BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: SharonA
Date: 23 Nov 05 - 03:53 PM

Here are a couple of even-later belated entries for my "CDs Wanted" list:

Anything at all by Allan Sherman.
Anything by Stan Freberg except "Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America: Volume 1, 'The Early Years' and Volume 2, 'The Middle Years'" (the boxed set -- I already have this and love it! Rumble rumble rumble, mutiny mutiny mutiny...)

Thank you, O Most Benevolent, Gracious and Munificent Sainted Elf!

Bootlickingly yours,
SharonA

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: SharonA
Date: 22 Nov 05 - 08:37 PM

OK, Sorcha! Pesky little Nor'Easter got in my way yesterday, but it's over now. So then, Sorcha and Santa, here goes...

1. Age: 49.
2. Gender: Female.
3. Favorite color(s): Blue, primarily. :^) Also aqua, purple, maroon.
4. Favorite books: American history, especially 1700s-1800s; biographies from that era; Gnosticism and early Christianity.
5. Books wanted: "War Letters" edited by Andrew Carroll; "The Mystic Christ" by Ethan Walker III; "The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis" by Elaine Pagels; "Weird U.S." or "Weird Pennsylvania" (or any book in the "Weird" state series).
6. Favorite music: Singer/songwriter humorists -- any from your area that I should know about?
7. CDs wanted: "Some Days" by Lou and Peter Berryman; anything by Christine Lavin; anything by Spike Jones except his Christmas CD; "The Truth Comes Out" by Susan Piper; "Semi-Conducted" or "Toast" by The Arrogant Worms; "The Music in the Wood" or "Full Throated Abandon" by Tanglefoot; sea chanties.
8. Movies wanted: "A Star Is Born" (Judy Garland-James Mason) -- the RESTORED version with out-takes and still photos that bridge the "lost" footage while the audio of that footage plays.
9. T-Shirt Size: Large.
10. Collecting: Cat items (figurines, ornaments, plaques, suncatchers, etc.). I've been searching unsuccessfully for an Enesco figurine in the Calico Kittens series entitled "A Stitch in Time Saves Nine". I'm also missing the Christmas ornaments from the Carlton Cards/American Greetings series "Merry Mischief Makers" dated 2001 and earlier (featuring kittens Miss and Chiff).
11. Hobbies: Besides songwriting for guitar and trying to learn various other instruments of mine that have been collecting dust, I like to visit craft shows, flea markets and thrift shops.
12. Jewelry: Either gold or silver is OK, though I rarely wear jewelry and I have more than I'll ever use.
13. I'd like the 2006 "Mutts" (comic strip) wall calendar; but I'd especially enjoy any postcards/photos/books about the distinctive sites and/or eccentricities of my Santa's locality (for example, the huge statue of Amos the Amish farmer in front of Zinn's Diner in Pennsylvania).
Negative hints: Please, no gifts of fragrances (candles, potpourri, cologne) or food, because of medical and dietary restrictions. I don't have much interest in cooking, and cookbooks or recipes won't inspire me to change. The same is true of gardening; I worked for a seed company for years so if I never see another seed packet or bulb it'll be too soon!

There ya go, Santa. I apologize again for my tardiness in posting this. Better late than never, they say, and I hope they're right! I promise I'll be good from now till Christmas, and hopefully I'll only get 11/12ths of a stockingful of coal!!

Remorsefully,
SharonA

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Nov 05 - 04:54 PM

OK....Sharon...come on.....post some hints for your poor Santa.....

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Sorcha
Date: 19 Nov 05 - 03:58 PM

Refresh!!

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,Alba's Secret Sanity Clause
Date: 18 Nov 05 - 10:23 AM

At last she speaks. Me and the reindeer were well scundered. We weren't sure what to get you. You nearly ended up with the tie and socks Mrs Clause got me last year, I'm keeping the fuzzy slippers.

So you want a wee clue about me. Well let me see yes I do play music. I'm not nearly so famous as some around these parts. Even the dog howls when I play the tin whistle but what does he know. He drinks out of the toilet. He's looking at me now with the furrowed brow over the top of his newspaper. I swear to God he could read your mind. You darn't speak. He has the ould ears pricked up. He knows somethings up. Anyway Alba my dear if you have been truely good then something interesting will be wending its way to you very soon. Over and out for now, SSC.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Alba
Date: 17 Nov 05 - 04:50 PM

Damn, Ding and what the *&*%!!!
I truly am out of practice....Oh Nurse Rachett is it medication time soon...
J

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Alba
Date: 17 Nov 05 - 04:47 PM

Dearest Secret Sanity Clause..heehee

Better late than Never...:>)

