BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!

Subject: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:39 AM

CatsPHiddle wanted to be in it this year, so I've offered to take over as the SECSY... Santa's Executive Compiler of Secrets this Year.

As before, you PM me your details, I will put you in the Santa Sack and match you with someone for whom you buy/make/knit/compose a gift and send it to them in time for Christmas.

If you have never been included before, we just need your name, a postal address, including postal/zip code and country, and your willingness to participate. You send a gift to the address you are given and someone else sends you a gift.

Gifts should be not more than $20 unless you really want to, but remember that postage can get pretty high with heavy items. There is usually a thread (or you can refer to previous ones) about those taking part and their preferences, usually around the middle/end of September.

Having not done this before, I'm starting early so I have plenty of time to sort it out if I get in a pickle.

Besides, including Sundays, there are only 115 shopping days left until Christmas!

SECSY
LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: greg stephens
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:49 AM

Is it that time already? It's still August, and summer! Anyway,I'm in, as ever. I will PM you details now.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:51 AM

Liz - do you need details from those-who-have-done-it-before or is CatsPH giving you her ultra-secret files?

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:55 AM

Send it to me anyway! That way it can all be a lovely surprise for Manitas when he finds the room he spent the weekend tidying, covered in paper!

I know it's still August for most people (it's September already in Australia) but on the way back from Towersey festival, the trees were decidedly yellow and the berries are plump and juicy, ready to eat.

There's also Christmas Craft stuff on the QVC shopping channel and I saw my first set of Christmas cards for sale in a shop last week.... it's not as far away as you think!

SECSY
LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 10:56 AM

not to mention it gives people going to Getaway time to plot and plan.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:02 AM

I will send Liz all the Ultra Top Secret Files....and add my details to them too...although I think she might know where I live.....I hope see does as she drove me home today!!

Khatt

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Amergin
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:22 AM

plot and plan? MMario....that sounds rather ominous...

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:22 AM

Holy frigg'n WAY too early Batman!

Ask me again in November... Like a human being...

X-mas... sh!t... lemme get Halloween outa the first...

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:23 AM

Oh ya... BTW... NO Secret Santa thread is EVER BS!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:34 AM

I'm off to Robert Dyas to buy a roll of blak sacks and one of those sticks with a spike on the end!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,confused
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:47 AM

Doesn't Santa have a nice velvet sack? not a roll of black sacks. And I don't think the reindeer will react well to a nail-prod.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: SINSULL
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 12:28 PM

I'm in! I will PM my address Liz.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: JennyO
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 12:42 PM

I'm in again. I was moving about this time last year, but I think you would have the right address - after all my pressie got here all right.

However I will send my details again in a PM tomorrow, just to be sure.

Jenny

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 12:53 PM

Oh, yes! I was a lucky beneficiary of a wonderful elf last year, even though I had to withdraw. It's my turn to pay it forward (heh, heh, heh...)

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 01:17 PM

September is only a day away! Considering the distance some of these packages have to travel (and the fact that some postal services seem to hand carry them, taking weeks and months) getting started early is always a good idea.

I'll send you my info later. I'm glad Khatt is going to play this year--she deserves to have a great time with it!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Sorcha
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 01:38 PM

I'm in.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: mooman
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 01:51 PM

Happy to be in again and PM sent!

Peace

moo

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 02:59 PM

ME memmememmmemmemmemmemmemmemeee too please
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 03:12 PM

Whoever I get as my santee will get an ingraved invitation to track down PageOfCups and take the CD I gave him/her/it last year and never heard a peep back from...

heh

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 03:14 PM

Ooh Clinton, such bitterness in one so young!
Giok

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 03:19 PM

the "heh" at the end of my post is an indicator that I wasn't being totally serious JGK....

Any dufus on who knows anything about internet communication would know that....

Young?
LOL!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Helen
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 04:34 PM

I'm in, again, of course. Thanks, Liz, for taking this on, and yes, it is already September here in Oz. The first day of Spring, yippee!! We've had a cold winter here this year on the east coast. The temperature must have gotten down to about 5 deg C on some nights and that's way too cold for us! :-)

Helen

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Tig
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 04:47 PM

Firecat and I would like to play please.

You never know - this year my parcel might arrive before hers!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,artbrooks
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 05:13 PM

I wanna play too!!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Rapparee
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 05:27 PM

Well, I posted earlier but it seems to have disappeared. I've PMed LtS with my particulars, so I'm in.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: freda underhill
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 05:53 PM

thanks for taking it on Liz - I'll be in it, and will pm you my details!

freda

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: CapriUni
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 07:05 PM

I'm in! I've had lots of fun the last times I've done it... will pm my info...

