# 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:** 9
**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 31, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/161 "2017-12-31T22:58:24Z")
Well that’s how long I could hold out. _stuffs more rose-wine-marshmallows into piehole_ I needed to help out a friend who happens to like Fireball so in addition to packing/moving supplies I brought along that box … it made for a happy little surprise for her, and we thoroughly enjoyed splitting it. The wine ones, though, are all for MEEEEEEEE and thank you once again Sir T-cups for the excellent gift box. Happy New Year everyone! 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/162 "2018-01-01T22:01:04Z")
Happy New Year! ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/163 "2018-01-04T21:25:09Z")
We still have a handful of straggler packages. If you have gotten something and not said so, make sure to post! If I’ve missed your post, let me know. 1. ThelmaLou --\> Rhiannon8404 2. Swampspruce --\> carnut 3. Hockey Monkey --\> harmonicamoon 4. Filbert --\> Nayna 5. carnut --\> Sir T-cups 6. Anaglyph --\> TruCelt 7. EmilyG --\> Tripler 8. melondeca --\> freckafree 9. Nayna --\> EmilyG 10. The Butterfly’s Ghost 11. justanothermike --\> ThelmaLou 12. BludgeonMeSoftly --\> Rocking Chair 13. rocking chair 14. harmonicamoon 15. Sarabellum1976 --\> slightly askew 16. Tripler --\> justanothermike 17. Rhiannon8404 --\> BludgeonMeSoftly 18. slightly askew --\> Reepicheep 19. purplehorseshoe --\> melondeca 20. Sir T-cups --\> purplehorseshoe 21. Silvorange --\> swampspruce 22. Reepicheep --\> Hockey Monkey 23. TruCelt 24. RivkahChaya 25. freckafree --\> Sarabellum1976 ---
**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:** [January 4, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/164 "2018-01-04T22:18:34Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Well that’s how long I could hold out. _stuffs more rose-wine-marshmallows into piehole_ > I needed to help out a friend who happens to like Fireball so in addition to packing/moving supplies I brought along that box … it made for a happy little surprise for her, and we thoroughly enjoyed splitting it. > > The wine ones, though, are all for MEEEEEEEE and thank you once again Sir T-cups for the excellent gift box. > > Happy New Year everyone! 🙂 You’re berry welcome! Glad to hear it! I greatly assume the company ships, so if you need your fix just order from them. Or just let me know and I can happily fill an order for you, they’re seriously only about 10 min from my office and I’ll never complain about a jaunt to Sanford ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/165 "2018-01-08T13:05:28Z")
My package is still on its way but the shipping status hasn’t updated for two weeks now. I just handed in a search request with USPS and hope they find it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/166 "2018-01-08T13:52:40Z")
Still hven’t gotten anything. But it looks like the one I sent hasn’t arrived yet (it’s been over a month). Overseas, though. What can you do? ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/167 "2018-01-12T09:13:57Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Still hven’t gotten anything. But it looks like the one I sent hasn’t arrived yet (it’s been over a month). Overseas, though. What can you do? Your gift finally arrived! No idea that detours it made on its long way across the atlantic ocean. When I got home yesterday after work there was a parcel in my mailbox, containing a nice selection of paperbacks. Thank you very much, **RivkahChaya**. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/168 "2018-01-13T14:09:33Z")
Yeeessss - my Secret Santa arrived today! 🙂 It’s from Philadelphia but unfortunately the sender didn’t write down their user name, so I don’t know who it’s from. Whoever you are - you are AWESOME! The T-Shirt from the Academy of Natural Sciences with the flowery stegosaurus skeleton is great and fits perfectly! And I love the giant microbe plushie! Funny you have chosen the common cold, because I’m sick at home with a cold at the moment. 😃 I’m going to snuggle down on the couch with the little guy now. Thank you very very much! 🙂 PS My own package is ostensibly still on its way. I have submitted a request to search for the package with USPS but so far I have only received an automated e-mail back… . ☹ ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/169 "2018-01-19T22:40:40Z")
Hola. I have tracked the pkg I sent. On December 28th it arrived at customs in the USA. Mexican mail cannot track it after it arrives in the USA. If it doesn’t arrive soon, I will put together another package. I want Secret Santa to be successful! I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/170 "2018-02-01T21:29:20Z")
Do we still have any non-delivered packages? The post office has lost harmonicamoon’s gift to me. It made it to three miles from my house before they lost it! Have all the rest gotten through? 1. ThelmaLou --\> Rhiannon8404 2. Swampspruce --\> carnut 3. Hockey Monkey --\> harmonicamoon 4. Filbert --\> Nayna 5. carnut --\> Sir T-cups 6. Anaglyph --\> TruCelt 7. EmilyG --\> Tripler 8. melondeca --\> freckafree 9. Nayna --\> EmilyG 10. The Butterfly’s Ghost 11. justanothermike --\> ThelmaLou 12. BludgeonMeSoftly --\> Rocking Chair 13. rocking chair --\> The Butterfly’s Ghost 14. harmonicamoon --\>Silvorange 15. Sarabellum1976 --\> slightly askew 16. Tripler --\> justanothermike 17. Rhiannon8404 --\> BludgeonMeSoftly 18. slightly askew --\> Reepicheep 19. purplehorseshoe --\> melondeca 20. Sir T-cups --\> purplehorseshoe 21. Silvorange --\> swampspruce 22. Reepicheep --\> Hockey Monkey 23. TruCelt 24. RivkahChaya --\> Anaglyph 25. freckafree --\> Sarabellum1976 ---
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/171 "2018-02-02T17:19:35Z")
> [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](#): > > Yeeessss - my Secret Santa arrived today! 🙂 > It’s from Philadelphia but unfortunately the sender didn’t write down their user name, so I don’t know who it’s from. > > Whoever you are - you are AWESOME! > The T-Shirt from the Academy of Natural Sciences with the flowery stegosaurus skeleton is great and fits perfectly! And I love the giant microbe plushie! Funny you have chosen the common cold, because I’m sick at home with a cold at the moment. 😃 I’m going to snuggle down on the couch with the little guy now. > > Thank you very very much! 🙂 > > PS My own package is ostensibly still on its way. I have submitted a request to search for the package with USPS but so far I have only received an automated e-mail back… . ☹ was there perhaps a thing, that if you squinted at it, could vaguely resemble a rocking chair? i’m so glad it got there! i was getting concerned. i’m gonna go with prosit neujahr as it arrived on julian calendar new year’s eve. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/172 "2018-02-02T18:48:15Z")