I am so sorry for my lack of communication!!
Life indeed has gotten in my way these last few weeks but I am slowly but surely getting back to normal..???? wherever that is.
Thank you Kat ma Dear for offering to help my SSC..
I will add that I am, as always, being goodish....
Love and Light and Chrimble Blessings
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Alba
Date: 09 Nov 05 - 02:43 PM

Another Year, another Hint thread..lol...has anything changed in my wee world of weirdness.....most likely, so here goes Santa:>)

1.What is your age range? Between 21 and 50
2.Gender? Girl/Woman
3.Do you have a favourite colour? Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose.
4.Favourite authors/type of book? Non Fiction            
5.What books have you really been wanting? None really
6.What type of music do you like? Anything by my Santa or a fellow Mudcatter, Apalacian and Arcadian
7.What C.D.s have you really been wanting? ?
8.What movies (vhs is in the price range) None, I have an awful lot of Movies and do not own a VHS player only DVD so...
9.What is your t-shirt size? Medium. I am beginning to dislike big, baggy Teeshirts:>)
10.Do you collect anything? If so what? Fairies, Pentagles and Candle Holders
11.What are some of your other hobbies? Gardening, Photography and Walking
12.Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewellery? Silver only
13.Please include anything else you feel is important that would help
   your secret santa know what you would like.
I like prezees...so do your thing Santa. I will be a grateful Santee.
Letting me know more about where you come from would be great especially if it has a Musical History..Thanks a million, Love and Light. Jude

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: MMario
Date: 09 Nov 05 - 01:49 PM

Granny of 3 - I would suggest contacting your local council of churches.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,grandmother of 3 need help
Date: 09 Nov 05 - 01:44 PM

i am in need of financial help for my 3 grandchildren ages 13, 9, and 8 2 boys and 1 girl. there mother is single and she work very hard and i would love to help her out this year for christmas. can anyone help us it will surely be a blessing. thank you

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,karen k
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 03:48 AM

Age range:
Gender: Female

Favourite colour: Navy blue, orange

Type of music: Gospel, Ballads

Wanted CDs: Anything interesting, local, personal...specially my SS's own stuff

T-shirt size: 2x or 3x

Collect: lapel pins from places I've been (or from where my SS is from) and teddy bears

That should do it.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Dave Earl
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 03:16 AM

And what I should also have said that this is the "Surface Mail" date. Air Mail is much nearer to Christmas but rather more costly.

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Dave Earl
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 02:57 AM

That was me Lynne!!

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: MBSLynne
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 02:52 AM

Oh bugger! Looks like our family's Santees pressies will be late then!

To add to my hints list...as a seller of herbs and someone who gives talks on them etc, I have started collecting old herb books. Old cook books and household books are good too

Love Lynne

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,A UK Secret Santa
Date: 27 Oct 05 - 02:02 AM

Just found out (via Google and a number of Web siytes that the latest posting date - for arrival by Christmas - to The US of A is 28/10/05.

In my case I have just enough time put my Santees present on the sliegh.

The newspaper idea is excellent. I shall wrap pressie in pretty paper and fold the local paper around it and put the whole lot in a padded envelope.

Fortunately I have a day off on 28/10 and can include the above in the other things herself finds for me to do.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: jacqui.c
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 09:59 PM

I'm also looking for two Bernard Cornwell books - The Bloody Ground and Battle Flag. Don't mind if they're second hand, but do prefer paperbacks as they are easier to hold with arthritic thumbs.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Hollowfox
Date: 20 Oct 05 - 11:36 AM

