I feel like such a slacker! I didn't think of all of these little tricks people had of delivering local color to their secret santees--newspapers, postcards, local souvenirs. My package was fairly spartan in comparison. Familiarity breeds contempt, as they say--none of the local stuff looked remarkable, just typical. But next year I'll know better! This is a truly amazing group, the lengths santas went to to delight their recipients! It has been as much fun reading people's reactions as to read the clues (and it has taken some verbal gynmastics to plant some of these clues--for my santee in particular!).

My santee doesn't have any music in th package I sent because the music that is distinctive from my household would be that of my father singing. I have lots of cassettes, but am only now to the stage of installing the new burner software and cables to begin transferring from cassette to CD. Then there will be a retro-active CD, once I get the right mix of stuff. Just so they know. I didn't even know myself when I sent the package, 'cause I hadn't picked up the software yet. And when I get ready to do this, I'm sure I'll be searching out previous threads where people have already discussed this kind of task, and will post my own questions.

SRS