# SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 22, 2015, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273 "2015-11-22T06:12:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/61 "2015-12-13T14:08:12Z")
Serves me right for expecting my order to arrive on time to ship the package! I ordered something for my present, and it is late. Tracking says it arrived and it didn’t. So I didn’t ship my gift to the recipient this weekend as I planned. If it’s not figured out by Tuesday I’ll ship the package with something else. Fingers crossed. ☹ PS. I received my gift - but am waiting to open it. I can’t wait to see what’s inside!!! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/62 "2015-12-13T14:26:41Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > **EmilyG** , received your gift today and I can’t wait to see what’s inside the pretty box! My thanks in advance! > This is my first kick at this, what is the etiquette; do we open them right away or wait until Christmas Eve/Day? > > **Silvorange** , thank you for taking the time to organize this! Glad you got my gift. 🙂 I’d suggest opening it now, so I can see how you like your gift. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/63 "2015-12-14T02:20:25Z")
Welll, Ok!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/64 "2015-12-14T02:38:54Z")
Glad it got there on time, and I hope you like it. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/65 "2015-12-14T13:11:03Z")
USPS tracking says my giftee’s package was delivered on Saturday, so I hope it arrived safely! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/66 "2015-12-14T15:08:07Z")
**EmilyG** , thank you for the thoughtful card and gifts! I loved the miniature piano and guitar magnet, which is now residing on the fridge. The recipe box they were enclosed in will get good use as I am in the process of writing out our recipes onto cards so very timely (and pretty!). I didn’t get a chance to read the story yet but had a quick once over of it last night and like the style so I’ll definitely look at your friend’s site. Finally, thank you for the chocolates, I’ll save those for Christmas! I really appreciate the thought you put into this, colour me impressed! ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/67 "2015-12-14T17:52:18Z")
HO, HO, HO! Package has been sent! ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/68 "2015-12-14T18:20:16Z")
So glad you like your gifts, **swampspruce.** 😃 It was fun choosing/making them. Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/69 "2015-12-14T18:21:43Z")
Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/70 "2015-12-14T18:56:51Z")
My giftee says my prezzie has arrived! Yeah for the USPS! ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/71 "2015-12-14T19:53:48Z")
**Silvorange** I am overwhelmed with your generosity. My very own Louisville Slugger – with my name spelled right!! That alone would have been a most excellent gift but you did more. Not one, not two, not three but four different kinds of tea. I fully plan to enjoy a cup of Silver & Gold tea tonight in last year’s exchange gift (Yes, Sir T-Cups, I use it regularly). Then tomorrow morning I will be spoiled with choices Derby City Green, Louisville Breakfast or Kentucky Morning. I don’t know which one I will drink tomorrow but, be assured, all will be sampled and enjoyed. On top of that I get the Bee Bar Lotion – that I have already opened and put on – it smells wonderfully of honey. I also get the wonderful candy from the Dundee Candy Shop. Your gifts show thoughtfulness in giving. Thank you so very much. I am truly overwhelmed. Reepicheep ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/72 "2015-12-14T21:23:02Z")
My package was sent, it should take six days, according to the post office. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/73 "2015-12-14T22:14:21Z")
Mailed mine today! Expected delivery 12/21 according to USPS. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/74 "2015-12-14T22:42:49Z")
I am also going to send a Christmas card to my giftee, since the package is a little slow. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/75 "2015-12-14T23:08:18Z")
My package was sent Saturday. Sorry, but I couldn’t get here until today to tell you that. In the meantime, I’ve received a very heavy package today. I haven’t opened it yet as I’ve been working up to a few moments ago. Wonder if I can hold off?? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/76 "2015-12-15T02:04:17Z")
Second and final part sent today. I’m not sure when it will be there; it’s got about 1000 miles to go. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/77 "2015-12-15T02:05:47Z")
> [@Sarabellum1976](#): > > Love the fountain pens! My favorite kind! And I’m about to go back to college in January, I can really use them. Thank you so much! Oh, good! I know it’s not Christmassy, but I thought you had mentioned you liked those. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/78 "2015-12-15T13:34:37Z")
> [@Reepicheep](#): > > **Silvorange** > > I am overwhelmed with your generosity. My very own Louisville Slugger – with my name spelled right!! That alone would have been a most excellent gift but you did more. Not one, not two, not three but four different kinds of tea. I fully plan to enjoy a cup of Silver & Gold tea tonight in last year’s exchange gift (Yes, Sir T-Cups, I use it regularly). Then tomorrow morning I will be spoiled with choices Derby City Green, Louisville Breakfast or Kentucky Morning. I don’t know which one I will drink tomorrow but, be assured, all will be sampled and enjoyed. On top of that I get the Bee Bar Lotion – that I have already opened and put on – it smells wonderfully of honey. I also get the wonderful candy from the Dundee Candy Shop. > > Your gifts show thoughtfulness in giving. Thank you so very much. I am truly overwhelmed. > > Reepicheep I’m glad you liked everything! I am thinking of going back and getting some of that Silver and Gold for myself. Update- \*\*Sent: 15 Received: 5 EmilyG -\> swampspruce Filbert peedin Tread Silvorange -\> Reepicheep romansperson swampspruce Reepicheep Atomic Mama Rhiannon8404 Pai325 -\> Sarabellum1976 slightly askew Baker Sarabellum1976 carnut ? -\> carnut ? -\> TheSpeculationElucidation \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/79 "2015-12-15T18:28:35Z")
Just consigned my package to the tender mercies of the USPS. It’s starting it’s 6 - 10 business day journey to a far-off and exotic land, a land of mystery, romance and intrigue, a land of strong men and beautiful women who dare great deeds and bestride the earth like modern colossi. Or maybe it’s just a place of ordinary men and women, going about their daily tasks, as unaware as any of us of the beauty that surrounds them. Still, the name of this place does stir in me a longing and a wanderlust. I _hope_ it will arrive by the 25th, but I beg my Santee’s pardon if it doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273/80 "2015-12-15T20:11:56Z")
Well, I am just stunned. I came home from running errands, went out to check the mailbox, and found a package from Minnesota. I took it in the house, and without taking off my coat, opened it to find a never-ending box of gifts. First was the book, “Reading Asian Faces” which is a book on face reading (not limited to Asians). I intend to use it to figure out what my husband is really like because I figure that after 42 years I deserve to know. Then a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I’ve heard so much about, but have never read. Next was wool socks that have purple and yellow in them, which is difficult to find. That wasn’t all, though. A lovely square of chocolate and a Christmas ornament that looks like a tree but is made up of green fish. Finally there was a piece of sugar candy shaped like a lobster, and a can of lobster bisque soup. At that point I grabbed the box to look again, and it didn’t say MN, but ME. Not Minnesota, but Maine! I love them all! The lobster candy will go first because sugar is one of the major sources of Vitamin S for me, but the chocolate will soon follow. Soup for dinner and socks on my feet while I choose a book to read. Thank you Atomic Mama!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2015/738273.md?page=5)