Here's this year's update. (Yay, I finally learned how to copy-and-paste!)
1) 56, but don't let that limit you.
2) Female, but don't let that limit you.
3) Depends on what the object is. My mother says I got my color sense in a Crayola crayon box. I tend to wear blues, greens, rose shades, and black.
4) Mostly fantasy and science fiction, for fiction. Mostly folklore and storytelling for nonfiction, plus whatever I'm pursuing at the moment. History, nature, oddities in language, humor, the list goes on and on.
5) Used books are wonderful, as long as all the pages are there. If you give me something you instinctively think I'd like, I'll never tell you if I already have a copy. However, a nice used copy of Secret History of the Mongols would come in handy. Or R. J. Stewart's agan Imagery in English Folksong. And I just gave away my beloved copy of Post Wheeler's Tales from the Japanese Storytellers; come to think of it, anything by Post Wheeler is a Good Thing.
6) Traditional English-language, first and formost. Especially ballads. But I also enjoy opera, novelty/humor songs, spoken word (history, humor, or both). Used is good.
7) Ooh. T.S.Elliot's reading of Old Possom's Book of Practical Cats (fat chance). Or, if you're in England, Taffy Thomas's Take These Chains From My Heart (A do-able one at last!). Casettes are fine,or used recordings, likewise anything you think might be interesting.
8)Songcatcher, Topkapi (with Peter Ustinov), Sword of the Valiant (with Sean Connery) Macumba Love. Again, used videos/cd's are fine.
9) extra large (alas!)
10) Nothing cutsey! I seem to have an accumulation of dragons, bells, and nature themed figurines.
11) Embroidery, cross stitch and latch-hook. Reading, camping, cooking, baking, eating, and drinking. Nature. Cats. And a bit of medieval re-creation
12) I have both, but tend toward silver-tone.
13) Unless you actually run across something on this list, don't break your neck sticking to this list. My tastes cover a broad enough range that I'll probably be ecstatic with whatever you choose. In the past SS exchanges, I;ve been delighted with (among other things) local candy, Christman tree decorations, and cd's of local bands from my kind and perceptive SS's. No live animals, please, though; I'm up to capacity. Don't be scared, just have fun.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,Art Brooks' bad-tempered benefactor
Date: 19 Oct 05 - 09:06 AM

Hey there Mr Brooks! I must warn you that calling your dear SS "Grumpy" is not the way to get your every wish at Yuletide!!!

Do you like chocolate??

SS

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: ShadyLady
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 11:18 AM

1.What is your age range? I'm just ten.
2.Gender? Total GIRL!!!!!!
3.Do you have a favourite colour? Four- pink, yellow, red & black.
4.Favourite authors/type of book? I LURVE J.K.Rowling & I like Celia               
Rees. I also like whitty books like Pratchett.
5.What books have you really been wanting? I've really been wanting the
Harry Potter set but I've already got the first & sixth ones.
6.What type of music do you like? Anything of my dear secret santa's,
rock pop like McFly & Avril Lavigne, (not like Sugar Babes or
Jamelia,) & also folk.
7.What C.D.s have you really been wanting? Eminem,(Encore if possible)
Avril Lavigne & Evan Essence.
8.What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? Star
Wars 3 & the latest Doctor Who series & that's about it. Oo! Also
Harry Potter 4.
9.What is your t-shirt size? 7-8 or 8-9 or 9-10. Any of them will fit
me.
10.Do you collect anything? If so what? I collect porcelein dolls and   
   fairies.
11.What are some of your other hobbies? Playing pool, singing, drawing
   cartoons & playing cricket.
12.Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewellery? I dunno. I don't
   wear jewellery that much.
13.Please include anything else you feel is important that would help
   your secret santa know what you would like. I'm allergic to body
   glitter and I like sylvanian families, polly pockets & barbies.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST
Date: 18 Oct 05 - 08:17 AM

1. what is your age range?
at xmas I will be 49
2. gender?
        Male
3. Do you have a favorite color?
        Green
4. favorite authors/ type of book?
        very poor reader
5. what books have you really been wanting?
        don't really
6. what type of music do you like? very catholic tastes, love Richard Thompson, John Martyn

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
        Don't

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?
        don't
9. what is your t-shirt size?
        Xlarge
10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
        no

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
        camping, football (Soccer), in particular Celtic, Crosswords, especially Auraucaria of the Guardian

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
        no, I don't wear jewelry

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.
I am a vegetarian and don't wear leather.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Tig
Date: 16 Oct 05 - 02:56 PM

See, I told you I would post when I was older :-)

1. what is your age range? - 54

2. gender? - Female

3. Do you have a favorite color? - Royal blue, strong colours rather than wishy washy ones but not pink

4. favorite authors/ type of book? - old herbals, sci-fantasy (we have all the Anne McCaffery and Pratchett)

5. what books have you really been wanting? - Replacement copies of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover books - mine have fallen to pieces with overuse.

6. what type of music do you like? - I have a fairly eclectic taste in music although I'm not into rap

7. what cds have you really been wanting? - Nothing at the moment

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? - Rarely watch movies due to not having mastered the technology of the video player

9. what is your t-shirt size? - XL.(large in the USA) I like black picture tees.

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? - Dragons, oil lamps, unusual earrings.

11. what are some of your other hobbies? - Aromatherapy (I am a qualified practitioner), herbs, working with crystals

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? - definitely silver. I have pierced ears

13. Pease include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. - I am Type 2 diabetic so no sweet stuff please. I like surprises, so feel free to send me anything you like.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,SharonA's Slightly Spooked Santa
Date: 15 Oct 05 - 08:16 PM

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE, Sharon, Sharon, Sharon! Come on, where's yer hints?!!

