# Doper Ornament Exchange - 2008 Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946 "2008-11-16T02:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/41 "2008-12-14T04:11:47Z")
> [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](#): > > I’m glad you like it, and Merry Christmas to you, too! > > I did make it. I start in the middle of the ball, not at the top or bottom, and just try to place them close together without making any horizontal or vertical rows. It’s pretty easy. Sounds interesting - any chance of a photo? I haven’t mailed an ornament yet but I went to a craft fair today. Dangerous, dangerous place. Lots of ornament options. And other lovely things. I really, really wanted a quilt I saw… and it was absolutely worth the price (the workmanship was exquisite)… 1500 dollars isn’t too much, is it? (fortunately sanity - and the desire to make next month’s mortgage payment - prevailed). ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/42 "2008-12-14T07:29:55Z")
> [@mmouse9799](#): > > Ornament received in yesterday’s mail! It is adorable! (And cutely wrapped too.) I’ll take pictures later if I can. I was so surprised to get it! LOL I’ve been so busy trying to get my Ornament and Secret Santa bought, wrapped up and sent off that I totally forgot I was _getting_ stuff too!! Anyway, it is a very cute little snail. Thanks, **Alice**!! > > In other news, Ornament sent! Yeah! I thought he was pretty cute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/43 "2008-12-14T22:11:55Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Sounds interesting - any chance of a photo? They look like [this](http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleanor0a/3072148489/). (Those are my family’s birthstone colors, not traffic light colors. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/44 "2008-12-16T13:52:16Z")
Package sent to **Mama Zappa** yesterday. Should be there by Thursday. **Pbbth** , the kitty came on yesterday’s UPS truck, and it’s adorable. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/45 "2008-12-16T14:13:30Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > Package sent to **Mama Zappa** yesterday. Should be there by Thursday. > > **Pbbth** , the kitty came on yesterday’s UPS truck, and it’s adorable. Thank you! Hooray! I’m glad you liked it. I thought it was super cute and appropriate for a **CrazyCatLady** such as yourself. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/46 "2008-12-16T15:23:09Z")
My attempt to make homemade ornaments this year was truely sad. I had issues with the paint being too thick or too thin and not sticking to the glass. =( I probably need to start a thread asking for crafty-help =) Anyways - sent one in the mail to my person! And, as a bonus, you can tie a ribbon to the top of the xmas card and hang on your tree too! You should have it just in time for xmas. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/47 "2008-12-16T15:32:28Z")
I received my ornament from **hocow** yesterday – a white glass ornament commemorating her hometown’s history. Thanks! (And the card survived just fine . . . hee hee!) (I started taking guitar lessons recently, and there’s a song that I’ve been practicing that’s in my head quite a bit. See if you can guess which one it is, **hocow**. . . 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/48 "2008-12-16T18:05:10Z")
I just dropped mine off at the P.O., so it will soon be winging its way south via Priority Mail. ---
**Author:** ![Ducktail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@Ducktail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ducktail)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/49 "2008-12-18T20:16:52Z")
Ornament both sent and received as of today. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/50 "2008-12-18T23:13:51Z")
> [@Sateryn76](#): > > But, I bought a really nice one, and it goes out today! It is a really nice one, and I got it yesterday. Thank you very much. Now all I need is to get the tree up so I can put it on there. Oh, and how did you know I love those peppermint bark squares? Thank you for the candy, too. And btw, I sent mine. Should be there Monday. The recipient will be sharing a bit of what’s going into my kids’ stockings, too. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/51 "2008-12-18T23:23:45Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I received my ornament from **hocow** yesterday – a white glass ornament commemorating her hometown’s history. Thanks! (And the card survived just fine . . . hee hee!) > > (I started taking guitar lessons recently, and there’s a song that I’ve been practicing that’s in my head quite a bit. See if you can guess which one it is, **hocow**. . . 🙂 ) I bet I know. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/52 "2008-12-19T00:53:11Z")
I’m glad you like the ornament, **Scarlett67**! I have no idea which song you’re talking about, even though it’s probably really obvious. Some googling suggests “Milk Cow Blues”? 😕 Haha, I’m a dork sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/53 "2008-12-19T01:18:20Z")
I’ll give you a hint: The title is a four-syllable word that’s featured prominently on your ornament. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/54 "2008-12-19T14:36:43Z")
> [@Ducktail](#): > > Ornament both sent and received as of today. Yeah!! That got their a lot more quickly than I expected! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/55 "2008-12-19T20:02:53Z")
PHEW!!! Finally mailed mine, today. I’m afraid the package may not reach its recipient until after Christmas ☹ Bad MZ, no cookie! To the recipient: no, I have _not_ in fact mailed you two boxes of generic Prilosec antacids 😉 those were simply the only boxes I could find that would protect the ornaments and still fit in a padded mailer. I have received one as well, though I haven’t opened the package yet - saving that for when I’d sent mine off and we actually have the Christmas tree set up (tonight, probably). ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/56 "2008-12-21T01:34:29Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I have received one as well, though I haven’t opened the package yet - saving that for when I’d sent mine off and we actually have the Christmas tree set up (tonight, probably). I opened my ornament tonight, from CrazyCatLady, and it’s a seriously cute bead+wire dragonfly that she made with her own two hands! I wish I were that creative!! Photo is at [http://picasaweb.google.com/MamaZappa/SDMBOrnamentExchange#](http://picasaweb.google.com/MamaZappa/SDMBOrnamentExchange#) ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/57 "2008-12-21T04:12:01Z")
> [@Scarlett67](#): > > I’ll give you a hint: The title is a four-syllable word that’s featured prominently on your ornament. 🙂 You mean Shenandoah? Haha, that’s what I was thinking originally, but then **thirdwarning** said she knew, so I thought maybe it was related to my screen name. Turns out, **thirdwarning** knew where I lived as she sent me my ornaments! I got a very cute set of onion and garlic ornaments. She also packed some peppermint candies, Hershey kisses, and (I love you for these) Candy cane kisses. Thanks, **thirdwarning**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/58 "2008-12-21T20:35:13Z")
Update: It looks like everyone has sent out their ornament, unless I’ve mis-entered something. The following have received ornaments: **Sateryn76** has received an ornament from **Eleanor of Aquitain** e **Thirdwarning** has received an ornament from **Sateryn76** **hocow** has received an ornament from **thirdwarning** **Scarlett67** has received an ornament from \*\*hocow \*\* **Zabali\_clawbane** has received an ornament from **Scarlett67** **pbbth** has received an ornament from **Zabali\_clawbane** **CrazyCatLady** has received an ornament from **pbbth** **Mama Zappa** has received an ornament from **CrazyCatLady** **mmouse9799** has received an ornament from **alice\_in\_wonderland** \*\*Ducktail \*\*has received an ornament from **mmouse9799** And five more are still in transit. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/59 "2008-12-21T22:01:00Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > **Zabali\_clawbane** has received an ornament from **Scarlett67** Oh, good, I was starting to get worried because I hadn’t heard anything long after it should have arrived. I hope she liked what I sent. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946/60 "2008-12-21T22:35:41Z")
Would you believe I actually had to count the syllables in Shenandoah? I’m glad you like the candies. I snitched them from the stuff I got for the kids’ stockings. And I’m glad everything got there safe and sound. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ornament-exchange-2008-edition/472946.md?page=4)