# Secret Santa 2005 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459 "2005-11-17T05:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/321 "2005-12-31T22:24:40Z")
If you’re soliciting volunteers… … I’d be happy to serve as a Replacement Santa, if our gracious coordinator would like. That way someone whose original Santa is unable to complete his or her term in office, we won’t have anyone left bereft. **Omega Glory** : let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/322 "2005-12-31T22:46:52Z")
> [@Omega Glory](#): > > In other words, emails are going out to non senders, and to people who should have received but haven’t checked in to let their Santa know yet. Thanks **Omega**. I am sad. ☹ No one loves me, either. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/323 "2006-01-01T16:03:44Z")
Okay, so the giftless are: Anaamika Avarie537 Ms Macphisto StarvingButStrong Pretend my Name is Witty The people’s whose gifts may not have been received are: StarvingButStrong Hugh Jass picunurse Barbarian JpnDude to MissTake faithfool Anaamika bouv MissTake Avarie537 Gail Let me know if you should/shouldn’t be on these lists. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/324 "2006-01-01T16:07:22Z")
Thanks for the offer Bricker. I’ll email you if there’s a need for replacements. The same goes for everyone who previously agreed to be replacement Santa through email. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/325 "2006-01-01T16:11:08Z")
> [@Omega Glory](#): > > The people’s whose gifts may not have been received are: > > StarvingButStrong > Hugh Jass > picunurse > Barbarian > JpnDude to MissTake > faithfool > Anaamika > bouv > MissTake > Avarie537 > Gail > > Let me know if you should/shouldn’t be on these lists. Kythereia definitely e-mailed me and said she got hers. Hang on… From my e-mail: > [@](#): > > I just got your present in the mail and it’s fabulous! ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/326 "2006-01-01T18:44:35Z")
The Post Office sucks. I mailed my package from New York to Western Canada on the 19th of December. The box is a mess of labels, (as I previously posted) but with only my address and the giftees address, it should end up in one place or the other. If it’s any consolation, on Friday the 30th I received a package that was shipped overnight a week earlier… ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/327 "2006-01-01T19:00:31Z")
> [@Omega Glory](#): > > The people’s whose gifts may not have been received are: > > StarvingButStrong > > Let me know if you should/shouldn’t be on these lists. Ladyfoxfyre has received my gifts, and thanked me in number…hmmm, never noticed that post numbers don’t show on the preview page… well, about 1/3 the way down this page. OTOH, yes, I do belong on the ‘giftless’ list. Since you are Keeper of the Lists, can you say whether those that haven’t received gifts match up with the people who say their gifts haven’t been received yet? Especially those that said they mailed late for whatever reasons? ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/328 "2006-01-01T19:03:15Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Ladyfoxfyre has received my gifts, and thanked me in number…hmmm, never noticed that post numbers don’t show on the preview page… well, about 1/3 the way down this page. I took too long to reply, and ended up on a new page. Anyway, LadyFoxFyre’s replay was #299. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/329 "2006-01-01T20:19:07Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Ladyfoxfyre has received my gifts, and thanked me in number…hmmm, never noticed that post numbers don’t show on the preview page… well, about 1/3 the way down this page. Oh, shoot I forgot to remove you from that list. She was one of the people that contacted me by email to say that she’d gotten it. > [@](#): > > OTOH, yes, I do belong on the ‘giftless’ list. > > Since you are Keeper of the Lists, can you say whether those that haven’t received gifts match up with the people who say their gifts haven’t been received yet? Especially those that said they mailed late for whatever reasons? In two cases, yes (Ms Macphisto and Pretend my name is Witty). They have both been emailed. But they’ll stay on the list until their gift makes it, that way everyone gets something. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/330 "2006-01-01T21:45:07Z")
Thank you for doing all this **Omega Glory**. I’m not getting too worried yet. What with two postal systems and customs being involved, there’s plenty of places for parcels to get bogged down in the system when they go cross-border. ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/331 "2006-01-02T00:24:15Z")
