# Did You Get Your Secret Santa Gift? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882 "2000-12-22T18:13:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/81 "2000-12-29T03:06:22Z")
**tisiphone** , you are completely evil! I want you to know that my aunt was standing with me when I opened it! She has always thought that internet interactions were on the creepy side anyway and now she is convinced! She said, “Um, who is this person?” When I explained, she was shocked that I had never met you and yet you sent this to me! She left rather quickly! I know she’s telling the rest of the family that some pervert I’ve never met but talked to on the internet sent me animal-skin G-string for Christmas! Oh, and the best part is the fact that the package actually says “underwear” right there on the outside! I’m sure my mailman was pleased! I haven’t actually put it on yet. I’m saving it for a special occasion–like, say, the next lodge meeting of the Brotherhood of Water Buffalo! Or maybe I’ll put together a nice Pocahontas fantasy for my hubby! Thank you very much! It is the most unique and funny Christmas gift I received! And thanks for the consideration on the virile young man–it’s the thought that counts! ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/82 "2000-12-29T03:58:06Z")
Whooohoooooo, I’m officially evil! Yeah, well, my family all thought I was completely out of my tree, because this was the most fun thing I’ve done in ages. I wandered around chortling “Leather undies to Tennessee”, for days. Where else but the Straight Dope could one gift such things and find them appreciated? Ahem. This was a custom item, made by myself. It had to be, well, risque, but not disgusting. 😃 As well as representative of the locale. Dildos are just too, too personal, not to mention uninspired. My husband leaned strongly toward the rabbit fur bikini idea. :rolleyes: I had to put the contents on the @$@\*!& box. Customs officials on either side of the border get VERY shirty about such things. As it was, I worried about getting smacked for not declaring leather goods. However, I was prepared to play ignorant hick to the hilt if I got caught. “Gawrsh, sir, I din’t know that! I’m from the North, we don’t gotta worry about that stuff . . .” Enjoy! Tisiphone PS I still wanna know if it fits, dammit! It’s such a pain to judge size by a head-and-shoulders shot. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/83 "2000-12-29T04:39:35Z")
Yes, it fits! 😉 You _made_ that? Oh my god, I am thoroughly humbled and impressed! Bow to tisiphone, bow to tisiphone! You are a goddess! ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/84 "2000-12-29T05:08:57Z")
Thank you, thank you. :curtsies graciously: Even here you can’t get stuff like that off the rack. Ya gotta know someone . . . 😉 Tisiphone ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/85 "2000-12-30T01:09:05Z")
Grrr… I guess my person hasn’t received his/her gift yet… ☹ ::sniffles and curses UPS:: ---
**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 30, 2000, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/86 "2000-12-30T01:23:26Z")
well, what to my wondering eyes did appear? a package from santa. thank you, cranky as an old man. yes, it got here in plenty of time for christmas. i had quite a laugh at the contents. i’ll have a hard time waiting 'till christmas to play the “game.” how on earth did you know about the fortune cookie? i must have stared at a display of them for about 10 minutes before i convinced myself i had to buy for others, not me. in a rather good way i often think of michigan and manure. the animal crappers are fantastic! once again how did you know of my strange manure thoughts? thank you so much. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/87 "2000-12-30T03:38:27Z")
Man, I want rabbit fur underwear too! It dropped to a shivering 47 F today! I hate winter!!! Oh yeah… I got my Gift!!! Turns out I actually got it a few days ago, but no one ever tells me anything. I got a cool dragon! Woohoo!! She will sit happily with the others. Thank you so much Secret Santa!!! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/88 "2000-12-30T05:48:30Z")
Well, I managed to swing by the post office today and picked up my package. Got me a Newton’s Cradle from **Kinoons**. So not only did I get a present, but I learned what those clicking metal balls are called. What gave you the idea, **Kinoons**? (It has, btw, co-opted the place of honor, between the votive candle holder and the ceramic elephant wearing ChiDope leis, previously held by the handcuffs.) [sub]I was **pepperlandgirl** ’s Secret Santa. Think she’s reading this thread?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/89 "2000-12-30T16:25:06Z")
I got a notice from the post office yesterday. So I trekked through the latest Chicago snowstorm to the post office today to pick up a big box o’ stuff. I am very impatient, and I tried to rip it open in the car, but couldn’t get through the duct tape. So I had to wait til I got home. Woo hoo! I got a bunch of bath stuff, two cute little bear ornamenents, which are now on the tree, some holiday votive candles, and a bar of Lindt. 🙂 🙂 🙂 If I move my little tree into the bathroom, I can enjoy all at once tonight while I take a bath by candelight and eat chocolate, all at the same time. Thank you, Secret Santa! And **Bear\_Nenno** , I sent you the dragon. You had me worried there - I sent it about 10 days ago. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/90 "2000-12-30T16:46:11Z")
Sorry it was so late, porcupine!(There were six little bear ornaments when I closed the package…) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/91 "2000-12-30T16:52:00Z")
Thanks, **evilbeth**. You’re a sweetie! I will have to go through the box again! I’m sure they’re in there somewhere. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/92 "2000-12-30T17:12:10Z")
Maybe they got tired of waiting for me to mail the and escaped! Sorry about the chocolate not being the one you wanted. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/93 "2000-12-30T17:51:57Z")
**evilbeth** , don’t be silly - any Lindt is good Lindt. 🙂 And the rest of the bears were hiding at the bottom of the box among the packing material. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/94 "2000-12-31T06:09:44Z")
I got my Secret Santa gift! WooHoo, I got a SD Tshirt, and a SD sweatshirt with my username on the front! What a wonderful, thoughtful gift, and he went to so much effort, too! Thank you, SO much! And to top it all off, two stamps for my cardmaking! (Scotti does a happy dance) Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ummm, who are you? Scotti (warm and cozy in her sweatshirt) ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/95 "2000-12-31T06:25:34Z")
I’m still waiting… I don’t wanna come across as impatient, 'cause I too have enjoyed the whole Secret Santa game even aside from whether or not I end up with anything. However, the University’s mailing center has been terribly slow & many people’s holiday deliveries have been lost or delayed, and I would feel terrible if my Santa sent something and thought I wasn’t bothering to acknowledge it. Of course, I’m out of the office again until Wednesay thanks to New Year’s! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/96 "2000-12-31T06:38:25Z")
> [@](#): > > I was pepperlandgirl’s Secret Santa. Think she’s reading this thread? Did you have to write it so small? I almost missed that! Did you see the thread I started to thank you? If not, THANK YOU! That was a wonderful present, and it really, really made my dad! (I’m still eating the chocolate). I absolutely love the calender, and I _really_ love the book!!! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/97 "2000-12-31T06:39:45Z")
Made my **day** , not my “dad”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/98 "2000-12-31T07:29:40Z")
Darn that correction–now I don’t get to ask “Made your dad what?” \>:) I’m glad you like it. I did see your other thread, but was not sure at the time if/when the Secret Santas were supposed to to reveal ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/99 "2000-12-31T07:43:41Z")
My birthday is today actually. (Sniff) Whenever it arrives I’m sure it will be great!!! ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882/100 "2000-12-31T08:46:31Z")
I am your secret Santa, and my confirmation sez you shoulda received it 12/28. I guess I’ll have to follow up on it Tuesday. ☹ Oh, and your email as listed here doesn’t work. AOL bounced it back at me. stoid [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-your-secret-santa-gift/46882.md?page=6)