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,Charmions' Charming etc etc.....
Date: 15 Oct 05 - 01:40 PM

Yooohoooo!

You really should post some hints you know. Guess you don't mind smelly socks then.

CCCC

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Snuffy
Date: 14 Oct 05 - 07:48 PM

So, my Snuffy Chuffy Secret Santa, I said I'd give you some clues at the weekend, so here they are:

1. what is your age range? - getting too close to 60
2. gender? - male
3. Do you have a favorite color? - blue
4. favorite authors/ type of book? - non-fiction
5. what books have you really been wanting? - none spring immediately to mind
6. what type of music do you like? - Traditional; unaccompanied; source singers; music hall; shanties; parodies
7. what cds have you really been wanting? - field recordings of source singers (ODGs)
8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? - none spring immediately to mind
9. what is your t-shirt size? - XXL
10. do you collect anything? if so, what? - not really, apart from LPs, CDs, tapes and songbooks. And really, really cheap instruments (under £5)
11. what are some of your other hobbies? - real ale (CAMRA), quiz,
12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? - I don't use it
13. anything else you feel is important - let your gifts tell me about yourself and your physical and spiritual homes

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 14 Oct 05 - 05:32 PM

How old are you=i'm about 30
gender=I'm a man Waht you favourite colour=Black
Waht book you like=I like a book about dinasours
Waht T shirt size=BIG
Waht fil you like-I dont like films
Waht music you like= I l;ike folk music
Waht jewelly you like= I dont like any jewellries.
Waht you collect=Nothing.

I like a book about dinasours, no, jewleriesles, or book, or film, or t sirts or anyrhing else.

if they dont want to give me a book about dinasours, then i dont want nothing.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 14 Oct 05 - 06:41 AM

I said I'd post some blank verse:



























So much for the blank verse.

I looked at that list and decided to ignore it, just like last year...

I have provided some hints (modified slightly from last year) to help and and all future Secret Santas, listed in more or less, but not necessarily, descending order of preference. Just go down the list till you reach a point at which you are comfortable, and remember, it's not the value of the gift, but the thought that counts. Of course, monetary value to a degree will offset rudeness and ill feeling, so you can insult me as much as you want, provided it is in balance...

Gold Bullion bars. For ease of accounting, please supply in complete dump truck loads - if you are not a Bruce Willis Fan, I expect this one will go completely over your head... :-)

Ditto, Silver bullion...

Jewellery, Gold (with stone settings if desired) of sufficient value that merits not melting it down. For ease of accounting please supply in complete container loads ...

Ditto, Silver...

Jewellery, Gold (with stone settings if desired) of sufficiently lesser value that merits melting it down. For ease of accounting please supply in complete container loads ...

Ditto Silver...

Precious Stones. For ease of accounting please supply in complete pallet loads ...

Ditto, Semiprecious Stones...

Negotiable Bearer Bonds. For ease of accounting please supply in complete pallet loads ...

Music, your personal CDs - single copies...

Music, your personal CDs - multiple copies...

Non-Australian food or sweets or biscuits that will definitely be unavailable in Australia - be careful though as some things such as meats etc, will definitely be seized by Customs. No 'diet stuff' though as I can't stand the taste of artificial sweeteners, and yes I CAN taste most of them, apart from some of them giving me the runs etc. I'm a tea and coffee fan, and I prefer dark chocolate - the best I have found so far is the Lindt 85%.

Sheet Music (I can read anything up to full orchestral/band/choral scores - no wuckers mate!), or books new or secondhand, almost any topic. I don't have 'Rise Up Singing'... but anything old that you pick up secondhand will be appreciated. My tastes are eclectic and wide ranging, so those weird and wonderful old books from the turn of the century (I often collect them just for the tunes therein) that show you how to learn any instrument, I also like many old Oak (Music) Publications, or attempt to explain the theory of flight in the 1920's, or First Aid in WWI, or 'etiquette for young maids' etc, or anything that you think "Who the hell would want this?"... I am a 'Renaissance Man', and interested in things technical as well as artistic. Some thing like a programming manual for a Univac, or a magnetic memory core plane, for instance... I play anything keyboard (piano, harpsichord, pipe & reed organs, piano accordions), whistles, Symphonie (hurdiegurdy), hammered dulcimer, Appalachian dulcimer, autoharp, misc percussion, but also I have some old 'folk music for guitar/banjo/etc' books. I am concentrating on my collecting these days in the music field, but that is not essential - if you see something that screams 'Weird Shit Man'...'

BTW, I have the full set of Mudcat CDs.... Weird Shit Man...

