BS: Secret Santa pres wishlist/hint (updated 2012)

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: Becca72
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 09:29 AM

1. What is your age range? 38

2. Gender? F

3. Do you have a favorite color? Black, purple, all shades of green but especially sage; gem tones are good.

4. Favorite authors/type of book? Stephen King, James Patterson, Robert B. Parker, Jonathan Kellerman, Anne Rice, John Sandford.

5. What books have you really been wanting? None. I am overwhelmed with books as it is.

6. What type of music do you like? Rock, Hard Rock, Classical

7. What CDs have you really been wanting? Anything by my Santa would be great. I also recently saw "Jukebox the Ghost" and would love their CD

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player) As with books, I am already at max capacity for movies.

9. What is your t-shirt size? 3XL

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? Too much. Black cats (I have 2 live ones), moose, lighthouses, frogs, ice hockey memorabilia (Washington or Montreal).

11. What are some of your other hobbies? Reading, travel, movies...that's about all I have time for.

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Real Silver.

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like. Anything from your area would be great. I do have 3 beautiful cats, so toys for them are good, too

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful. I have a lot of allergies and sensitivities, so please no scented products. If sending t-shirts or the like, natural fibers, please (no wool). Jewelry needs to be silver or white gold (which may exceed the spending limit!).

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: RangerSteve
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 09:23 AM

I'm 61yo, male.
I collect old postcards, especially the large letter "Greetings From" type.
I also collect fund-raiser cookbooks, the kind put out by schools, fire depts, churches, etc. Also regional cookbooks.
I'm also interested in books about wherever my S.S. lives (history, tourist info), and cheap souvenirs from wherever my S.S. lives.
I like traditional music of any kind, in case you're a musician with a CD.
Mudcatter crafts.
And, finally, ocarinas in interesting or unusual shapes.

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 09:16 AM

Dear Santie - if you could manage world peace I would really appreciate it.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: SINSULL
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 09:15 AM

1. What is your age range? 63

2. Gender? Still female

3. Do you have a favorite color? Deep forest green

4. Favorite authors/type of book? Non-fiction/history/classics

5. What books have you really been wanting? A Planet Called Treason

6. What type of music do you like? DOH?

7. What CDs have you really been wanting? Kendall Morse's next

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player)

9. What is your t-shirt size? 3X

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? Crap - choice crap - it accumulates around me

11. What are some of your other hobbies? Poker

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Silver

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like I don't particularly like chocolate but cannot resist fruit gums - Churchill's especially.

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 09:03 AM

Some of these are the same as previous years.

I really like getting things from my Secret Santa's geographical abode -- your music or that of your friends, local travel brochures, maps, rocks or shells, food -- even crumpled local newspapers used as packing material. (I have in my possession Divine's obituary in Spanish that was in a crumpled newspaper protecting something I had mail ordered. )

1. what is your age range?
61 to 61 (unless you're counting by decade -- then I'm six). I'm not old; I'm retro!

2. gender?
Goddess, fer-pete's-sake

3. Do you have a favorite color?
Blue, green, blue green, purple, bluish purple, magenta. I avoid orange except in things I eat (and the occasional accent flower.)

4. favorite authors/type of book?
Uh, I need books like cats need wings, but books on your vicinity's early gravestones or gravestone carvers (or stonework, from standing stones to cathedrals and walls) would be a welcome addition to the library.

5. what books have you really been wanting?
Alas, probably out of your price range, as well as mine.

6. what type of music do you like?
Everything from Louis Killen to Louis Prima. Prefer getting something by you, your friends or someone you think I should hear.

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
See number 6.

8. What movies have you been wanting?
Uh, Curmudgeon and I probably have the largest private collection in New Hampshire, USA, but we don't have a copy of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" or "What the Bleep?" or Michael Moore's "Sicko" or "Capitalism: A Love Story" -- not that we've had any time to watch anything lately.

9. what is your t-shirt size?
H for homungus (I like 'em roomy). I'm goddess-shaped, but shrinking … so XL still snug, but 1 or 2X seems to work as well as 3X at least. I don't have (alas) a Mudcat T-shirt or sweatshirt.

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
Maps, hippocampuses, rubber squid, rubberstamps and printing paraphernalia, skulls and interesting bones, rocks, shells, green men, mermaids...I think I collect collections.

