# Anyone want to do the 2022 Secret Santa? \[Last Call, sign-ups end 11/15\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657 "2022-10-23T03:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/181 "2022-12-18T20:49:58Z")
This just in, Santa arrived! Cheese, chocolates, and national park monopoly. Thank you, czarcasm! I will be a big hit at the next game night. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/182 "2022-12-18T20:53:08Z")
This is going great! There are only three packages left to be delivered and two of them are in the mail as I type. We even have photo evidence of one of them, LOL!!! Hurray for the post office, they are doing a wonderful job this year. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/183 "2022-12-18T20:56:50Z")
I’m a touch concerned that I haven’t heard from my giftee yet. Shoulda gotten there by now … nothing perishable or ticking or alive LOL. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/184 "2022-12-18T21:01:35Z")
I’m optimistically hoping that because they missed the Friday delivery date, it will be delivered on Monday. Our weekend carrier hates delivering packages and will “accidently” leave them at the post office on Saturdays so she doesn’t have to work late. Then the Monday person is late all day because she’s delivering twice as many packages as she should be. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/185 "2022-12-18T22:57:20Z")
So glad you liked them hocow and so sorry that I think I spelled your real name wrong on the enclosure, I get so used to thinking of Dopers by their SDMB handles that I mix up IRL names! If you guessed that the little calico bag was meant to represent a pineapple then you’re ahead of my friends that I showed it to, 😆 and I also forgot to mention that the mitts are machine-washable wool and nylon sock yarn (possibly machine-dryable too but I would probably air-dry them). (The teal yarn is from New Zealand and includes some possum fur fiber, they put possum fur in everything they can in NZ because they’re trying to control the invasive little beasties’ population.) Now if I only had someone to send this big blue and green wool pompom to that I made for a knitted baby hat! It was way too big and heavy so I made a smaller one for the baby hat, but now I need an adult-size blue or green wool hat to sew the big pompom on (all the hat yarn got used up). Oh well, save it for when the baby can carry a bigger hat, I guess! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/186 "2022-12-18T23:55:34Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > big blue and green wool pompom Or you could make a couple more pompoms in other colors and build a rainbow snowman! Yeah, my granddaughter is rainbow crazy, and it’s infectious! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/187 "2022-12-19T02:05:02Z")
Boy, did **Sir\_T-Cups** read the assignment! I got everything I wanted, and more! **Sir** is from a city in Florida, and I got a cool local sticker and magnet, local coffee, silver moon earrings (way to satisfy my love of both “earrings” and “stargazing”!), and a “Planting Pop,” which is a sort of lollipop full of Daisy and Forget-Me-Not seeds - can’t wait to plant it! Thank you so much, **Sir-T-Cups**! I love it all. Merry Christmas to you! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/188 "2022-12-20T00:13:02Z")
Well, I didn’t wait. Your package (it is your package, right?) has been teasing me since it arrived. I didn’t even open the box, out of guilt from delaying my shipment. But today, I opened it. Thank you!! I love what you got for me! First and foremost, _ **I got chocolate!** _ Can’t go wrong with chocolate, can you? This chocolate is from a company I hadn’t heard of before, Sarris out of Canonsburg PA. Delicious! Canonsburg is close to Monongahela, and I’ve been there but I can’t recall if we (wife and I) drove through Canonsburg. Anyway @Rialchim, you may not know that the greatest quarterback of all time hails from Monongahela - Joe Montana! Thanks too for that connection, I’ll always remember Sarris from now on because of that, and I’ve marked them on my map of All the Places I’ll Go! I also got a lovely wooden Christmas tree ornament for my favorite baseball team the San Francisco Giants. Awesomeness! A neat device that’s a Brown Sugar Keeper, to keep my BS from solidifying. (haha) And my wife LOVES the American Flag blanket, it’s beautiful! And there’s one more, and @Rialchim really shouldn’t have because I ended up asking for only this one thing but they included all those other things - the Dr. Seuss book, “_Oh the Places You’ll Go!_”. Love it!! Now that I’m retired I’m lininng up all the places my wife and I will go and **@Rialchim** , with your beautiful heart I’d love it if we are in your neighborhood, I’d love it if we could meet for a cup of coffee or glass of wine. Bring a date, because I will! Again, thank you, this is awesome! [![](https://i.imgur.com/5atf0FO.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/5atf0FO.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/189 "2022-12-20T01:23:43Z")
