BS: Secret Santa Time Again! (2003)

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: CapriUni
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 09:38 AM

This came up just as Hurricane Isabel was looming... meant to sign up after it was over, then lost power for 11 days. Am I too late?

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 05:42 AM

'Phid, you're a treasure. No - you're a Transnational Treasure! Thanks for all your work.

open mike - I missed out one year but I know that Liz mailed it and the post office screwed it up. It happens. If she get's my name this year ... she'll just have to come down to west Wales for a weekend and hand-deliver it! (I'll get cookin' now ... ! Chocolate OK for you, Liz?)

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: nutty
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 03:43 AM

Missed this thread when it first came up (don't know how)

I'd love to take part if not too late .....PM on its way to you Cats

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 03:34 AM

HI there!!

I am planning to spend this weekend assigning Santas to Santees so you should all hear by Monday at the latest so it will give you plenty of time to shop/make and send. If anyone who wants to take part but hasn't signed up yet you have until FRIDAY 3rd OCTOBER!!!

Open Mike, as I have said on many occassions I am really sorry that you didn't recieve your present. I saddens me that someone would agree to be in on something like this and then not fulfill their end of the deal. We do have to give a bit of leeway with the post, post does go missing and I know you weren't the only person not to reciev something or to recieve something late. I am sorry that you feel so bitter and I am not going to go into a lecture about being happy to give and not recieve. I am doing all I can to prevent people from not recieving something. All I can do is appologise Open Mike but can we now please stop the negativity on this subject. People are aware of what can go wrong with the post and I suggest that people send their parcel recorded delivery for the peace of mind. This is supposed to be a bit of fun and I am sure it will continue to be especially when the hints thread goes up sometime next week by the lovely Amos or anyone else willing to start it!! Perhaps next year Open Mike you would like to organise it all.......

SSS

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Joybell
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 12:50 AM

I'd love to join in. I'm very new but brave.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Amergin
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 12:35 AM

sorry snuffy...i was not aware your parcel never arrived.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 12:31 AM

Well, Open Mike, I hope Trevor's autumn surprise reaches to you soon!

How's the list looking this year, cat? Getting a bit ponderous figuring it out, or do you just throw darts? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Nancy King
Date: 01 Oct 03 - 12:24 AM

I waited too long to sign up last year and thus missed the boat -- er, sleigh. But I definitely want to be in on the action this year. PM on the way. Any details other than snailmail address needed?

Ho Ho Ho!
Nancy

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: open mike
Date: 30 Sep 03 - 11:22 PM

even though my santee claims to have
sent something it don't get here..
i do not plan to participate this year.
i guess that was santA, i am the santEE.
still waiting for the mail...perhaps I
will get an autumn surprise.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Tig
Date: 30 Sep 03 - 04:14 PM

Firecat says "Please,please, please am I too late?????????"

If she's not please add her to the list for my sanity :-))

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST
Date: 30 Sep 03 - 05:42 AM

FRESHEN

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Amos
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 10:35 PM

Guest:

Sign up for membership with some regular handle you like and you'll have a personal page where you can both send and receive PMs.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 10:33 PM

For one thing, Guest, you have to be a member.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Sep 03 - 10:24 PM

How does one get a pm to you?

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 01:57 PM

Im going to assign partners in a couple of weeks time......gives enough time for any late-comers to sign up...and me to finish my overtime!

Khatt

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 11:50 AM

once partners are assigned

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 11:41 AM

So ... when do we start hinting???????

siân

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: CapriUni
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 12:05 PM

Yes... I'd like to do it again... getting ready for Isabel right now, so I don't have time to put any more thought into it at the moment... but I will, later!

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Trevor
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 06:36 AM

I'm here! Open mike's post was a mystery to me as I sent her some goodies. I've p-mailed her and found they didn't turn up so she's going to get a replay in the next few days. And count me in for this year please.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Burke
Date: 16 Sep 03 - 06:43 PM

Refresh!

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Sarah the flute
Date: 12 Sep 03 - 03:41 AM

...and count me in it's been really fun the last two years

Sarah

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Pseudolus
Date: 11 Sep 03 - 11:20 PM

This is a LOT of fun!! I am definitely in. If I get Fortunato as my Santee again, it'll be really difficult to keep that secret since I've had him two years in a row! HAHA!! Even more funny cause the poor guy has been in a World wide Pollyanna two years in a row and his secret Santa lives a little more than a hour away! Still, I encourage you join in the fun cause it IS a blast and CatsPhiddle does an awesome job running the show!!!

Frank

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: CET
Date: 11 Sep 03 - 05:46 PM

I thought about it last year. Now I think it's time to take the plunge. I will PM details.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: black walnut
Date: 11 Sep 03 - 04:02 PM

Is it just juggle the names in a hat and see who gets matched up with whom? Or is there more to it? I think I'm in.