I am into humour too BTW. If you want to learn something about me, see my profile, or visit http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~rhayes/vfoolshm.htm - my personal page is off that.... Weird Shit Man...

If you want to send me a T-shirt - I am about 6 ft tall and nearly 200 lbs. at least XL - 110cm + chest size - cotton ones shrink, you know. XXL or larger - I like to wear the really large ones as night shirts. I don't yet have a Mudcat one. I like Royal/Navy blue.

Last year I got some real Maple Syrup, for instance. Yum!

Things don't have to be brand new - see the bit on old books, music, etc above. Old or unusual instruments - they don't have to be big or expensive.

Favourite author - Robert Aspirin - don't have his last one, and they won't bring them into Australia. for some stupid reason.

Robin

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Micca
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 06:34 PM

this is Sort of Updated and is accurate at time of Press
1 .what is your age range? 60,
2 . gender? Male

3. Do you have a favorite color?
No, Friends say I can look scruffy in Anything, any colour! But Black is a fave. Cloaks are good too ( I have 3)

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
Poetry, some sci-fi, crime, ala Grafton, Evanovitch, Reichs, Cornwell, etc and stuff to help song-writing, rhyming dictionaries etc, Celtic mythology, books about Witchcraft and Druidic things

5. what books have you really been wanting?
See above. but something that means something to you would be fave!! I have all the Graftons so far and Cornwells

6. what type of music do you like?
Folk ,Classical, Opera, No Pop, I LOATHE Rap and most current pop. I like songs with real lyrics, that are not 32 repetitions of the same single line of teen angst. And I would LOVE some of your work if you are a singer/songwriter,
Dislike,"over arranged" music and current "pop" music.
7. what cds have you really been wanting?
CDs Of Mudcatters, I have some,I have the Blue Bottle and the Mudcat CDs set, any good Unaccompanied singing

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?
I am slowly making the transition to DVD, but have a largish collection of Foreign language films on VHS(PAL) and would be happy to add to this collection,(subtitles in English preferred rather than dubbed)

9. what is your t-shirt size?
XL. I like ones with local (to you) connections (I had a great one from Albuqurque 2 years ago, Many Thanks Artbrooks)

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
Wine,(Like Burgundy in particular) Books, songs, figurines of Bears, Great Northern divers, Owls,

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
Singing., meeting Mudcatters, Folk Festivals, Tasting and Drinking wine,( I was secretary of the University Wine Society for 5 years) Food and cooking, Science, Pagan stuff, People watching

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Silver, but only wear rings and stuff I already own.

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like,
I am a collection of contradictions, I am a professional scientist that believes in and practices magic, I love singing, but can't read music or play an instrument, I like to write Poetry and songs, and am learning a little, and very slowly, a bit about musical notation so I can at least write down what I hear in my head,
2.       I would be happy with local info, pix, and recipes , wine books, (pamphlet etc if you are in a wine-growing area about the local producers), and especially recordings of Mudcatters. or what you will....I Like surprises

14.Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.
I am Type II diabetic and allergic to Fish and ALL seafood, seaweed and their extracts, and ANYTHING containing Methyl amines( the stuff that makes fish smell like fish)

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: jacqui.c
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 05:13 PM

Further thoughts for my Secret Santa.

I like Native American and Indian design in clothing and decor.

I don't like most candy and don't eat chocolate at all.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,Bee-dubya-ell's Secret Santa
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 05:01 AM

Your post has been duly noted and taken under advisement.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: el_punkoid_nouveau
Date: 11 Oct 05 - 03:35 AM

Dear Santa

Thank you for all the presents you gave me last year. This year I'm sending my Secret Santa a few ideas:

1. what is your age range?
48. I know that is a specific not a range!

2. gender?
Male - very definitely, and very red blooded!

3. Do you have a favorite color?
Deep reds, plum and particularly burgundy.

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
Fiction - Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Patrick O'Brian (good humorous science fantasy or early 19th Century naval)
Non-fiction - history - particularly mid eighteenth century onwards. British Railway history

5. what books have you really been wanting?
Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin novels other than Master and Commander, Post Captain, The Thirteen Gun Salute, and Blue At The Mizzen

6. what type of music do you like?
Most - but particularly Baroque and traditional. The traditional music of my Santa's home area would be reeeeeeally cool.

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
Too many to think about!

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?
Ealing Comedies. I have a particular yearning for Passport to Pimlico, but that's only because I used to work for a company with a head office just over Vauxhall Bridge Road from Pimlico.

9. what is your t-shirt size?
Generally XL

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
Too many things!

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
Railway modelling (British outline "N" and "O" gauge; gardening; computing - but I do that for a living as well; history - see books above, and be prepared to be bored to death about my great grandfather if you ever meet me!