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
Gravestone rubbing and research on gravestone carvers, learning how to cut slate, gardening, making bead jewelry, rubberstamp art, needlepoint...avoiding housework.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Silver -- but I need jewelry, too, like cats need wings.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.
I'm a sucker for fancy scented bath stuff, but I'm still stuck with showers and can only seldom indulge in my preferred R&R water therapy.

Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.
I'm allergic to penicillin & a lot of antibiotics, blue mussels and carnations, not that I think this will really help my SS (aw, no penicillin chewies!). And I really don't care for the color orange unless it's edible or a flower up against a blue or purple backdrop.

Linn

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: Leadfingers
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 07:58 AM

1. What is your age range? FAR too close to Three Score and Ten

2. Gender? Whats left of me is a Bloke

3. Do you have a favorite color?   No

4. Favorite authors/type of book?   Used to collect Sci Fi now no favourite

5. What books have you really been wanting? None I can think of

6. What type of music do you like?   Fok , Blues , Early Jazz , Music Hall

7. What CDs have you really been wanting? Anything I can steal good songs from !

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player) None Ta

9. What is your t-shirt size? Medium (40) but I rarely wear T shirts

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? I TRY to collect Money

11. What are some of your other hobbies? With Guitars , banjos and Mandolins I dont have time for hobbies ! LOL

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? The ONLY stuff I
would classify as 'Jewelry' is Scarf Rings and Cuff links !

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful. NO Allergies - Eat anything , love childrn but could'nt eat
a whole one

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: jacqui.c
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 07:56 AM

1. What is your age range? 63

2. Gender? Female

3. Do you have a favorite color? Indigo, Violet, Black, Red, Autumn colours.

4. Favorite authors/type of book? I have too many books now!

5. What books have you really been wanting? See above

6. What type of music do you like? Most - not Rap or Jazz

7. What CDs have you really been wanting? None right now

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player)None right now

9. What is your t-shirt size? X-Large

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what? Yarn, earrings

11. What are some of your other hobbies? Crochet (not knitting!)

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Has to be silver (allergies)

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like - anything local or peculiar to my Santa.

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful. No sugar, chocolate or carbs and I'm allergic to most metals.

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: greg stephens
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 07:34 AM

1. What is your age range?
I bought the first two Bob Dylan LPs when they came out
2. Gender?
I like blues guitar and tenor banjoes and steam trains and pints of bitter

3. Do you have a favorite color?
I dont really like mauve

4. Favorite authors/type of book?
Books with plenty of facts in, which may or may not be dressed up as fiction. I particularly like leaflets/books about obscure local bits of industrial or cultural history. I like Patrick O'Brian, but dont bother sending me one, I've got them all.

5. What books have you really been wanting?
Nothing specific, see previouis.

6. What type of music do you like?
Early jazz, trad folk(any culture), minimalist composers, barbershop, early obscure blues, early famous blues, Bach, Beach Boys.

7. What CDs have you really been wanting?
Anything hyper local. Or 1920's string bands.

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player)
None

9. What is your t-shirt size?
Average I would guess

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what?
Traditional tunes. I would be interested in collecting money, but haven't had much success.

11. What are some of your other hobbies?
For a few days each year, I make jams/curds etc. Other than that nothing, unles you count cooking as a hobby

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Me and jewellery are total strangers.

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like
I am not mad keen on songs written by schoolteachers about the old days on the canals(or indeed anywhere else). I just love anything that tells me about where or how my SS lives. I appreciate there could be a logical contradiction here, if my SS is a schoolteacher who writes songs about the old days on the canals in his/her locality.

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.
It would be foolish to send me any jars of walnuts or beetroot preserved in any way. It would also be unfair to send me any priceless Havana cigars, as I succesfully gave up smoking a few years ago. (I have by no means given up drinking, or eating small sweet delicacies).
Please ignore all this, and surprise me.