> [@Omega Glory](#): > > In two cases, yes (Ms Macphisto and Pretend my name is Witty). They have both been emailed. But they’ll stay on the list until their gift makes it, that way everyone gets something. Haven’t received an e-mail yet, and I’m a bit confused by that post…is/was **Ms Macphisto** my SS? **Hugh Jass** was mine, and he recieved his a few days before the 25th. Just want to make sure that’s known! ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/332 "2006-01-02T00:27:21Z")
> [@Pretend My Name Is Witty](#): > > Haven’t received an e-mail yet, and I’m a bit confused by that post…is/was **Ms Macphisto** my SS? **Hugh Jass** was mine, and he recieved his a few days before the 25th. Just want to make sure that’s known! Or…to make more sense “ **Hugh Jass** was my _Santee_” I swear it was my keyboard that messed it up, not me. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/333 "2006-01-02T00:42:09Z")
> [@Pretend My Name Is Witty](#): > > Haven’t received an e-mail yet, and I’m a bit confused by that post…is/was **Ms Macphisto** my SS? **Hugh Jass** was mine, and he recieved his a few days before the 25th. Just want to make sure that’s known! Hmm, you should have gotten your email by now, but don’t worry about it. Ms Macphisto isn’t your SS. You (and Ms Macphisto) are the people whose Santas have sent your gifts out awhile back,so it should be on its way. The email had the same information as this post. Your Santa’s name is listed as one of the people who’ve sent gifts that haven’t been received yet. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/334 "2006-01-02T11:02:43Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > **auRa**! It finally came, yesterday! > > It is a comic book…in Finnish. Now if that wasn’t cool enough, **auRa** provided post-it notes on every page with an english translation, plus other little coments. This is so amazingly cool I feel humbled to have recieved it. I can’t wait to actually sit down and read it. > > Thanks! Hooray! Hooray! My faith in the mail has been restored. I hope I’ve captured the feel of the original comics in the translations… sometimes it’s quite hard to do. **Hugh Jass** , I’m not sure if I’ve received your package, but I _have_ received _a_ package, which I haven’t picked up at the post office yet. I think it’s yours, because I have no idea who else would be sending me stuff. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/335 "2006-01-02T14:56:40Z")
Just wondering id BattiAtti ever came home and opened her package? There’s been nary a word since her sister posted . ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/336 "2006-01-02T18:19:15Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > **Hugh Jass** , I’m not sure if I’ve received your package, but I _have_ received _a_ package, which I haven’t picked up at the post office yet. I think it’s yours, because I have no idea who else would be sending me stuff. 🙂 Oh man, I hope so. I was starting to get a little worried. After thinking it _might_ be there for Christmas, to see a week pass and no arrival, I was getting concerned. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/337 "2006-01-03T10:26:16Z")
Hooray! I have my package. I picked it up at the post office this morning–apparently they had tried to deliver it on the 28th but I wasn’t home. Since I’m at work now, I haven’t been able to open it yet, but the detailed description of contents (1) looks interesting: - socks (1) - maple candy (1) - kitchen utensils (1) - compact disc (1) Man, oh, man, I can’t wait to get home and open this! Thanks, **Hugh Jass**! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/338 "2006-01-03T12:56:29Z")
> [@auRa](#): > > …the detailed description of contents (1) looks interesting: > > - socks (1)… **Hugh Jass** only got you one sock? Piker! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/339 "2006-01-03T14:18:27Z")
Anaamika, and Avarie537, I’ve heard from your Santas, and they say that your gifts are coming, but will be a bit late. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/340 "2006-01-03T14:46:16Z")
Oh, this is soooooo bad. ☹ First: > [@Omega Glory](#): > > Okay, so the giftless are: > > Anaamika > Avarie537 > Ms Macphisto > StarvingButStrong > Pretend my Name is Witty Followed shortly by saying in the case of these two: > [@](#): > > In two cases, yes (Ms Macphisto and Pretend my name is Witty). The Santa had had said the gift was already in the mail. And now today you add: > [@](#): > > Anaamika, and Avarie537, I’ve heard from your Santas, and they say that your gifts are coming, but will be a bit late. Five minus two then minus two equals one. And whose name is not mentioned? ☹ C’mon guys. What did I do? Did I forget to brush my teeth? Was I a mass-murderer in my past life? Do you realize you’re driving me to eating chocolate? :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459.md?page=18)