ‘Christmas Jumpers’ in December and it’s a bit of fun, but really Christmas Jumper day has only taken off as an event linked with charity these past few years do there is still quite a market for them as more people get on board. Plus it can be quite cute and a bonding experience when everyone takes part. My family all have matching elf pyjamas, too.

Author:  DavPaz [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 20:02 ]
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I tend to buy a new one every year, but as Mimi says, it's pretty much a brand new tradition.

Author:  Mimi [ Thu Dec 28, 2017 20:17 ]
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That’s only because the neckline wears out on yours.

Author:  RuySan [ Fri Dec 29, 2017 12:28 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
I tend to buy a new one every year, but as Mimi says, it's pretty much a brand new tradition.


So my mom was right all along. I better not tell her.

Author:  markg [ Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:37 ]
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Yeah I remember when the Christmas jumpers thing was just people wearing the jumpers they had been bought for Christmas by their nan or whoever. These weren't Christmas jumpers as such but just massive wooly stripey jumpers from M&S or somewhere and people would take the piss out of each other for them. Then the shops latched onto the joke and started making actual Christmas jumpers.

Author:  Mimi [ Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:46 ]
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I’m not really a fan of a lot of Christmas ‘things’ (elf on the shelf, I am looking at you), but the Christmas jumper thing makes me happy. With the pressure so many people feel to look cool and adhere to latest fashion trends, it’s great to see people looking so very uncool, even if ironically. Basically it brings everyone down to my level :D

I have a sense it just makes people look cheery.

Author:  MaliA [ Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:48 ]
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Malicool exists outside of critical public evaluation.

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:56 ]
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MaliA wrote:
Malicool exists outside of critical public evaluation.

Thankfully

Author:  Kern [ Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:58 ]
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Mimi wrote:
elf on the shelf


It's a way of making children comfortable with the surveillance society.

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Jan 02, 2018 12:11 ]
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Elf on the Shelf can fuck right off.

Author:  Malc [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 17:11 ]
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Meant to say, Thanks secret santa, I got two books for my presents:

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Author:  Mimi [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:03 ]
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Omg your secret Santa is genius! Hahaha!

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:06 ]
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Malc wrote:
Meant to say, Thanks secret santa, I got two books for my presents

Check at the end of the Ashens book and you'll see my name in tiny letters.

Author:  TheVision [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:20 ]
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Grim... wrote:
Malc wrote:
Meant to say, Thanks secret santa, I got two books for my presents

Check at the end of the Ashens book and you'll see my name in tiny letters.


And mine! It's a great book too.

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:40 ]
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And Lord Rixondale's. And Chinny's, I guess ;)

I liked it, but not as much as the first one. The "create this game in real life" bits fell a bit flat, and I think it had too many guest spots (and each one felt the need to tell us how precious their pocket money was).

Surprised to see no mention of AP in the "Lowest review ever" bit, too.

Author:  TheVision [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:48 ]
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I agree on the "create this game in real life" bits but I enjoyed all the guest spots.

I think I enjoyed the book more because I remember playing one of the games in it to death on my Atari. Castle top fact fans!

Author:  Grim... [ Thu Jan 04, 2018 18:54 ]
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I'd played The Flintstones from this book and Showjumping from the first one.

Author:  TheVision [ Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:05 ]
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I think we can close the lid on all future Secret Santas as I've received the BEST present ever! (albeit a few months late...)

Author:  Mimi [ Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:23 ]
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TheVision wrote:
I think we can close the lid on all future Secret Santas as I've received the BEST present ever! (albeit a few months late...)

They’re awesome. Worth a year and a half wait! Seriously, they’re ace, and I bet they were a complete surprise as well.

Author:  Findus Fop [ Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:45 ]
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That is very cool.

Author:  TheVision [ Wed Jul 31, 2019 13:05 ]
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Mimi wrote:
TheVision wrote:
I think we can close the lid on all future Secret Santas as I've received the BEST present ever! (albeit a few months late...)

They’re awesome. Worth a year and a half wait! Seriously, they’re ace, and I bet they were a complete surprise as well.


They were a surprise! They were addressed to 3 doors down as well so the postman was all over the place trying to deliver them.

Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Wed Jul 31, 2019 19:08 ]
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TheVision wrote:
I think we can close the lid on all future Secret Santas as I've received the BEST present ever! (albeit a few months late...)

Amazing!!! :D

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