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:17 PM

I'm in!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: alison
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 08:49 PM

I'm in

thanks Liz

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Joybell
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 09:12 PM

Me too! Me too! I do love this game. Thank you Liz. Joy

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,Chanteyranger
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 09:44 PM

Count me in again. I'll PM you. Thanks for taking on this task, Liz. Many thanks, too, to CatsPHiddle for doing this for several years.

Chanteyranger

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:25 PM

Meeeeeeeee tooooooooooo ... what fun!!!!!!!
LL

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Teresa
Date: 31 Aug 04 - 11:45 PM

I sent the PM but forgot to drop in here ... my first time with this!. fun Fun. :)
T

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: RangerSteve
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 12:07 AM

I thought it was kind of early for this, but I just realized that September came 4 minutes ago, so I guess I'm ready to think about Christmas shopping. Count me in.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Shanghaiceltic
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 01:39 AM

Just putting me decorations up. I'm in.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,GROK
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 01:45 AM

"Just putting me decorations up."

Ya supposed to take them down?

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 02:40 AM

My dining room decorations never came down! Saves dusting the cobwebs out. Just spay them silver and they become instant decorations!

It's time to put the sprouts on to boil, although some have been on since May.

Of course, now it is September and only 3 weeks to the end of Summer, the sky is blue and cloudless, the sun is shining brilliantly and I got 2 Christmas catalogues in the post last week.

In Britain today we received the news that the Post Office have failed in all their 15 targets for delivering the mail, despite removing the second delivery to allow more time to complete the first...... I suggest DHL, Carrier Pigeon or tame duck - anything is going to be faster than the British Postal service!

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,Partridge
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 04:12 AM

I'm in, but may have a problem receiving PMs as I cant have any cookies (I'm in a new job)

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 06:35 AM

Sorry, I meant spRay them silver - most vets would have a problem trying to spay a cobweb!

Partridge - you just need to give me an Email I can reach you at, with your details, and then I can forward you the details of whom you will be Santeeing.

Same goes for any other cookieless folks as want to join in.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Alba
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 07:01 AM

Where is my post from yesterday!!!!! wizzing around cyber space I presume....oh well...lol
Yes I'm in.
I loved my Gifts (from my still Secret Santa) last Year. It was also a total pleasure being Santa as well.
Thank you Liz..
Jude

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 08:20 AM

Whee! I wanna play too!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Snuffy
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 09:16 AM

What they all said

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 09:26 AM

me too, me too!! (please)

I had a great time the last 2 years, even tho my 2002 pressie from Giac took from mid Nov to early Feb to arrive. Fortunately last year's pressie from Micca arrived a month before chrissy AND I did not open it until the actual day.

I finally put away most of my chrissy decorations last month - a few were forgotten & I'm looking at a tiny velvet tree at the moment.

One of my favourite charities just sent out it's merchandise catalogue which included a page of chrissy cards, & the embroidery shop has christmas designs in it's window & someone borrowed a book of christmas decorations from my local library, so it must be time to start thinking of preparations for the festive season. No matter how many celebrations/retail events are still to happen.

Thank, Liz for starting the ball rolling.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:27 AM

I suppose I'll be in eventually. The second hurricane in a month is barreling directly for Orlando, and if this one is worse than the first, I will probably have to move. So I'll wait until the storm is passed, the electricity comes back on (took a week last time), and if I still have a computer and a home.

Also, I've decided to not post in the BS section, so following the santa threads will be difficult.

I'll send a PM when I can.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Kim C
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 11:44 AM

Mememememememe!!!!!!!! PM on the way.

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 12:13 PM

Here are some helpful links to past exchanges:

"Straight" hints from 2003

Earlier silly hint threads

From 2002

It's a really good idea to LOGOFF before posting silly hints or taunting your Santee in any way!!!

(And after you've signed off, resist the urge to sign your name at the bottom of your post!)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 12:33 PM

yeah - remember that AMOS!

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 01:10 PM

I wasn't going to name names, but that was pretty funny! He had to use oddball initials all of the rest of the time hoping that one distinctive

A

would be lost in the mix!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Leadfingers
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 03:03 PM

Despite being a right miserable old git I suppose I will have to have a go again this year . PM on its way Liz .

Subject: RE: BS: 2004 Secret Santa Time!!
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 01 Sep 04 - 03:33 PM

Oh, all right. I'll play agin this year.

But it is disheartening to know that Liz can't play, her being the SECSY and all. I had so looked forward to the possibility of sending her a large tube of lithium grease to help with that annoying squeak and, maybe, a muzzle and leash for Limpit. Well, maybe next year.