Secret Santa

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:27

Would people be interested in doing a secret Santa this Christmas, using Amazon Wishlists and sub £10 items?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

That's not a bad idea at all.

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:28

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26480

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16721

You'll have to explain, I have heard of this workplace ritual but never known exactly what goes on. I think Dimrill would make a good Santa though.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:30

I was actually going to suggest this.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

I'm in!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:30

Everyone who is entered gets sent someone else's name. They then go and buy that person something from their Amazon wishlist.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

What happens if I don't like the cunt I have to buy a present for?

But go on then, it'd be funny. But we should have statements of dedication from all participants otherwise a few poor buggers will be left out in the cold without a gift.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:31

ComicalGnomes wrote:

But go on then, it'd be funny. But we should have statements of dedication from all participants otherwise a few poor buggers will be left out in the cold without a gift.

I'll know who's buying for who, though, and we'll all point at them and shout "boo".

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:31

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

markg wrote:

I think Dimrill would make a good Santa though.

Anything that involves sitting on Dimrill's lap while he fishes around his sack is not something I want to be involved in.

Other than that, I'm in.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:32

Grim... wrote:

ComicalGnomes wrote:

But go on then, it'd be funny. But we should have statements of dedication from all participants otherwise a few poor buggers will be left out in the cold without a gift.

I'll know who's buying for who, though, and we'll all point at them and shout "boo".

Yep, we should name and shame anyone who doesn't bother, and preclude them from entering again next year.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/registry/reg ... YXC2NSS0UW

Ideally I'd like the Sopranos boxset in exchange for something worth a tenner.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:32

Grim... wrote:

Everyone who is entered gets sent someone else's name. They then go and buy that person something from their Amazon wishlist.

No no no no. Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:33

myoptika wrote:

Yep, we should name and shame anyone who doesn't bother, and preclude them from entering again next year.

Like the bad CD mix people!

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:34

Zardoz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Everyone who is entered gets sent someone else's name. They then go and buy that person something from their Amazon wishlist.

No no no no. Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

It'd still be a surprise though, but one that's guaranteed to be something you actually want.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16721

Zardoz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Everyone who is entered gets sent someone else's name. They then go and buy that person something from their Amazon wishlist.

No no no no. Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

Yeah, I can't really see much point if it's not a surprise, how about £5 gadgets from Play or something?

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Zardoz wrote:

No no no no. Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

Oh yeah, I meant to say that. It'd be much better if you didn't know what you were getting but it complicates the logistics that way. For starters, it means giving your address out.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:35

Dear God - I was thinking about this last night on my drive home! Grim... is in my head!!!! Are you alright Grim...?

Oh, and yes - count me in!

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:35

Sounds like fun. Three months to go....

Zardoz wrote:

Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

That. Although I would be rather curious to see other people's Christmas lists.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:36

Zardoz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Everyone who is entered gets sent someone else's name. They then go and buy that person something from their Amazon wishlist.

No no no no. Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

Just get the person a well thought out gift based on what you think of their personality due to their posting style.

Malc

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:37

I'd agree that I'd rather just get an address and send something to it, but I'll happily go with the majority.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Spinglo Sponglo! wrote:

Just get the person a well thought out gift based on what you think of their personality due to their posting style.

So Gnomes gets a sledgehammer and myoptika hairdressing vouchers? Got it!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:38

Yeah, but then I have to do work regarding addresses, names, and everything else.
Why don't you people ever want to do things the easy way? Pah.

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:38

markg wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Everyone who is entered gets sent someone else's name. They then go and buy that person something from their Amazon wishlist.

No no no no. Secret Santa is all about getting a surprise!

Yeah, I can't really see much point if it's not a surprise, how about £5 gadgets from Play or something?

Or a fiver's worth of tat from Deal Extreme.

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:38

Well I'd rather get something I know I like. The problem is that we all don't know each other as well as, say, office workmates or family members. In a way I'd like to get a surprise, but if I got Sister Cheeba for example, all I know is that he likes toad porn. I ain't buying that.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:39

I'm in! But I would like a surprise too... a sub £5 surprise maybe? We could perhaps have a thread where we describe why we bought our present and then from this, people could kind of guess who they came from.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:40

myoptika wrote:

Well I'd rather get something I know I like.

Why don't you go and buy yourself something for a tenner then? The WHOLE point of Secret Santa is the surprise as umpteen people have quoted me on up there.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26480

Grim... wrote:

Yeah, but then I have to do work regarding addresses, names, and everything else.
Why don't you people ever want to do things the easy way? Pah.

