# Secret Santa 2003! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 13, 2003, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041 "2003-11-13T16:24:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/81 "2003-11-18T05:00:31Z")
Sorry to double post but when I send my present to whoever I get, do I tell them who I really am or do we have to come back on here and go “Hey so-and-so, I’m your Secret Santa” ?? ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/82 "2003-11-18T11:44:21Z")
Let’s see… Regional stuff is great, or anything shiny. I’m very easy to please. ---
**Author:** ![Flashpoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Flashpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flashpoint)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/83 "2003-11-18T11:53:05Z")
Anything kitchy or random is cool. Maybe somthing that you like, or something from around where you live. Or something funny. Pretty much anything. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/84 "2003-11-18T13:44:30Z")
I’m in the first time. I’m the world’s worst at picking out gifts, so if you get me, you’ll end up with something NYC. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/85 "2003-11-18T14:43:21Z")
Add me to the growing list of folks who’ve now sent an email to play. And I’d love just about anything, because since I’ll soon be going through a divorce, I’ll need everything to furnish a new (my own!) place. Can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/86 "2003-11-18T20:00:45Z")
A little late in signing on, but here I am and off went my email to Green Bean. What fun! I am, FTR, open to doing international mailings as well. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/87 "2003-11-18T20:10:23Z")
For whomever my Secret Santa is here are some suggestions: Coffee, coffee mug/travel magnet/xmas ornament from your local, chocolate, bobblehead/ dashboard hula girls sadly, **Cranky** the one you so wonderfully gave me snapped in half from the attention of my kids. It was a sad day, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/88 "2003-11-18T20:55:31Z")
OOOHHHH…Me! Me! Me! I wanna play!!! How did I miss this thread before? Sending my info to **Greenbean** now. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/89 "2003-11-18T21:40:30Z")
Ok, I’m in, even though I never actually got _anything_ from my Secret Santa last year. ☹ Not to worry - I got some fabulous U-type bags from **Cranky** in April that more than made up for it. (AND a snow globe! woo hoo!) 🙂 I like non-Christmasy stuff (eg, I don’t like ornaments or figures or candles or whatever - I don’t have anywhere to store them). Also, I LOOOOOOOOOOVE snow globes. _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/90 "2003-11-19T19:02:38Z")
Ok - after poking around on eBay and seeing some of the stuff that comes up on a “squirrel” search, I would like to say that I would prefer something like [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3252885363&category=4027), that looks like a **real** squirrel instead of something like [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3253644071&category=39577), that’s extra-special super-duper cutesy-wootsey. Oh - and I do have the squirrel Beanie Baby (Nuts is his name). I love Christmas ornaments, too - all shapes, sizes, and colors. (We don’t have a “decorator” tree like my sister-in-law; hers is all purple, white, and silver. It rotates, too. :eek: 😃 ) And I’m a SpongeBob fan, as well. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/91 "2003-11-19T19:53:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*Ok, I’m in, even though I never actually got _anything_ from my Secret Santa last year. ☹ > > SNIP \*\* Here’s a variation on that: I got my giftee exactly what he wanted, then never heard a thing from him. And he got banned. Oh, well. I think things will be better this time. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/92 "2003-11-19T20:03:00Z")
I got _delicious_ fudge and cookies (including krumkakke!) from my Santa last year – but dang if I can remember who it was. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/93 "2003-11-19T21:24:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*Here’s a variation on that: I got my giftee exactly what he wanted, then never heard a thing from him. And he got banned. > \*\* Yah, actually the first year I participated, I racked my brain for weeks, hunted around and found the perfect item, and then never heard anything. Last year I spent less time but still hunted and didn’t hear anything then either. Oh well. I know that **Cranky** got her Kinder Eggs, so as I said, I’m happy, happy, happy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/94 "2003-11-21T14:33:17Z")
I’m in! I like blue & white china items (but _not_ Blue Willow), dragons, cats with attitude, and sweets (esp. chocolate). And eastern europe and middle eastern stuff. And stuff from World Market! ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/95 "2003-11-21T23:54:43Z")
WHEEE!! I caught this thread just in time! OF course I sent an e-mail! 😃 Anyway, I like wax tarts(candle tarts/wax melts) in strong floral, musk, fruits or exotic scents. I like incense in the same scents too. I also like like all things chocolate, sci-fi/fantasy/cyberpunk/art books. Are you allowed to post Amazon wish lists? Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Ink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@White\_Ink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Ink)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/96 "2003-11-22T00:56:02Z")
Me Too, Me Too! I have a deep and abiding love for fudge and English toffee. I also like refrigerator magnets, (the strong kind that will hold a postcard to the fridge), glycerine soaps with natural scents like ginger cinnamon or mandarin clove or freesia or tuberose, but I’m sure that as long as it’s not religious anything you choose will be delightful! Thanks for letting the newbies play! ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/97 "2003-11-22T05:10:23Z")
I’m in. I enjoyed receiving my gift last year, although I’m still not sure if my giftee ever received mine. \ I like coffee, candles, coffee, beanie babies, coffee, coffee mugs, coffee, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/98 "2003-11-22T19:10:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vivalostwages \* > \*\*Here’s a variation on that: I got my giftee exactly what he wanted, then never heard a thing from him. And he got banned. > > Oh, well. > > I think things will be better this time. \*\* Yet another variation on that… I recieved my stuff from my secret santa last year and loved it but couldn’t thank him because he got banned. Last year I handmade all my stuff for my giftee. It was quite fun. Although I think I got it out a few days late because if issues with the handmaking. But I think the homemade fudge made up for that. 😉 Whoever gets me I am a very easy person. I like odd off the wall stuff. Doesn’t matter what rating as for G or R. I usually run up to my room like a little kid and open it as soon as it gets here. I’m a hippy-gothy kind of person. So seriously anything goes. Can’t wait to see who I get this year! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/99 "2003-11-26T22:53:36Z")
\<_bump_\> I just thought I would give this a quick bump, 'cus, well, I did. Right. ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041/100 "2003-11-28T03:21:44Z")
Have the e-mails been sent out yet? Because I didn’t get mine. Did anyone else get theirs? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2003/213041.md?page=6)