~b.w.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Gloredhel
Date: 10 Sep 03 - 07:26 PM

I got two nifty CD's last year that I would probably have never bought for myself, and some pretty swell stuff the year before that too--all the way from Bethlehem! (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, that is... *grin*)

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Sep 03 - 11:49 AM

refreshing

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: rock chick
Date: 09 Sep 03 - 05:32 PM

ok cont me in catsPHiddle, i will pm my details to you, this sounds fun

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 09 Sep 03 - 03:35 PM

I have just had an order delivered from Amazon and am now the possesser of a Most Excellent Cardboard Box. This has been stashed away safely for Christmas gifts: the mailing thereof.

Roll on, Santee!

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Sep 03 - 06:48 AM

im in santa knows where to come

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Peter Kasin
Date: 09 Sep 03 - 12:39 AM

Sent an email. I'm in for this again! Thanks for doing this.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Bardford
Date: 08 Sep 03 - 05:49 PM

Hey - I'm in again this year. Same address, etc.

Thanks for taking this on again, CatsPHiddle.

Bardford

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 08 Sep 03 - 03:14 PM

~Refresh~

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 06 Sep 03 - 04:43 AM

HI Bet

Just PM me with your snail mail address and then I will be in touch via PM later with more details!

Khatt

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Gloredhel
Date: 06 Sep 03 - 02:14 AM

Yippeee! Count me in!

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Helen
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 08:27 PM

In Oz if we are sending parcels overseas, and can't afford to send by airmail and have to send by sea then we are told to allow a few weeks for the U.S. and the Brits & Ireland. Maybe 4 weeks if you are optimistic and 6 is a fairly safe bet.

If it gets there earlier than that then it is the luck of the draw, because they usually have to wait until the container is full enough to make it worthwhile to send. It used to be that ship mail ("whale mail"?) was the most common and therefore it was sent almost as quickly as you posted it. Now airmail ("albatross mail"?) is more common and so there is no delay in actually getting it in the air.

Airmail can be sent economy rather than premium in Oz and this can add a few days to the arrival time. Airmail letters I have sent to the U.S. have arrived within 10 days usually, and 7 is the record for me.

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: bet
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 06:55 PM

Khatt, Somehow I missed it last year. I must have been up to my neck in Christmas programsssssss! I'd love to be in on it this year. What do I need to do besides keep checking this thread for up-dates? bet

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Hollowfox
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 05:01 PM

Put me on the list again, I love this!

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST,SSS at work
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 10:05 AM

I would like everyone that wants in to sign up by the 5th October then the PMs with who you are sending to will be sent out about a week after.

Khatt

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 08:07 AM

Whoa there Robin2 - take it easy and calm down.... we don't want a repeat now do we?

Besides, it's someone else's turn to scare us all silly.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: sian, west wales
Date: 05 Sep 03 - 04:33 AM

So - what's the cut-off point? ie. By what date do people have to declare an interest, and when are the names drawn? (I luv this stuff!)

sian

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Robin2
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 11:39 PM

I'm in! I'm in! I couldn't take part last year due to the stroke, but my Secret Santa sent me goodies that cheered me into the next year. I'm excited to take part this year!

Robin2

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Amos
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 11:21 PM

Noreen:

Sorry if I stepped on an invisible toe there.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 11:10 PM

CatsPHiddle, I mailed you a smallish padded envelope and was surprised to hear back from you, probably within a week, that it had arrived. Maybe the size of the package influences how fast it goes.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Mudlark
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 09:27 PM

IN, definitely in! Nathan from Texas was a wonderfully inventive SS, keeping me guessing with letters from all over the world, plus wonderful gifts as well. This is, for me, a great new holiday tradition. I had a friend visiting here in Calif. from England and she was wowed by the whole idea. Thanks Cats, for taking this on again this year. PM follows....

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Noreen
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 07:39 PM

He didnt die, Amos.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: SINSULL
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 07:36 PM

I'm in! Still enjoying my treasures from last year!

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Amos
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 07:19 PM

open mike:

Did you ever rouse up Trevor and find out why? According to the lists he was your Santa. Maybe he died? Haven't heard from him 'round here in a while have we?

A

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 07:04 PM

As far as posting early -- it may depend on your local post office or the route it takes. I've sent several packages to England, and they always arrive in less than a week. I'm not sure where our mail goes after it goes to Louisville, but it must avoid all the large cities.

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 06:22 PM

Haven't seen Catspaw around for a while.....or I haven't been looking in the right places!!! I have quite a few volunteers who don't mind sending to 2 santees so there isn't a probelm if there is an odd number guest

Subject: RE: BS: Secret Santa Time Again!
From: GUEST
Date: 04 Sep 03 - 06:07 PM

What happens if you end up with an odd number?