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
The only jewellery I normally wear is a watch and a wedding ring. But that's probably because I got bored with piercings, so I stopped wearing an ear ring, and I've never possessed any sort of pendants or medallions. Especially gold ones. On the other hand, I may go back to a single ear ring…

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like
I'm married with two kids!

Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful.
I get hay fever, and I can't stand things that skitter about quickly.

Love from el_punkoid_nouveau

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: jaze
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 09:36 PM

2005 Update;
1. 51
2. Male
3. deep greens and blues
4. Anything about Atlantis or lost civilizations
5. the Lost Hall Of Records by John Van Auken & Lora Little
6 Traditional folk-American and Anglo
7. NO DIRECTION HOME!
8. Between Two worlds with John Garfield
9. Medium -a mudcat shirt would be nice
10. vintage rosary parts for making new ones
11. see 10
12. gold
13. Would appreciate anything santais kind enough to send especially from your locale.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: My guru always said
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 06:18 PM

OK, OK, I'm back...... Done my first Festival gig now so can breathe easier & stop practising for a while!

Dear, Lovely Santa.... Please accept my apologies for the antici       pation. Here's last year's answers hurriedly checked & edited (hope the answers are connected to the right questions):

1. Still Mid-40's

2. Definitely Female

3 & 9. Love Purple especially my Large MudChoc T Shirt, oh & Black, especially my new special order MudCat V T Shirt!

4 & 5. Have read all Terry Pratchett's (luckily I forget them quickly so I can read 'em again, good value huh?). Any science fiction or fantasy, dragons & wizzards, fiction, thrillers, crime etc. Second-hand is good, dogeared and with broken spines are perfectly acceptable, shows they're recommended!

6 & 7. Traditional Folk, a capella singing, contempory folk, female voice, classical (anything that's good, stuff you've done, anything of Catters, ones with good songs to try).

10 & 12. love interesting crafty earrings, pierced & dangly!!! Silver-tone seems to go best with my favourite colours. Seem to have accumulated stones from various places & beaches...

13. Love Cats, Chocolate, plants & trees, secret gardens, interesting places, earth powers, intuition & friendship.

Allergies yes, mainly alkaline-forming foods (have never eaten fruit so that's a definite negative). Luckily there aren't many other negatives in my life apart from the food!

Love the newspaper idea.....

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: SussexCarole
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 05:35 PM

Hi Santa

You say you have my number!   Do you need hints as well?

x

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 01:42 PM

Hey, Santa! Here ya go...not much different from the other years. This is the fourth for me, I think. They've all been wonderful and fun!

Okay, get started!

1. what is your age range?

youngish side of Wise Womon

2. gender?

no dangly bits:-)

3. Do you have a favorite color?

dark green and purple

4. favorite authors/ type of book?

if they're favs. I probably already have them, thanks

5. what books have you really been wanting? from an ongoing list:

Round Ireland with a fridge - Hawke
Neither Here nor There or, The Mother Tongue - Bill Bryson
Birds, Beasts, and Other Relatives - Gerald Durrell
Dreams of Trespass - Fatima Mernissi
8 Skilled Gentlemen or Bridge of Birds - Barry Hughart


6. what type of music do you like?

Traditional, older folk music (as mentioned in the book question) old cowboy, anything ethnic/of another culture

7. what cds have you really been wanting?

Rain Dog - Tom Waits
Kitchen Radio - Peter Mulvey
anything you might have done, or by other Mudcatters

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?

None, don't buy movies for at home

9. what is your t-shirt size?

hard to fit, so I always buy my own..picky, picky, picky!**bg** (See hip-huggers thread.)

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

I have stopped collecting...no space and I've quit dusting!

11. what are some of your other hobbies?

reading, designing cards on my computer, photography, singing, playing dulcimer and fiddle

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

neither, I don't wear what I have:-)

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.

ANYTHING about where you live, newspapers, postcards, maps, etc. ANYTHING you have made or done yourself etc. I love native crafts, traditional culture items, etc.

Thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Blackcatter
Date: 10 Oct 05 - 01:02 AM

From Blackcatter - sorry I'm late with this. It's been a very busy time.

1. what is your age range? 39

2. gender? Male

3. Do you have a favorite color? royal purple / forest green

4. favorite authors/ type of book? History subjects. I am an historian by trade. Travel books like Michael Palin's trips.

5. what books have you really been wanting? None you'd be able to get.

6. what type of music do you like? Traditional folk - mostly Celtic. Also traditional Pagan stuff - not the "new-agey" type of stuff.

