# SDMB Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869 "2018-11-02T00:42:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/201 "2018-12-11T05:08:48Z")
Yay!! I am so happy that everything made it to you and you enjoyed the gifts! It was so much fun picking out different crafty type things. The turtle stencils were so cute. I’m glad you like the lizard! And that you were familiar with the Broadway charity just makes it even better! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![txobbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@txobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txobbin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/202 "2018-12-11T17:54:31Z")
Finally, got my package sent off yesterday. Heading north and through customs, hopefully it will get there by Christmas. The tracking number is good up to the border, I’ll know that much at least. ---
**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 11, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/203 "2018-12-11T21:19:54Z")
Finished up the handmade items (unless I keep going and make another one tonight) and heading out now to shop for the “local” portion of the package. Since I don’t know exactly my person’s taste, I figured it was better to make an assortment of smaller things, instead of one big blowout item that may not be quite to their personal preference. Should be boxed and ready to take to the p.o. tomorrow. This is possibly the most on-time I have ever been for this thing. _holy crap face_ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/204 "2018-12-11T21:39:23Z")
Package mailed today. I forgot to put it in the car yesterday, and after I got home, I wasn’t about to go back out… It should arrive in Friday, according to the nice lady at the Loveville post office. ---
**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 12, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/205 "2018-12-12T03:25:59Z")
Okay, tried to mail package Saturday but my postal branch office was closed. I miss the old location already. It got mailed today. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/206 "2018-12-12T20:50:34Z")
Package mailed today. Hope it gets there soon. There’s a cat but no holes. ---
**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 12, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/207 "2018-12-12T23:58:52Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > Oh, go on and open it! You know you want to! 🙂 Finally got a chance to open my presents!!! Thanks **Das Glasperlenspiel**! The ornament is beautiful!!! It’s a glass ornament with a beaded overlay. Did you make it? (Unfortunately our kitten likes to climb the tree so I need to find a spot to display it where she can’t get to it.) Then, in another box, there is a lovely mug decorated with maple leaves, which I take to be a nod to Canada, where **Das Glasperlenspiel** is from. It will be put to use in the morning with my coffee. Then there were two kinds of chocolate. I already tried the butter caramel, which was amazing, but rich. I will be rationing that. Finally a fun card with rabbits (hares) dancing in the moonlight. Thank you so much! I love everything! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/208 "2018-12-13T00:35:39Z")
_I_ mailed a _PACK_age to_DAY_-ay!!! 🙂 Er, a SDMBSS-related package, I mean. Not just taking up space in this thread to keep everybody posted [hee] on my random snailmail activities. ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/209 "2018-12-13T04:30:27Z")
> [@slightly\_askew](#): > > Finally got a chance to open my presents!!! Thanks **Das Glasperlenspiel**! The ornament is beautiful!!! It’s a glass ornament with a beaded overlay. Did you make it? (Unfortunately our kitten likes to climb the tree so I need to find a spot to display it where she can’t get to it.) > > Then, in another box, there is a lovely mug decorated with maple leaves, which I take to be a nod to Canada, where **Das Glasperlenspiel** is from. It will be put to use in the morning with my coffee. > > Then there were two kinds of chocolate. I already tried the butter caramel, which was amazing, but rich. I will be rationing that. > > Finally a fun card with rabbits (hares) dancing in the moonlight. > > Thank you so much! I love everything! I’m so glad you like it! I did indeed bead the overlay on the ornament (with a little feline assistance). The chocolates are made by Rogers, an institution in Victoria (BC). I can make one of those last three days - a nibble at a time. My brother sends me a box every year for my birthday! This exchange has been so much fun; I can’t wait to do it again next year. Thank you, Silveorange, for doing this! ---
**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, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/210 "2018-12-13T13:43:04Z")
I made it to UPS with 2 minutes to spare last night - my package is en route! ---
**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 13, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/211 "2018-12-13T16:14:14Z")
I should have posted sooner…my package arrived a couple days ago. I am not allowing myself to open until I get my shit together and get my giftee’s package in the mail. I just wanted my sender to know it arrived. User name is not on the outside of the package, but it came from Topeka! ---
**Author:** ![Silvorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/212 "2018-12-13T23:06:22Z")
Sorry I haven’t been keeping up. I was dragged away on a road trip with all three of my sisters. Miraculously, no murders were committed. Now to play catch up: I have senders bolded and receivers added next to them, except for a couple who haven’t opened theirs yet. If I’ve left you off, let me know! Every year, I get this all together and am taken by surprise when I get a package myself. You’d think I wouldn’t forget, but I always do. This year, I was surprised with a box from **vivalostwages**! I have already terrified my dog with the enclosed duck pen. It quacks and lights up when you press its head down. This may be my new weapon against canine pizza theft. The blue owl with a corkscrew under its wing gets to hang out and be best friends with my husband’s bear bottle opener. I never seem to have a corkscrew when I need one, so maybe there will be less cussing on New Year’s Eve! My daughter tried to steal the Bob Mackie sunglasses, but she is out of luck. I can’t always find sunglasses that provide full coverage and fit my enormous noggin, and these are just right! Last of all, a most appropriate gift for someone in Bourbon country: a whiskey glass and ice mold. The ice mold is in the shape of an iceberg, so when you take it out of the frozen glass, you get an iceberg to put in another glass and a reverse iceberg in which to pour your whiskey. That one is sitting in my freezer. Thank you and Merry Christmas, **vivalostwages**! 