# SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2016 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371 "2016-11-01T15:58:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/41 "2016-11-28T23:56:26Z")
Ok, check your PMs! Let me know if I did something silly like sending you your own name or copy/paste errors. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/42 "2016-11-29T00:02:26Z")
Mine is all right 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/43 "2016-11-29T00:53:15Z")
Final count 30, with **purplehorseshoe** sneaking in at the end. **Filbert slightly askew Baker swampspruce joyfool Silvorange rocking chair Sir T-Cups ThisSpaceForRent Hockey Monkey Tread racer72 carnut peedin Rhiannon8404 phall0106 Reepicheep EmilyG The Butterfly’s Ghost Slow Moving Vehicle Bad News Baboon Cold Dish freckafree melondeca justanothermike JoseB Septima Lsura Nayna purplehorseshoe** ---
**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 30, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/44 "2016-11-30T01:48:25Z")
OMG Thank you so very much for letting me slide into this year’s list. 🙂 Let’s see: I like animals (not just fwuffy kittens too, I love oddballs and the proverbial underdog) and nature stuff in general. I appreciate handmade crafts and and am partial to cool colors (green, blue purple) aaaaaaand… Dark chocolate is the best kind. Hopefully that’s enough? ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/45 "2016-11-30T22:30:33Z")
Private message received OK. Everything in order. Thanks a lot! Looking forward to this year’s secret Santa 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/46 "2016-12-02T17:50:53Z")
My package is going out today. Priority mail too!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/47 "2016-12-04T23:38:44Z")
A note: I am unexpectedly going to be traveling Dec 20-27 (nothing bad, just a surprise trip to family for the holidays). I’ll be shipping my gift out before then (hopefully well before then, but we’ll see). I just wanted whoever has me to be aware in case they wanted to wait to ship. I will put a USPS hold mail on and pick mail up when I get back. ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/48 "2016-12-05T04:18:22Z")
I just got my list. I probably won’t be able to ship until Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/49 "2016-12-06T16:58:36Z")
How’s it going , Santas? I have bought a thing or two, but I still want to make something and get it in the mail in a reasonable time. ---
**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 6, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/50 "2016-12-06T17:22:51Z")
I have bought my gifts, but need to go to the p.off. That will happen no later than Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/51 "2016-12-06T23:01:04Z")
I’ve gotten everything…now I need to make a trip to the Post Office. Possibly this Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![justanothermike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/52 "2016-12-07T15:12:22Z")
One lucky person is getting my first ever Christmas present. I shipped out this morning and was told it should arrive on Monday. I will confess that my wife packaged it all up. I picked the gift and she made it all nice and pretty, so it was a team effort. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/53 "2016-12-07T16:38:08Z")
> [@justanothermike](#): > > One lucky person is getting my first ever Christmas present. I shipped out this morning and was told it should arrive on Monday. I will confess that my wife packaged it all up. I picked the gift and she made it all nice and pretty, so it was a team effort. Enjoy! No spoilers to me. And no offense to anyone else in this thread. But I kinda hope I get it 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/54 "2016-12-07T23:16:27Z")
I have one more thing to put together and I should have mine off to the Postie on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/55 "2016-12-08T17:48:08Z")
Just dropped mine off at USPO. Should arrive in the City of Brotherly Love Monday. ---
**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 9, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/56 "2016-12-09T04:07:09Z")
Well, _I’m_ impressed (and intimidated) - I got a package this past weekend from **racer72**. I’m saving it until Christmas, but I peeked enough to see he sent me a magnet, a T-shirt, and some pretty-smelling soaps. He also included some candy, which his note said he bought before seeing that I’m cutting down on sweets. Wouldn’t be a problem, except that by some evil genius, he picked…chocolate-covered cherries. Also known as **Slow Moving Vehicle** crack. Seriously, one of my favorite candies. Vade retro, **racer72** , with your devious chocolate-coated temptation… Big thanks, **racer72**! (He even packed them neatly and perfectly in a box, with a note. Serious Martha Stewart levels of Christmasness.) As for me, I’m putting my package together this weekend. Money’s been a little tight, so I’ve had to wait until payday. I will hopefully have it in the mail by next Friday. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/57 "2016-12-09T16:03:39Z")
Just sent mine, hope it’ll make it in time! The lady at the post office reckoned it should,but last year it didn’t arrive until January, so here’s hoping… ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/58 "2016-12-09T20:13:35Z")
My package was mailed out on Monday. It has a ways to travel so hopefully it arrives before Christmas. ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/59 "2016-12-09T22:56:42Z")
If you were supposed to be the recipient of the gift I sent out, I apologize. I did mail the gift today, but I have no idea if it’ll ever make it to the recipient, because the tracking number the post office doesn’t work on the postal site. If you were supposed to get your gift, but you don’t end up with it at the end of the year, I’ll try sending another one. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371/60 "2016-12-10T22:52:57Z")
Bought my stuff today and it will go north on Monday. Hopefully it will arrive by Friday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2016/770371.md?page=4)