# Halloween Exchange **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231 "2009-10-01T13:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/1 "2009-10-01T13:40:12Z")
Since we have exchanges for Valentines, Christmas and Og knows what all else, I decided it’s time to have one for my favorite holiday, Halloween. I know we have many folks here who feel the same way, so I thought it was about time to swap some ghostly goodies with those who feel the same way. With that said, I cribbed this opener from **feppytweed** (hope they don’t mind – thanks!) because I didn’t think I could improve on perfection. 🙂 The set-up… Here’s how it works (for those not in-the-know): Everyone signs up, I jumble the names up, and we exchange a Halloween token(s) of some sort. If you feel the urge to accompany this with more than one thing, all the better. The rules: Since we’re no longer pay-to-post, I’m going to open it to everyone. Send an email to [faithfool@gmail.com](mailto:faithfool@gmail.com) and be sure to include your real name and address, screen name, and whether or not you’re willing to ship out of the US and if you’d like to exchange with more than one person. You can send anything you like as long as it’s Halloween themed. In the past, there are always one or two people that sign up and then drop off of the face of the planet, so PLEASE, don’t sign up if you are going to be too busy to send your giftlet. I’ll arbitrarily set the end date for October 17th, and have the emails sent out by October 19th (Monday). I’ll post in this thread when the exchange is closed, but I’m pretty easy to accept last minute participants. Any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. And finally, thanks to **Marley23** and others for approving this. I’m much obliged. I hope it turns into a rousing success with many more years to come. Let’s all enjoy this and bring on the treats!! ~faithfool ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/2 "2009-10-01T16:13:55Z")
email sent ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/3 "2009-10-01T18:04:23Z")
I’ll participate! Fun! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/4 "2009-10-01T21:04:33Z")
Just a reminder… if you want to participate, also make sure you reply to this thread. I’ve gotten a couple of independent emails and I’ll be using this thread as the master to compare who-all-are-playing counts to. Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/5 "2009-10-01T22:59:25Z")
Awh man, I’m such a sucker for exchanges! Email sent. Thanks for organizing this faithfool! ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/6 "2009-10-01T23:59:43Z")
I’m in (searching madly for orange and black glitter) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/7 "2009-10-02T02:49:14Z")
So far I have: Ellen Cherry faithfool madrabbitwoman schnuckiputzi Tamryne Translucent Daydream C’mon Halloween lovers! We need you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/8 "2009-10-02T05:33:50Z")
Email sent! ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/9 "2009-10-02T15:00:53Z")
I want to play too 🙂 E-mail sent! ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/10 "2009-10-02T15:06:11Z")
email sent…I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/11 "2009-10-02T15:45:05Z")
I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/12 "2009-10-02T16:15:52Z")
Updated list: BaneSidhe Ellen Cherry faithfool madrabbitwoman Pandora schnuckiputzi Tamryne Translucent Daydream Zsofia And thanks to everyone participating. I’m having lots of fun already! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/13 "2009-10-03T14:15:06Z")
Just adding **Quasi** to the list. 🙂 BaneSidhe Ellen Cherry faithfool madrabbitwoman Pandora Quasimodem schnuckiputzi Tamryne Translucent Daydream Zsofia ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/14 "2009-10-05T16:44:34Z")
A bump for anyone else that might be interested. BaneSidhe Ellen Cherry faithfool Kolga madrabbitwoman Pandora Quasimodem schnuckiputzi Tamryne Translucent Daydream Zsofia ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/15 "2009-10-16T13:44:14Z")
A note to all participating: if you didn’t include information to the contrary, I’m only setting you up with one recipient. If you prefer more than that and didn’t tell me any different, please let me know ASAP. Because through tomorrow is the last chance at corrections or, as the case may be, anyone else who’d like to sign up. Who sends who what will be emailed out by Monday. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/16 "2009-10-17T08:42:46Z")
So anyone else out there who would like to get thier hands on something _frightfully_ Australian? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/17 "2009-10-19T15:56:59Z")
Just a head’s up… I’m making out the exchange list today and I’ve had to email a few people to know specifically how many folks you’d like to swap with and whether or not you’d be willing to mail outside the US. So if y’all don’t mind, please get those emails back to me as soon as possible. Thanks! P.S. Also, if you’d like to post here that you’ve gotten your person to ship to, that’d be great as well. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/18 "2009-10-19T18:18:06Z")
**faithfool** , I got your email and responded. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/19 "2009-10-19T21:14:21Z")
All right everybody, all emails have been sent. If you haven’t received one telling you who your exchangee is, please let me know at once. Otherwise, lets have fun!! ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231/20 "2009-10-19T22:14:57Z")
Hi all, Just a warning to all the American folks I’m sending to - you will be having an e-x-t-e-n-d-e-d Halloween due to the vagaries of international mail. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-exchange/512231.md?page=2)