# Is anyone interested in a Secret Santa this year 2025? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998 "2025-09-12T23:49:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/41 "2025-11-05T21:36:30Z")
And @Reeses_Monkey, please send your real name and mailing address to [klgould5@gmail.com](mailto:klgould5@gmail.com). Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/42 "2025-11-05T21:47:40Z")
> [@Nayna](#): > > I have no idea what vBulletin is. vBulletin was the old board software that we retired back in the summer of 2020. Discourse is the board software we’ve been using since then. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/43 "2025-11-05T22:01:14Z")
I’m looking forward to shopping for my person. I’ve been doing some general shopping because I want to ship as soon as possible. Thanks again for doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/44 "2025-11-05T22:05:41Z")
Done! Sorry for the delay. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2025, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/45 "2025-11-06T03:16:06Z")
> [@Nayna](#): > > Please let us know some of your likes and dislikes! I dislike eating fish with their heads still on… but I hope no one sends me fish. Basically, anything is going to be exotic, so go crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/46 "2025-11-07T02:15:03Z")
Thank you @Nayna! I’ll email you my deets in a moment. Appreciate you putting this together 🙂 I’m happy to ship internationally (as long as it’s reasonably sized). **Reply** likes: - Cool things made by you or someone you know - Books (especially historical fiction, narrative non-fiction, and realistic sci-fi) - [Board games](https://boardgamegeek.com/wishlist/arcataroger), Lego, fun 3D mechanical puzzles (not jigsaws) - Cat toys & accessories - Household tools (like the kind you’d find at Lowes or Home Depot) - Travel - Environmental conservation - Gently used or re-gifted things of the above categories are great! Dislikes: - Food (too many dietary restrictions and super picky eater) - Jewelry and cosmetics - CD/DVDs - Human trafficking… please don’t send me your unwanted children ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/47 "2025-11-07T04:37:36Z")
I want to be in but I can’t figure out your email Nayna. If you can email me I will reply with all the info. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/48 "2025-11-07T14:06:05Z")
I just e-mailed you so you can respond, but if your address is the same as last year (1301), you don’t even really have to e-mail me! Just put some likes/dislikes in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/49 "2025-11-07T19:18:59Z")
Yay! I like just about anything, love surprises. Specialty cookbooks or ingredients are good, and I adore chocolate almost anything. If you find anything dachshund related I would love it. Books are fun. Dont let the above restrict you though. Oh, I will ship overseas. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/50 "2025-11-07T20:07:31Z")
OMG this is my favorite holiday tradition. I’m IN!!! PLEASE! Folks have traditionally sent me purple things (gee, can’t guess why) and I have a cat who might enjoy a present. No allergies, enjoy dark chocolate and … well, any fun treat, really. Cat tax paid: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/KsPqAp5.jpeg "Monkey in a box!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/monkey-box-ki1nJDx#KsPqAp5) ---
**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:** [November 7, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/51 "2025-11-07T20:18:58Z")
Don’t let her fool you with those pics of a cat in a shipping box. If she is your Santa, your box will come full of fun and delightful things, but no cat. The cat is a lie. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/52 "2025-11-07T20:31:28Z")
Good thing: [![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a-minus-minus.png) ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/a-minus-minus.png) from **[xkcd: A-Minus-Minus](https://xkcd.com/325/)**. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/53 "2025-11-09T23:43:07Z")
OK, I’ve got everyone organized, Santas have been chosen! I’ll send e-mails out tomorrow with the info. Sorry for the slight delay; this is just so much easier to do at my office where I have two monitors than it is at home on my tiny and slow little laptop. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/54 "2025-11-10T01:34:07Z")
Thanks for all your hard work. This should be fun! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2025, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/55 "2025-11-10T03:40:41Z")
Oh yes, thanks for the work. Don;t forget to sign up for yourself. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/56 "2025-11-10T03:41:38Z")
I am in total agreement, thank you so much for doing this for us, and thanks for being willing to pick up my slack. I owe you one. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/57 "2025-11-11T19:03:40Z")
Did you send the emails? I haven’t got one. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/58 "2025-11-13T20:30:58Z")
Hi, @Baker - I just sent you a PM asking for your e-mail address. I did send you two e-mails using the address I’ve used in previous years, but it sounds like you’re not receiving them. You can also e-mail me at [klgould5@gmail.com](mailto:klgould5@gmail.com) and I’ll respond. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/59 "2025-11-18T02:59:05Z")
Hi, @Baker! I just received your email, and responded to it. This is my third or fourth e-mail to you in the last few weeks, I’m not sure why you’re not receiving them. I also sent you information by private message. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998/60 "2025-11-18T03:04:06Z")
I’ve had issues with getting PM’s from just one doper. Sometimes it takes days and even weeks before the reply comes and I’m sure I’ve missed a couple. The doper isn’t Baker or you, I’m just saying that this might not be a one off thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-interested-in-a-secret-santa-this-year-2025/1022998.md?page=4)