# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 19
**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 28, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/361 "2018-12-28T16:54:34Z")
> [@txobbin](#): > > Aww thank you **ThelmaLou**! :o > > **swampspruce** , my kitty is a \*huuuuge \*hit! Do you take orders?? šŸ˜ƒ I could be persuadedā€¦ Thereā€™s also another filament that turns blue based on temperature. ---
**Author:** ![smokey78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@smokey78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smokey78)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/362 "2018-12-29T20:09:15Z")
oh happy day, I got my package! Itā€™s from freckafree and I love this Bad Cats Calendar! And just to think they couldnā€™t get any more creative with wall calendars, this one has a cat on each day! Also wonderful candy bars. Thanks so much! This has been a great idea, would love to participate next year too ---
**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 29, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/363 "2018-12-29T21:47:54Z")
What a lot of fun our gift exchange has been! šŸ™‚ Is it next year yet?? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/364 "2018-12-30T21:09:53Z")
YAY! Iā€™m glad it finally arrived! The USPS said it would be there on Dec. 22, and it obviously was not! Iā€™m glad you enjoyed the goodies! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/365 "2019-01-01T03:47:46Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > Ack! Holy ADD, Batman! **Eyebrows of Doom** , I was going through the box I had originally used to send all your gifts (before deciding padded envelopes were safer and less expensive), and I found the Clermont Lounge magnet I meant to send you! :smack: My story about Blondie probably made no sense at all to you. > > Iā€™ll get it in the mail this weekend. Iā€™ll be, uh, a _New Yearā€™s_ present! I got it today!! A New Yearā€™s Eve present! šŸ™‚ Itā€™s very cool, thank you! Itā€™s now on my fridge. ---
**Author:** ![txobbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@txobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txobbin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/366 "2019-01-11T13:19:42Z")
Yay for the Ukrainian Christmas Season! swampspruce, I received my book šŸ™‚ Thank You! I look forward to reading this, it is appealing. [Such pretty packaging!](https://imgur.com/1hHhztl) As an added bonus, [Fluffy the Cat](https://imgur.com/ZRFzNqj) got a new resting place šŸ˜› ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/367 "2019-01-11T14:44:06Z")
> [@txobbin](#): > > Yay for the Ukrainian Christmas Season! > swampspruce, I received my book šŸ™‚ Thank You! I look forward to reading this, it is appealing. > [Such pretty packaging!](https://imgur.com/1hHhztl) > As an added bonus, [Fluffy the Cat](https://imgur.com/ZRFzNqj) got a new resting place šŸ˜› Ahhhā€¦ a new box. Life is very good. (Thanks for the pics.) I donā€™t know if you frequent Reddit, but there is an entire [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/catsinboxes/)devoted to pictures of cats sitting in boxes. Yup. Gotta love the interwebs. ---
**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 11, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/368 "2019-01-11T15:05:53Z")
That is definitely better wrapping than I would have done! šŸ™‚ Yay! Double win 'cos Kitteh can has box! So Hrystos sya rojdaye! ---
**Author:** ![txobbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e8c25b/32.png) [@txobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txobbin)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/369 "2019-01-11T15:16:03Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ahhhā€¦ a new box. Life is very good. (Thanks for the pics.) > > I donā€™t know if you frequent Reddit, but there is an entire [subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/catsinboxes/)devoted to pictures of cats sitting in boxes. Yup. Gotta love the interwebs. OMG! There is a Fluffy in a box that looks so much like my Fluffy! Might sign up to post side by side pics heh. ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/370 "2019-01-12T04:29:35Z")
Has there been a ā€œfinalā€ list? As far as I know, my recipient (harmonicamoon - sorry for the spoiler, but I think we can let the cat out of the bag at 38 days since mailing) - has not received, and presumably will not receive, my gift. I sent it via USPS on 12/4, and havenā€™t heard anything since. So disappointing for me, and I canā€™t imageine how sad harmonicamoon must be! ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/371 "2019-01-13T02:24:13Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > I got a package from Vancouver with cougar snot soap, some cat toys, mints, and something else that I donā€™t rememberā€¦ This was from me if youā€™re wanting to keep track of senders and givers. My gift included a wall calendar from Vancouver Island: [https://www.calendarclub.ca/products/prd201901563](https://www.calendarclub.ca/products/prd201901563) I also went to a wild life recovery center ( [https://www.niwra.org/](https://www.niwra.org/)) in town to get some Cougar Booger soap and Bearā€™s Breath mints: [http://www.goatmountainsoap.com/cougar\_booger.html](http://www.goatmountainsoap.com/cougar_booger.html) I sent two cat toys. One was a little stuffed dinosaur with a feather sticking out of his head and the other was a battery operated cricket: [https://www.petsmart.ca/cat/toys/electronic-and-interactive/whisker-city-crawling-bug-cat-toy-5264295.html](https://www.petsmart.ca/cat/toys/electronic-and-interactive/whisker-city-crawling-bug-cat-toy-5264295.html) There was also an obnoxious Christmas Minion keychain that lit up and made sound that I thought was funny: [https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Minions-Electronic-Lights-and-Sound-Key-Chain/PRD1O7ATM7A7LW0](https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/Minions-Electronic-Lights-and-Sound-Key-Chain/PRD1O7ATM7A7LW0) ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/372 "2019-01-17T23:25:02Z")
> [@Nayna](#): > > Has there been a ā€œfinalā€ list? As far as I know, my recipient (harmonicamoon - sorry for the spoiler, but I think we can let the cat out of the bag at 38 days since mailing) - has not received, and presumably will not receive, my gift. I sent it via USPS on 12/4, and havenā€™t heard anything since. So disappointing for me, and I canā€™t imageine how sad harmonicamoon must be! Hola Nayna. Thank you for the post. I spent the first three weeks of December in the hospital. Got out last Saturday. I immediately searched the yard for a package or note from Mexico Correos. Nothing. This is a small pueblito and everyone at the post office knows me. I was able to get enough energy to go to their office today. They have not seen the package. Said there will be more mail from the USA tomorrow. And will bring it if it comes. So, there is still hope. They did ask for a tracking number. Do you have one? Although Secret Santa gifts have always arrived here, there is always the chance they could get intercepted. I am not sad. I appreciate you playing Secret Santa and agreeing to ship international. And the anticipation has been very exciting. Life is good. Thank you for your efforts. Vive Secret Santa! ---
**Author:** ![Nayna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Nayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nayna)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/373 "2019-02-05T11:05:52Z")
Hi, Harmonicamoon! Iā€™m glad youā€™re home from the hospital, but itā€™s really too bad that you havenā€™t received the gift. I do not have a tracking number! I specifically remember throwing the receipt out, actually, and Iā€™ve been kicking myself ever since. Grr. Iā€™d heard USPS canā€™t trace it once it leaves the country, and your concern seemed to be at the receiving end. Well, you might as well know (and this may be why it might have been stolen?) it contained food made locally - pretzels made in Pittsburgh, PA, chocolates made in Pittsburgh, biscotti made in Pittsburgh. I think maybe also some chocolate made in Buffalo, NY, where my daughter goes to college. I worried when I wrote the contents of the box on the customs form that somebody along the way would have the munchies! Grr. Well, only ten months until SDMB Secret Santa 2019! ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869/374 "2019-02-05T18:16:59Z")
Hola. Thank you for the reply. Once the package enters Mexico, it can be tracked here. Thank you for your efforts, and thanks for playing Secret Santa. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-secret-santa-gift-exchange-2018/823869.md?page=18)