1. **Slow Moving Vehicle** –\> 2. **Baker** –\> 3 **ThelmaLou** --\> **Baker** 3. **purplehorseshoe** –\> 4. MissTake 5. **FairyChatMom** –\> 6. swampspruce 7. **Nayna** –\> 8. **carnut** –\> 9. peedin 10. **FloatyGimpy** –\> 11. **vivalostwages** –\> **Silvorange** 12. rocking chair 13. **slightly askew** –\> 14. freckafree 15. **justanothermike** –\> 16. **Kimstu** –\> 17. ioioio 18. **Filbert** –\> 19. Bullitt 20. **harmonicamoon** –\> 21. **BeeGee** –\> 22. **BludgeonMeSoftly** –\> **purplehorseshoe** 23. Sir T-Cups 24. **kayT** --\> **EmilyG** 25. Rhiannon8404 26. Sarabellum1976 27. Silvorange 28. **Emily G** --\> 29. **Das Glasperlenspiel** --\> **slightly askew** 30. **Eyebrows 0f Doom** –\> **BludgeonMeSoftly** 31. **txobbin** –\> 32. smokey78 Received with sender still secret: **Nayna** , **Rhiannon8404** ---
**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, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/213 "2018-12-14T01:54:52Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > … I have senders bolded and receivers added next to them, except for a couple who haven’t opened theirs yet. If I’ve left you off, let me know! > … Ummm… what are the unbolded names? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/214 "2018-12-14T03:52:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ummm… what are the unbolded names? Yeah… what’s up with that!!! 😃 ---
**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 14, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/215 "2018-12-14T03:56:22Z")
Starting to get a bit concerned; I consigned my two padded envelopes to the tender mercies of the USPS last Saturday, and was given an ETA of Tuesday. My Secret Santee has not yet reported that she’s received them. If no news by Monday, I’ll out myself and ask her directly if she’s seen them. ---
**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, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/216 "2018-12-14T03:59:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ummm… what are the unbolded names? > [@Bullitt](#): > > Yeah… what’s up with that!!! 😃 Your smiley seems to indicate that you know. So please 'splain to me. Are these people who have not said they’ve sent a package, nor have they said they’ve received one? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/217 "2018-12-14T06:43:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Your smiley seems to indicate that you know. So please 'splain to me. > > Are these people who have not said they’ve sent a package, nor have they said they’ve received one? I did a smiley because I’m one of the non-bolded ones. Maybe I used the wrong smiley — instead of the SEG-smiley (shit eating grin) :D, maybe I should have used a regular smiley :). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/218 "2018-12-14T07:11:50Z")
> [@Silvorange](#): > > Sorry I haven’t been keeping up. I was dragged away on a road trip with all three of my sisters. Miraculously, no murders were committed. Now to play catch up: I have senders bolded and receivers added next to them, except for a couple who haven’t opened theirs yet. If I’ve left you off, let me know! > > Every year, I get this all together and am taken by surprise when I get a package myself. You’d think I wouldn’t forget, but I always do. This year, I was surprised with a box from **vivalostwages**! I have already terrified my dog with the enclosed duck pen. It quacks and lights up when you press its head down. This may be my new weapon against canine pizza theft. The blue owl with a corkscrew under its wing gets to hang out and be best friends with my husband’s bear bottle opener. I never seem to have a corkscrew when I need one, so maybe there will be less cussing on New Year’s Eve! My daughter tried to steal the Bob Mackie sunglasses, but she is out of luck. I can’t always find sunglasses that provide full coverage and fit my enormous noggin, and these are just right! Last of all, a most appropriate gift for someone in Bourbon country: a whiskey glass and ice mold. The ice mold is in the shape of an iceberg, so when you take it out of the frozen glass, you get an iceberg to put in another glass and a reverse iceberg in which to pour your whiskey. That one is sitting in my freezer. Thank you and Merry Christmas, **vivalostwages**! > > 1. **Slow Moving Vehicle** –\> > 2. **Baker** –\> > 3 **ThelmaLou** –\> **Baker** > 3. **purplehorseshoe** –\> > 4. MissTake > 5. **FairyChatMom** –\> > 6. swampspruce > 7. **Nayna** –\> > 8. **carnut** –\> > 9. peedin > 10. **FloatyGimpy** –\> > 11. **vivalostwages** –\> **Silvorange** > 12. rocking chair > 13. **slightly askew** –\> > 14. freckafree > 15. **justanothermike** –\> > 16. **Kimstu** –\> > 17. ioioio > 18. **Filbert** –\> > 19. Bullitt > 20. **harmonicamoon** –\> > 21. **BeeGee** –\> > 22. **BludgeonMeSoftly** –\> **purplehorseshoe** > 23. Sir T-Cups > 24. **kayT** –\> **EmilyG** > 25. Rhiannon8404 > 26. Sarabellum1976 > 27. Silvorange > 28. **Emily G** –\> > 29. **Das Glasperlenspiel** –\> **slightly askew** > 30. **Eyebrows 0f Doom** –\> **BludgeonMeSoftly** > 31. **txobbin** –\> > 32. smokey78 > > Received with sender still secret: **Nayna** , **Rhiannon8404** You are most welcome. Glad you liked all the goodies. I do aim to please. ---
**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, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/219 "2018-12-14T14:10:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I did a smiley because I’m one of the non-bolded ones. Maybe I used the wrong smiley — instead of the SEG-smiley (shit eating grin) :D, maybe I should have used a regular smiley :). Why are you nonbolded? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/220 "2018-12-14T14:14:45Z")
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