7. what cds have you really been wanting? I dunno.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? None

9. what is your t-shirt size? Extra large

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? interesting stones - I do a lot of ritual work with stones - if you have intersting ones around where you live - minerals especially, that'd be neat to get. Tell mer where you got them, if possible.

11. what are some of your other hobbies? I play the tin whistle and jews harp. I write. I have an herb garden on the balcony.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? gold, but I rarely wear any.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. I'm getting married in April. I like intersting things - especially thing I can use in ritual - incense, candles, stones, altar cloths, bowls, chalices, cauldrons, staves, swords, etc.

Pax

Blackcatter

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Crane Driver
Date: 07 Oct 05 - 12:53 PM

How about an alligator stuffed in a python?

Andrew

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 07 Oct 05 - 07:19 AM

But a dead one at 8 ft is OK Greg?

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: greg stephens
Date: 07 Oct 05 - 06:24 AM

Can't remember all the questions you're meant to answer. Please dont feel constrained by any arbitrary price limits imposed Mudcat bureaucracy, a fine old Martin D28 would be OK.
   I remember there's something about jewellery. I'm a man, what kind of question is that?
   I like anything specific to the Secret Santa, local traditional music, local history, local delicacies, stuff like that. Even more, I like to be surprised.Not to the point of a heart attck, obviously, so probably no live alligators more than siz feet long.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: jennbrooks
Date: 06 Oct 05 - 06:55 PM

1. what is your age range? What range? 56

2. gender? What, no range? F.

3. Do you have a favorite color? Dark greens, dark reds, and dark greenish blues.

4. favorite authors/ type of book? Knitting, sewing, mystery and fantasy.

5. what books have you really been wanting? Can't tnink of any. I'm a loyal supporter of my local library.

6. what type of music do you like? Traditional, older folk music (as mentioned in the book question). Folk and international folk, and baroque.

7. what cds have you really been wanting? None, thank you. My housemate brings in all the CD's anybody could ever accomodate.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? As above.

9. what is your t-shirt size? US Medium

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? Now yer talkin'. Knitting wool and gadgetry, sewing bits and gadgetry, (eg. interesting cloth), small figures of armadillos (still).

11. what are some of your other hobbies? Well, that would be reading, sewing, knitting, cooking, trying to maintain a reasonable weight, folkdancing. Beading, but Santa fixed me up pretty well with beads last year.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Silver, exclusively.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. I don't think I've ever met a present I didn't like. Anything you choose, especially if it's special to your culture or your part of the world, will please me. Thanks for asking!

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: GUEST,The Secret Santa of My Guru Always Said
Date: 05 Oct 05 - 05:27 AM

My Guru Always Said........Nope, can't hear anything.


My Guru Always Said.............hmmm! Still nothing!


My Guru Always Said..........You know, I could have sworn I heard someone whispering Secret Santa hints, but no, I was mistaken.

:-)

I wonder what her Guru did always say. Curiouser & curiouser.

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: RAT-W
Date: 04 Oct 05 - 04:05 PM

1. what is your age range?
fairly early to mid teen

2. gender?
male3. Do you have a favorite color?
red!!!! Very, very red!!!!!

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
Weeeell, I like quite alot of books really. Sci-fi, action/adventure, fantasy (especially Fantasy)...

5. what books have you really been wanting?
Children Of The Serpent Gate by Sarah Ash

6. what type of music do you like? Traditional, older folk music (as mentioned in the book question).
All music welcome!

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
Kelly Clarkson Behind These Hazel Eyes, Mcflys latest album (whatever it's called)

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?
Garfield, School Of Rock

9. what is your t-shirt size?
medium but larger sizes always go down well

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
Where to begin! I collect keyrings, dragon things, dolphin things, model cannons, books etc.

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
Languages! I love speaking and learning French and German, and other hobbies include reading and playing Playstation games

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Not incredibly keen on jewelery

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.
Anything made out of crystals (hematite especially), anything to do with dragons

RAT-W

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: maire-aine
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 07:57 PM

Secret Santa info for maire-aine, updated for 2005:

1. what is your age range? 57. Yikes!

2. gender? Female

3. Do you have a favorite color? To wear, blues & purples & dark greens. To have around, yellows, oranges & reds

4. favorite authors/ type of book? mystery stories, esp. Sherlock Holmes

5. what books have you really been wanting? a good biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt (used would be fine)

6. what type of music do you like? Irish-Scottish-English-US-folk-music, and cajun-zydeco

7. what cds have you really been wanting? early women blues singers, esp. less well-known women

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? Anything with Johnny Depp.

