Well, I've just spent a vacant hour going through this thead & the Hints thread too. I crossed & double-crossed, made a list, tore it up, made another list & got out the tippex. Repaired the first list with sellotape (that's durex to any Ozzies), used a pink high-lighter pen & my conclusions are like this:

There are at least 76 Catters playing although some seem to be strangely silent & perhaps not have as many Reindeer or hidden treasures as we first thought. There are at least 10 possible hopefuls or Red Herrings.

Have observed that there is a Locator Page in order to see at a glace where Catters Live including their postcodes/zips (or flies to us Yookers). However, this list seems to be sadly lacking & could be quite out of date taking into account intercontinental Catter Marriages etc.

My next step on the search for truth is to cross-check the first (repaired or durexed) list against the list of Catters who have been brave enough to post Profiles.

At this point I may be scheduling in a trip around the local charity shops to purchase a relatively recent Atlas of the World having noted that Multimap does not give enough overall information about various continents (or incontinents)

This plan may or may not be of assistance in tracking down my elusive Santa (1,500 miles East of normal location apparently), but it is likely to prove how few Catters involved in playing have actually given enough information within their profiles. (Leadfingers would be so pleased if Catters could get them up to date, though I think Pene Azul may be run ragged if this little scheme of mine works......)

Now on my second bottle of Port on a Sunday Morning when there's chores to be done (see what you guys made me do?) Woe is me......