Well, I’m glad you like it all! I would have felt chintzy just sending the book. The ornament is from Etsy, and there are two Sarris bars because in the Rilch household, chocolate is legal tender, and in case it’s the same chez Bullitt, I didn’t want you and Mrs. Bullitt to have to share. Also, I was hoping the blanket is big enough for an adult. Is it? And one never knows; I might get to Northern Cal some day! Yes, I knew that about Joe Montana, and speaking of football, a few years back, [Sarris made a chocolate deflated football and auctioned it for charity.](https://www.wtae.com/article/sarris-candies-bradie-deflated-chocolate-football-generates-20-000-after-auction/7469827) Meanwhile, everything in JaneDoe’s box is so exquisitely wrapped, it’s a treat just to look at the packages for now! I’ll report back on Xmas day. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/190 "2022-12-20T09:52:26Z")
It’s plenty big enough! And it’s color is very vibrant. It is a nice blanket! My wife liked the chocolate! Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/191 "2022-12-20T11:41:44Z")
We’re spreading the Sarris love far and wide this Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/192 "2022-12-20T14:10:52Z")
Apparently my boxes were delivered yesterday, but no one rang the doorbell. When my daughter dropped off my grandson this morning, SIL came in with 2 big boxes! I’ll have to wait till the toddler is napping before I tear into them. The anticipation is excruciating!! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/193 "2022-12-20T18:11:42Z")
Glad to hear it, and you’re welcome! ETA: **Nayna** , we sure are! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/194 "2022-12-20T21:43:31Z")
Finally, a quiet moment when I can post. **Bullitt** really zoomed in on my preference for red - right down to the wrapping paper (which I didn’t photograph, but it was very red!) Here’s my goodies: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/0IhUbz8.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/0IhUbz8) I haven’t had a wall calendar in ages, so I’m really happy to have this! And I may or may not follow his suggestion to put the Otter card over the calendar images. 😉 Four coasters! These will give me a valid reason to put some of our old coasters into our family White Elephant exchange - MMPers may mock me, but I’m all about the coasters! Not sure where I’ll use the little pour cap thingie, but I’ll figure something out. And I’ll definitely be lovin’ the socks! They’re sooooooo soft! And my feets get soooooooo cold! Last but not least, the gorgeous ornament: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/A3zzXey.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/A3zzXey) We have a little table top tree, so finding a way to display it is going to be a challenge. Maybe I’ll just hang it on its own, out of the reach of the cats, of course. Thanks soooooo much **Bullitt**!! It really brightened up a particularly un-bright day here. BTW, your card talked about visiting San Francisco - I’ve actually been to that area several times. When I was in the Navy, I went to a class in Vallejo (back in the 70s, obviously before they closed the base.) It was the summer they were filming Towering Inferno, and one of my classmates and I hung around outside the building where they were shooting the people fleeing the fire. Didn’t see any stars, but it was a memorable night. I also hung out in Oakland a bit with the parents of a soon-to-be-ex boyfriend. Then when I got my pilot’s license, I flew 3 of my friends from San Diego for a long weekend in the Bay area. And also when I was in SD, my family traveled from Baltimore for a vacation, so I met them and we drove down the coast to SD. That was the first time I had Chinese food! And in the 90s, I went to a seminar in Monterrey, but that wasn’t memorable in a good way, thanks to the idiot I traveled with. 'Nuff said. Anyway, back on topic: THANK YOU!!! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/195 "2022-12-21T00:01:39Z")
I believe the book will become a favourite for the youngling. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/196 "2022-12-21T01:53:16Z")
So glad you like them @FairyChatMom !! May your days be merry and bright… ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/197 "2022-12-21T03:17:16Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > We have a little table top tree, so finding a way to display it is going to be a challenge. Maybe I’ll just hang it on its own I’m sending a picture to your FB of an ornament stand that you can get from Hobby Lobby to display that gorgeous ornament. 5 or 6 years ago I took a glassblowing class and made ornaments and discovered these as a way to highlight and display them. You still might want to pick a spot out of the cat’s reach but they work really well. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/198 "2022-12-21T15:04:58Z")
ribbon through the ornament loop, staple to the ceiling, looks nice all year around. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/199 "2022-12-21T15:44:15Z")
Well, yeah, if you keep it dusted… 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657/200 "2022-12-21T19:03:22Z")
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