# SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841 "2017-11-05T23:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/81 "2017-12-12T18:05:52Z")
a package is winging east on butterfly wings. ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/82 "2017-12-13T00:30:11Z")
I received my package today from the lovely **Carnut**! I started with a wonderfully made purple and green ornament for my brand-new (and still bare) tree. I then graduated to some lovely reindeer food (aka crispy chocolate) and a wickedly fun set of dice. Each die has a picture on it and when you roll all three you’re supposed to create a story based on the pictures. This little game will make the drive to Atlanta for Christmas so much more fun and creative! Not only was it Christmas for me, but also for Mrs. Cups who will enjoy cooking some chicken and adorning it with our package of Minnesota-grown wild rice\*. Last but definitely not least are not one but TWO books for me to read! One is a thriller by a local author (which makes it all the cooler!) and another telling the tale of Alan Page, a football player-turned-political figure. I love love love everything! Thank you so much! I plan on sending my package this weekend…promise! \*The rice is an especially funny gift because I got a bag of grits from the shot glass exchange that lasted many a week and was used for many shrimp and cheesy grits recipies. I look forward to having many rice dishes with this. Maybe I can stretch it to April and just keep eating food from you guys all year! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/83 "2017-12-13T01:58:50Z")
My giftee’s prezzies are in hand, and will be shipped this week! Sorry about the delay; long story. Tripler Mine comes with safety instructions. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/84 "2017-12-13T02:32:39Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I received my package today from the lovely **Carnut**! The **Carnut** was my secret santa two years ago. Puts together a nice package! I still have the xmas card. It is beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/85 "2017-12-13T14:06:17Z")
I have stuff to send, and meant to have it together in such a way that I could send my husband to the post office with it today, but no. Tomorrow, though! If anyone is curious about the feline situation, I have assisted in rehoming one and possibly two kittens (the owner wants the others back). The lost cat turned out to be a declawed indoor kitty who had been stolen and dumped by a family member of the owner months ago. The owner nearly cried when she saw him again. **Sent: 9/25 Received 3/25** 1. ThelmaLou --\> Rhiannon8404 2. Swampspruce 3. Hockey Monkey 4. Filbert 5. carnut --\> Sir T-cups 6. Anaglyph 7. EmilyG 8. melondeca 9. Nayna 10. The Butterfly’s Ghost 11. justanothermike 12. BludgeonMeSoftly 13. rocking chair Received 3/25 1. Rhiannon8404 2. Sir T-cups 3. Freckafree ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/86 "2017-12-13T14:33:58Z")
Awww. glad the kitty story has a happy ending. 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/87 "2017-12-13T15:43:41Z")
Update: There’s a recipie for chicken and wild rice soup on the back of the bag and Mrs. Cups is cooking that this weekend. It’s been horribly cold in Florida the last week (in the 60s! ugh!) so this will warm me right up! ---
**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:** [December 13, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/88 "2017-12-13T17:56:36Z")
Damn. 60s huh? How EVER will you soldier through the discomfort? What a testament to your inner strength. 😃 I sent mine yesterday, got a tracking number and everything if needed. (The recipient may need further instructions on a couple last-minute additions, so plz feel free to ask.) Have to add that my unemployed ass has been getting a bit (clinically) depressed now that the initial novelty of personal free time is wearing thin, and getting this package together and sent out on time was quite literally the only reason I got out of bed yesterday. It was fun to assemble, and mailing it required that whole “putting on pants and going out in public” thing. TLDR: My morale got a little boost just from being a sendee. 🙂 ---
**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 13, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/89 "2017-12-13T19:27:35Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Damn. 60s huh? How EVER will you soldier through the discomfort? What a testament to your inner strength. I mean, it’s the low 60s… ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/90 "2017-12-13T21:01:13Z")
I don’t see my name on the sent list. See post #53. ---
**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 13, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/91 "2017-12-13T22:57:10Z")
What did you do to get on Silvorange’s naughty list? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/92 "2017-12-14T20:04:41Z")
OMG! I just got a ginormous box from **justanothermike**! I’ve opened the box and it’s full of more wrapped prezzies–wheee! Thank you so much, Mike, and for your very sweet note! I can’t wait to open them. (P.S. I’m not on Facebook, so you wouldn’t have been able to find me there.) ETA. Just opened the biggest one-- I ADORE the cookbook! Exactly what I love. _MWAH!_ ---
**Author:** ![justanothermike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/93 "2017-12-15T02:10:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > OMG! I just got a ginormous box from **justanothermike**! I’ve opened the box and it’s full of more wrapped prezzies–wheee! Thank you so much, Mike, and for your very sweet note! I can’t wait to open them. (P.S. I’m not on Facebook, so you wouldn’t have been able to find me there.) > > ETA. Just opened the biggest one-- I ADORE the cookbook! Exactly what I love. _MWAH!_ That’s great! I’m so happy that you enjoyed getting it, so much so that you had to open at least something. 🙂 Enjoy the cookbook! I’m not a cook whatsoever, but it sounded delicious. ---
**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 15, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/94 "2017-12-15T20:45:53Z")
Thank you **Nayna** for the lovely gifts! I got a blue ornament, a handmade cat ornament, a card, and a chocolate bar that didn’t last long 😉 . ---
**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 15, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/95 "2017-12-15T21:57:49Z")
My package is sent! Expected delivery 12/18. Wow, shipping has really gotten expensive! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/96 "2017-12-15T23:23:43Z")
> [@BludgeonMeSoftly](#): > > I sent my package out today and had as much fun wrapping as I did buying. Yay for Christmas!! It has arrived and is indeed beautifully wrapped and labeled. It was nearly a scene out of a Christmas story. Paper flying, cats jumping in and out of the box, shouts of oooh & ah. Gummy bears! Chocolates! Maracas! Tissues! Play-doh! Burt’s bees! Brush and pan! Thanksgiving turkey! You did very, very, well! The cats did indeed enjoy the box. Stretch attempted to nibble the lovely red tape you used on the box. What a wonderful present! Everything is fantastic and I will use it all. So fun! Yay for Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/97 "2017-12-15T23:53:45Z")
My package was sent today, with an estimated delivery date of Thursday the 21st. I received a package today. . . from _ **CANADA!** _ I’ve got to run off to a co-worker’s shindig, but I’ll open it first thing in the AM! 😃 Tripler Thank you “Emily!” ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/98 "2017-12-16T00:08:43Z")
Goodies are purchased! I just need to get them packaged and into the mail, so it can journey eastward. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/99 "2017-12-16T16:22:16Z")
**EmilyG** thank you so much for the warm gift and card! I would tell you the chocolate treat was delicious, but it was devoured kinda darn quickly ;). The Montreal glass however, answers a great need–I had two fine glasses for friends, but now I have three (me, my Pop, and my fiancee-to-be) for a toast on Christmas Eve. Thank you so much!!! Tripler Hugs to **EmilyG** ---
**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 16, 2017, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/100 "2017-12-16T18:03:17Z")
You’re welcome, **Tripler.** So glad you like your gifts. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841.md?page=6)