Our traditional price limit is $10 (excluding postage). With the economy in the shape it’s in, it seems like a good idea to keep to this limit. Stay away from NSFOIFOF (not safe for opening in front of family) gifts, otherwise anything goes.
There are two steps to signing up: posting in this thread and emailing me.
When you post in the thread, give your Santa a few hints – things you like, favorite colors, things you’re allergic to, etc.
Send your sign-up email to freckafree at hotmail dot com. Please put your username in the subject line. (This makes things infinitely easier for me.) In the body of the email, include your user name, your real name, and your shipping address. If you are willing to ship internationally, please say so in your email.
I’ll keep a running list of participants in this thread. It’s up to you to make sure that you’re on that list.
When you send your gift, PLEASE wrap carefully to avoid disappointment on the part of the excited recipient. Also include a note with your username so he or she knows who Santa is!
Please post when you ship your gift and when you receive your gift – even if you’re not going to open it till 12/25.
If you sign up and later find you cannot send anything, please let me know; this will (hopefully) reduce the chances of someone being disappointed.
Sign-up deadline: 11/30/10, 11:59 PM EST
I’ll try to get assignments out within a day or so after that.
My favorite colors are green and purple; I like dark chocolate (not much of a coffee drinker); love nice bath stuff or fancy soap. T-shirt size is XL. Something from Santa’s locale would be fun. Easiest thing is probably a book or CD (used is completely fine!) – my Amazon wishlist is under my real name.
Yay! SD Secret Santa! One of my favorite things about the holiday season.
What twickster said, but I love coffee and I’m not a fan of fancy bath stuff. My T-shirt size is a 3X. I think it would be great to get something from Santa’s locale, but I also have an Amazon wish list under my real name.
I’ll play this time, too. Not sure what to say about likes, since I’m easy going. Something homemade (from the kitchen, that is) would always be appreciated; I wear a 2X t-shirt, but go up a size because I like 'em baggy.
I’d like to play if someone is willing to ship to Canada.
I like knitting so a knitting book would be lovely - used is great! I like nice bath products although I prefer non flowery scents - fruits are awesome (e.g. mango, orange, berry, etc).
I’m in again, and this year I PROMISE not to attempt to crochet the gift! Apologies again for last year’s gift being so late.
I love the colors blue and green, I collect coffee mugs (for example, one local to the giver’s area like a Chesapeake Bay crab-themed one in my case, would be perfecto!), I also love chocolate. I love little kitschy-type stuff (i have a little troll doll on my desk at work, as well as a tiny Disney Donald Duck figurine!); it definitely doesn’t have to be big.
I love this and look forward to it every year! Thanks to all who participate and especially to those who coordinate, nudges to freckafree and twickster.
oooh, this will be my first Christmas on the Dope. Thank you for setting this up! I’d like to play too.
::climbing on SecretSanta’s lap, cutting off all lower-body circulation::
I’m female, and live in Tokyo. I like dark chocolate, non-fiction and junk food. I especially like NSFOIFOF gifts in poor taste. A few years back I treated my friends to this classy humping dog USB Yep!
My favorite thing on the dope are the exchanges! I love this time of year!
I am a male, 24, love sports (especially american football) but I am a fan of all. Shirt size is a L but I can fit into a M…I just like clothing baggy. I’m not a huge fan of music but I am a big fan of reading. I love murder mystery non-fiction books…but if a book is weird or full of awesome interesting facts or something I’m game. Junk food is always appreciated.
When in doubt always always always give me something local! One of my favorite things about these exchanges is showing off what I got from my internet friends. There is very little that you can give me that I won’t like.
Ms Robyn
twickster
ExcitedIdiot
alice_in_wonderland
Rhiannon8404
Pbbth
Tarragon918
KinkiNipponTourist
Sir T-Cups
freckafree
If you are not on the this list, that means you didn’t e-mail me your information, as per the OP. Send your sign-up email to freckafree at hotmail dot com. Please put your username in the subject line. (This makes things infinitely easier for me.) In the body of the email, include your user name, your real name, and your shipping address. If you are willing to ship internationally, please say so in your email.
Hey, freck, one of my emails got bounced. Did you get the other one? Like Nippon, this will be my first Dopemas.
I’m female, wear a medium, and like green, blue, and (naturally) purple. Also like Nippon, I am 100% ok with NSFOIFOF gifts in poor taste! I like nature, animals, plants (I’m a gardener! does that help?) and cooking. That oughta be plenty…
