Thank you, thank you for the lovely gifts @Rhiannon8404 !
@everyone : Would you believe - my Santa this year is the same person as last year? (Long-time SDMB Santas: has this ever happened to you?)
i received all locally made: daytime tea (delicious) + nighttime tea (loved and needed!); a sunflower puzzle (fun and quite lovely); bottle of lemon olive oil a Sacramento holiday ornament; another awesome Edward Gorey card; a bag of handmade spiced nuts (my favourite!); and… a ziploc of hollyhock seeds from their own garden! Best gifts received this year.
I didn’t even notice that I gave you the same Santa as last year! That’s funny.
Okay, by my notes I have one gift not yet sent, and two gifts not yet received.
Next year I’ll make a note to tag everyone who has ever participated in a SDMB Secret Santa that I’ve organized (from 2023 on): JaneDoe42, rocking_chair, hocow, Baker, Rhiannon8404, purplehorseshoe, carnut, CairoCarol, Czarcasm, FairyChatMom, FMera, Kitten_Mitten, Rilchiam, WOOKINPANUBv.2, Lancia, Reeses_Monkey, Sticks_and_Scones, scudsucker, Filbert, and Reply.
This is still true, as far as I know: I have one gift not yet sent, and two gifts not yet received.
If you haven’t sent a gift to your Secret Santa yet, or if you have sent it and haven’t received any confirmation in this thread that it has been received, please let me know.
I am not sure if my recipient got all the parts yet. The tracking info shows they were delivered, so hopefully they did?
In total there should’ve been:
5 separate gift items shipped in 3 packages
1 postcard sent separately
To my recipient: I’m very sorry for the hassle! My bad on this — I was trying to save on international shipping this way to focus on the actual gifts, but it ended up being unnecessarily confusing. I’ll know better for next time.
