# Are we doing a Secret Santa this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 11, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771 "2001-11-11T16:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/81 "2001-11-14T01:02:36Z")
Say, who actually knows who is or isn’t 18+? I’m just saying… ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/82 "2001-11-14T02:56:28Z")
Okay, I’m in too. Is there an official Secret Santa address to send our info to yet? ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/83 "2001-11-14T03:30:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lady Juliet \* > \*\*Well the No Under-18 rule sucks ☹ > > Of course if that ever gets dropped, count me in! \*\* Haha! **LJ** , unless there’s a SDMB bouncer, ain’t nothing stopping me! [sub]Except, the big scary mods, that is. -quiver- I take it all back! I’m sorry! Don’t eat me! I won’t sneak in the back, I swear! I didn’t do it! I won’t ever say it again! I’m sorrrrrryyyyy… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/84 "2001-11-14T16:24:41Z")
Sorry to be grinchy to the younger set, but due to the fact that minors shouldn’t give out their email addresses to strangers (and you have to admit, we’re all pretty strange), the Secret Santa must be limited to adults only. In these times we’re in, it’s risky enough having Secret Santa on this site with adult participants but we figure y’all are responsible for yourselves and it’s your choice. Besides, some of you are already accustomed to having potential ax murderers show up on your doorstep and can cope. Those that have not yet reached their majority don’t have that choice available to them. Again, my apologies, those of you under 18. your humble TubaDiva Administrator “Everybody knows there ain’t no sanity clause!” ---
**Author:** ![Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nefarious_chipmunk/32/1045_2.png) [@Nefarious\_Chipmunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefarious_Chipmunk)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/85 "2001-11-14T17:11:39Z")
So, where should we send our Secret Santa information? ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/86 "2001-11-14T17:19:49Z")
I’m in! Zap! Who really should cut the exclamation points! ---
**Author:** ![Gamelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@Gamelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamelan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/87 "2001-11-14T17:49:24Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/88 "2001-11-14T18:40:21Z")
Thanks for your input, **TubaDiva**. For the rest of you: I’ll start an official Secret Santa thread this evening with all the details. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/89 "2001-11-14T23:20:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > **Besides, some of you are already accustomed to having potential ax murderers show up on your doorstep and can cope.** **Tuba** , have you been talking to **lurker** again? This is _exactly_ the phrase his brother used (jokingly, I hope) when he told his family about me. (Back in the “We’re friends” stage of the relationship) (And just to keep it on topic, I’m _still_ in! ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Juliet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cc9497/32.png) [@Lady\_Juliet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Juliet)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/90 "2001-11-15T00:58:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*Sorry to be grinchy to the younger set, but due to the fact that minors shouldn’t give out their email addresses to strangers (and you have to admit, we’re all pretty strange), the Secret Santa must be limited to adults only. > \*\* Well fooie, I guess our evil plans have been foiled. What a shame, this was the first step to world domination too. On a serious note though, **TubaDiva** , I completely respect and understand your decision. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/91 "2001-11-15T01:04:14Z")
I missed it last year, but what a FANTASTIC idea! Who came up with it? I am **so** down with this and all about it. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/92 "2001-11-15T01:22:46Z")
I’m not in (I can’t afford to get **myself** a gift for Christmas), but I just wanted to note that the phrase “Secret Santa” always has me picturing a portly older gentleman in a red trenchcoat and fedora, sneaking around corners and looking in windows, sleigh-whip at the ready, as he challenges and defeats the evil agents of G.R.I.N.C.H. (Goat-felching Rhinos Inciting Nasty Christmas Hatred) throughout the world… jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771/93 "2001-11-15T03:24:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lady Juliet \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > > \*\*Sorry to be grinchy to the younger set, but due to the fact that minors shouldn’t give out their email addresses to strangers (and you have to admit, we’re all pretty strange), the Secret Santa must be limited to adults only. > > \*\* > > Well fooie, I guess our evil plans have been foiled. > What a shame, this was the first step to world domination too. > > On a serious note though, **TubaDiva** , I completely respect and understand your decision. > 🙂 \*\* I do too, but…b-b-but…-bursts into tears and runs away, tears streaming down her face- [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-doing-a-secret-santa-this-year/92771.md?page=4)