I did this for the book swap and it took about ten minutes - just organise them in a circle and pass the addresses one along to the next.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:41

Grim... wrote:

Yeah, but then I have to do work regarding addresses, names, and everything else.
Why don't you people ever want to do things the easy way? Pah.

How is that any different than having to give out Amazon IDs though?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:41

myoptika wrote:

In a way I'd like to get a surprise, but if I got Sister Cheeba for example

That be a tricky one to wrap up.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:42

well what about listing things you like rather than an amazon wishlist?

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:42

Goddess Jasmine wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Yeah, but then I have to do work regarding addresses, names, and everything else.
Why don't you people ever want to do things the easy way? Pah.

How is that any different than having to give out Amazon IDs though?

As long as everyone is willing to put their home address on the forum, not at all.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:43

Runcle wrote:

well what about listing things you like rather than an amazon wishlist?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:43

Zardoz wrote:

myoptika wrote:

Well I'd rather get something I know I like.

Why don't you go and buy yourself something for a tenner then? The WHOLE point of Secret Santa is the surprise as umpteen people have quoted me on up there.

Like I said, this is fine you know the person. If I got a few people here as my secret santa it'd be fine, but some other people I'd have absolutely no clue what to get them and it'd be a waste of time and money as I'd invariably get them some comedy plastic boobs.

Runcle · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:44

no i mean like catergories,

such as:

gadgets
star wars
play mobile

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:44

No, the WHOLE point of Secret Santa was for me to make money of Amazon referrals. You bunch of buggers.

Humbug.

Goddess Jasmine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:45

myoptika wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

myoptika wrote:

Well I'd rather get something I know I like.

Why don't you go and buy yourself something for a tenner then? The WHOLE point of Secret Santa is the surprise as umpteen people have quoted me on up there.

Like I said, this is fine you know the person. If I got a few people here as my secret santa it'd be fine, but some other people I'd have absolutely no clue what to get them and it'd be a waste of time and money as I'd invariably get them some comedy plastic boobs.

That would very much be a waste for myself and also I believe Shin.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49252

I liek cheese and fields and spiders and money and ladies and sausages and flowers and toys and ham and .....

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:45

What's wrong with that Myps? I know not every knows each other as well as we do :luv:

but you can still get people you don't know so well a nice surprise for £10 or however much.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

My family used to do a secret santa, but the objective was to spend no more than £2 and find the most awful, horribly, shite piece of tat. The winner was the person who bought the crappest thing. Good times.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Grim... wrote:

No, the WHOLE point of Secret Santa was for me to make money of Amazon referrals. You bunch of buggers.

Humbug.

Quote:

(1:42:28 PM) Matt: "Make money off referral fees"
(1:42:36 PM) Matt: Why do you think I'm pushing the Amazon wishlists, genius?
(1:42:43 PM) rich: gihh I didn't think of that
(1:42:56 PM) rich: because I had quidco in my head and (for some reason) quidco don't do amazon
(1:43:08 PM) rich: I WILL NOW EXPOSE YOUR MAD CAPITALIST SCHEME
(1:43:19 PM) rich: THIS WILL ROCK THE FORUM TO ITS VERY FOUNDATIONS
(1:43:37 PM) rich: all your "I don't care about money" posturing was clearly BULLSHIT setting us up for the STING
(1:43:47 PM) rich: I wouldn't be surprised if Stu was in on this from the very beginning

Zardoz · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:46

Grim... wrote:

No, the WHOLE point of Secret Santa was for me to make money of Amazon referrals. You bunch of buggers.

Humbug.

Ha Ha!

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:50

You capitalist pig, Grim.... What with this and the advertising, I'm losing all faith in you as our benevolent overlord.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:53

It wasn't really for this site - I wanted to make a webapp that let's anyone make a list for any group of people and then scrounge the money of that. You lot were my test case.

I'll be coming up with something else, then.

Scarysheep3000 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:54

Grim... wrote:

It wasn't really for this site - I wanted to make a webapp that let's anyone make a list for any group of people and then scrounge the money of that. You lot were my test case.

I'll be coming up with something else, then.

Should we not do it with Wish Lists? As long as everyone's got a relatively long list it'll still be a surprise. Poll?

myp · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:55

Pwnd!

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 13:57

ComicalGnomes wrote:

My family used to do a secret santa, but the objective was to spend no more than £2 and find the most awful, horribly, shite piece of tat. The winner was the person who bought the crappest thing. Good times.

I'm listening Comical... We should do this and then post pictures!!

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

For the above I once bought a balloon pump for 99p. For those that obviously couldn't be arsed to use their mouth to blow up balloons, it was a tiny, crap, ineffectual hand pump that didn't even work. Can you believe I didn't win that year?

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