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: JennieG
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 06:25 AM

Thanks for starting the ball rolling, Sandra.....I may as well chip in too!
1. What is your age range?
I'll admit to being on the shady side of 50
2. Gender?
Girl
3. Do you have a favorite color?
Lurve green, any shade.....and yellow......just about any colour really, but I'm not much of a pink girl
4. Favorite authors/type of book?
Social history/mystery/murder stories/textile arts esp quilting
5. What books have you really been wanting?
I'm a great library user and get much of what I read there
6. What type of music do you like?
Just about anything except heavy metal, have a great fondness for early music
7. What CDs have you really been wanting?
Anything by a Catter
8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player)
Oh my....hard to answer.....but Oz is region 4
9. What is your t-shirt size?
Medium to large I suppose, but depends on the style
10. Do you collect anything? if so, what?
Wombats (Aussie animal) - alas, not real ones
11. What are some of your other hobbies?
Sewing/quilting/knitting/crocheting/reading/making music
12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Both
13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like
Anything local from my Santa's area would be interesting - I'm an armchair traveller so pictorial calendars are always interesting. And I am very fond of dark chocolate.
14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.
None that I know of.
Thank you Santa - I will enjoy whatever you are able to send!

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 01:38 AM

& here's my list - almost unchanged from last year.

1. What is your age range?   

    58, almost 59

2. Gender?               

    Female

3. Do you have a favorite color?               

    2 of 'em - red & purple, + black (a non-colour)

4. Favorite authors/type of book?      

    Library books - my shelves are overloaded (see next question)

5. What books have you really been wanting?   

    None, really, I tend to buy what I want & then try to find a space for them.

6. What type of music do you like?

    Accompanied & unaccompanied singing - especially traditional stuff, sea songs & singer-songwriters who write songs that seem like they were written back in the olden days.

7. What CDs have you really been wanting?   

    more Mucatter CDs (but I do have a lot already)

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player)      

    None, I don't have a TV & I never watch movies

9. What is your t-shirt size?      

    don't wear 'em

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what?   

    too much! Mainly small dust collecting stuff like - Sheeps; Penguins; Reindeers; Boxes & tins, decorative & plain, old & new - plastic, wooden, etc; Antique & vintage needlework tools, needlework books, & examples of old needlework; Japanese stuff - papers, materials, paper dolls, dolls, small ornaments; Tiny chrissy decorations that can go on or surround my two 6" trees; Old plastic chrissy decorations from Hong Kong & Japan; Other small stuff I see & have to buy ...

11. What are some of your other hobbies?

    Crafty stuff including making cards & small quilted panels & other small stuff from Japanese paper & fabrics; Making felt toys & christmas decorations; Knitting scarves & simple stuff using my gi-normous stash of wool & other yarns; Social history & local history; Taking photos of my local area & other historical & scenic places, including pics of trees & flowers.

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?

    I really have too much, which I don't wear, but if one of the famous Mudcatter jewellers was offering ...   
    I wear both gold & silver.

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like   

    Stuff about your area

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.      

    I don't eat chocolate or other sweet stuff, nor do I drink coffee or alcohol. I very occasionally drink herbal tea, but my mini-packets of assorted teas usually go out of date before I use them up!

Subject: BS: 2010 Secret Santa pressie wishlist/hints
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 02 Nov 10 - 01:35 AM

Naturally, you can give your Santa your wish list another way, but this is the traditional, long established, debated & codified Folk Music way of hinting!

As always, pressies either handcrafted or around 20 dollars/pounds etc. depending on name of local currency.

Best kinds of pressies at this late date would be flattish so cost less to post.

As Stilly put it - Well considered tokens of our mutual friendship go a long way, and they don't need to be expensive.

UScatters see Stilly's hint on flat post bags -
The Post Office has priority flat rate boxes that are for domestic and international use. The small flat rate box and the two medium sized boxes (one is flatter than the other) can be packed pretty tightly with goodies and they go fairly quickly. I've been shipping eBay sales in them for the last couple of years and it usually takes a week or so, rarely longer, to get there. You can get those boxes free at the post office, you don't have to order them in batches of 25 (and that order takes a couple of weeks to arrive anyway).

Ozcatters can get similar from OzPost, I assume UK & other posts would have something similar.

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2009 hints - for those whose lists haven't changed - just copy them into this thread!


1. What is your age range?

2. Gender?

3. Do you have a favorite color?

4. Favorite authors/type of book?

5. What books have you really been wanting?

6. What type of music do you like?

7. What CDs have you really been wanting?

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify VHS if you don't have a DVD player)

9. What is your t-shirt size?

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what?

11. What are some of your other hobbies?

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like

14. Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.

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