9. what is your t-shirt size? L to XL

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? 1)dust-bunnies & cat fur, 2) recipes, esp. soups

11. what are some of your other hobbies? gardening (esp. Heathers & Heaths), playing guitar, geneaology (looking for Bankerts & Dunmires)

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 have 2 cats (Molly & Little One) both 16-yrs-old.

PS: this from an old thread:
Subject: RE: BS: THINGS THAT I LIKE
Date: 08 Oct 02 - 06:39 PM

my 2 kitties, my house, my friends, cheeseburgers with fries, digging in the dirt in my garden, yellow orange and red flowers blooming outside my window, Jethro Tull, hot black coffee with a splash of Amaretto, sitting in front of a fire in the fireplace, singing for people, playing in a session (any session), Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, early Ford Thunderbirds, my new front porch, Brother Cadfael stories, cleaning house (once in a while), clean clothes warm from the dryer, yellow split pea soup in the fall….

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Col K
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 07:32 PM

So YOU WANT HINTS Huh,

Male BFB size aka XXL or larger
Age 56
Silver not Gold
Would like something that reminds you of you.ie something that is local and special to your area.
Wide range of music tastes.
If you need more hints post here and I will try to answer any questions you have.
Col

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 06:07 PM

I've finally had time to post this! (Sometimes it's nearly impossible to get things done on a moving planet.)

One overall suggestion is that I really like getting things from my Secret Santa's 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 mailordered. )

1. what is your age range?
Let's see, I've been just about every age up to and including 56, but I'm doing research on ages I haven't yet attained.

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.

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
Adventurer Richard Halliburton (but I think I have all of the BOOKS he published -- interested in his periodical work, though), vintage (pre-1940) travel or exploration books, books on early gravestones or gravestone carvers (from your neck of the woods?), books about words and language, printing and typography, books about books.

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, shanties and occupational songs to Manhattan Transfer and caberet.

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
Mudcatters' -- Jed Marum's, Big Mick's, etc. I have Rick Fielding's, Hissyfit, one of InOBU's. Or the Mudcat collections. I'm also looking for a CD (if it exists) of the 1970s recording (double LP -- which I have) of "Canto General" by Mikis Theodorakis, with the French National Chorus and Maria Farandouri. NOT the German recording which seems to be the only CD available.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?
Uh, Curmudgeon and I probably have the largest private collection in New Hampshire, USA.

9. what is your t-shirt size?
H for homungus (I like 'em roomy). I'm goddess-shaped, so 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.


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.

Maybe later (I keep saying that) . . . if I think of anything. Oh, I'm a sucker for fancy scented bath stuff.

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

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 05:36 PM

Oh, and 100!!!

SECSY
LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 05:35 PM

Hope Santa is reading these......

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: curmudgeon
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 05:30 PM

1. what is your age range? 60+

2. gender? M

3. Do you have a favorite color? No.

4. favorite authors/ type of book?    Regional cook books.

5. what books have you really been wanting?Except for some true rarities, I have them all , except for Alf Edwards' concertina tutor.

6. what type of music do you like? Traditional, older folk music (as mentioned in the book question). English and Scottish trad, sea songs.

7. what cds have you really been wanting? One of yours or one of your friends.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting?The Man Who Would Be King.

9. what is your t-shirt size? Don't wear them.

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? Used Britains toy soldiers, concertinas, edged weapons, single malts, rums.

11. what are some of your other hobbies? cooking and singing.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Don't usually do jewelry.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. Small tins, jars, packs of gustatory delights from your home region.

Thank you, Santa - Tom

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 04:37 PM

1.)40s
2.)female
3.)red
4.)Tend to be overun with books
5.)think I got most of them
6.)good songs, old or new
7.)suprise me especially like music you've recorded or just something you like
8.)none at present
9.)XXL
10.)children but I have plenty :0)earings, ducks
11.)sewing, knitting
12.)either
13.)I'd like to get something that tells me about you and where you come from (musicall or geographically)

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Mrs Cobble
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 02:21 PM

Old enough to be retired.
Female
Love the colour green
Music.   Folk Jazz Big Band
T shirt XXXL
Books Folk Lore stories and history. Anything about life and folk lore in your part of the world.
Hobbies. Knitting spinning cross stitch reading histories of textiles. My dogs
Love silver tone jewelry natural stones and crystals

Subject: RE: BS: 2005--Secret Santa Hints
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 03 Oct 05 - 10:17 AM

Thank you, Art! I'd meant to track that one down and provide a link.

There are several folks each year who torture their Secret Santas by providing scant information. While the pleading for information can be entertaining at first, it becomes a sad thing after a while. Pathetic. Maudlin. The hand-wringing, the angst, the loss of joy in life. . . please, Santees, do your Santas a favor and say Something!