I have to assume my Secret Santa sent something _so_ awesome that the customs officials decided they couldn’t let it go, and are still playing with it, giggling madly. The Christmas spirit made it through fine though! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/173 "2018-02-04T19:40:37Z")
Well shoot. There were handmade items in there too! Give me a few days and I’ll put a new one in the mail. ☹ ---
**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:** [February 6, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/174 "2018-02-06T17:36:34Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Well shoot. There were handmade items in there too! > > Give me a few days and I’ll put a new one in the mail. ☹ Assuming your secret cover has been blown, and that’s aimed at me; it’s fine, please don’t send another expensive parcel over here for the customs/postie to lose! ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/175 "2018-07-18T20:30:21Z")
My Secret Santa gift to Silvorange got very close to her home. All the way from Mexico (through customs, etc. which was very close to being a miracle in itself ) but was lost a few miles from her home. How can they lose a package that has an address on it? Well I am in the USA, for a brief time, and sent another package to Silvorange. I hope this one makes it. Let me know if you get this one, Silvorange. Happy holidays! ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/176 "2018-07-19T22:50:50Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > My Secret Santa gift to Silvorange got very close to her home. All the way from Mexico (through customs, etc. which was very close to being a miracle in itself ) but was lost a few miles from her home. How can they lose a package that has an address on it? > > Well I am in the USA, for a brief time, and sent another package to Silvorange. I hope this one makes it. > > Let me know if you get this one, Silvorange. > > Happy holidays! I got this one! I was so excited to get a Christmas in July present! Such a neat collection of items. Some tamarindo fruit, which was very tasty until my dog snatched the very last bite, and guava paste, which I am saving for later. I do not have the letter handy to remind me what the little bowl is made of, but it is lightweight and comes from a tree, like a husk or shell? And a handful of various coins from Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba wrapped in a couple of paper bills in a super-adorable crocheted chicken coin purse made by his neighbor. I take care of the chickens at work, so that is appropriate! I like to collect random coins from around the world with my daughter so we can learn about where they come from. Thank you so much, **harmonicamoon** , and much love to everyone who participates in Secret Santa. I can’t wait for the next one! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/177 "2018-07-20T00:10:51Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > … in a super-adorable crocheted chicken coin purse made by his neighbor. I take care of the chickens at work, so that is appropriate! … Okay. Need to see a picture of the hand-crocheted chicken coin purse. Seriously. Is it a baby chick or a full grown chicken? What color is it? Does it have a beak? Zipper or button? Does it have feet? Need a picture! 🙂 Also, where do you work, **Silvorange** , that requires you to care for chickens?? A government office of some kind, amirite? Was that in your original job description or did that come under “other duties as required”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/178 "2018-07-20T01:20:16Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Okay. Need to see a picture of the hand-crocheted chicken coin purse. Seriously. Is it a baby chick or a full grown chicken? What color is it? Does it have a beak? Zipper or button? Does it have feet? Need a picture! 🙂 > > Also, where do you work, **Silvorange** , that requires you to care for chickens?? A government office of some kind, amirite? Was that in your original job description or did that come under “other duties as required”? :dubious: Chicken! [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/Sz0sllM.jpg?1) I’m a nurse at a day center for adults with developmental disabilities. I volunteered to keep up the coop when the previous “chicken tender” moved away. We have three hens and the eggs are used in our Cooking Group. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/179 "2018-07-20T01:59:07Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > Chicken! [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/Sz0sllM.jpg?1) > > I’m a nurse at a day center for adults with developmental disabilities. I volunteered to keep up the coop when the previous “chicken tender” moved away. We have three hens and the eggs are used in our Cooking Group. That coin purse is so cute! I love it! Hmmm… Maybe his neighbor would make more coin purses if the price were right? (I’m really into all kinds of bags and purses. To the point of obsession almost. My friends worry about me.) More questions: do the hens have names? Or do you refrain from naming them because of…well… **Silvorange** , you are doing God’s work. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841/180 "2018-07-20T02:36:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > That coin purse is so cute! I love it! Hmmm… Maybe his neighbor would make more coin purses if the price were right? (I’m really into all kinds of bags and purses. To the point of obsession almost. My friends worry about me.) > > More questions: do the hens have names? Or do you refrain from naming them because of…well… > > **Silvorange** , you are doing God’s work. 🙂 They had already been around for a while with no names before I got acquainted with them, so I haven’t bothered. Besides, there are hawks in the neighborhood and I don’'t want to get attached! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2017/800841.md?page=10)