# 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:** 3
**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, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/41 "2005-11-18T13:47:17Z")
E-mail to be sent. December 25th is my **B-day** , so B-day stuff is appreciated. I also like neat T-shirts and cancles. I’ll do international, and if I get another international (non-USA) Doper, I collect foreign coins (hint, hint)! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/42 "2005-11-18T14:52:16Z")
I’m in and I’ll be in the ornament exchange, too! I really love funky-shaped candles. Last year someone sent me several candles, and one of them was an angel, which I really enjoyed blasphemously burning down and watching her melt. They also sent me a candle warmer. I’d love candles. If not that, subtle scents are nice, like oils, incense, anything. Smelly stuff, please! 😉 E-mail sent! ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/43 "2005-11-18T17:26:18Z")
I’m in. As I said in my e-mail, I’ve got a weakness for games and puzzles and bath stuff, especially the flowery bath stuff. I also knit, crochet and do some cross-stitch, although I’ve got a backlog of projects at the moment. Books of ideas are always fun. Kitchen gadgets could be fun, too. I’ve been doing this for a few years now, and it’s always a blast. Thanks for setting this up, **Omega Glory**! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/44 "2005-11-18T17:36:03Z")
Sending off the email now. Candles, perfumes, bath scents, chocolates, all that girly stuff is good 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/45 "2005-11-18T17:57:36Z")
I’m in - I sent an e-mail but don’t see my name on the list. I like cats, and hockey. My favorite scent is sandalwood. I wear an XL t-shirt and love funky earrings. I read fantasy/sci-fi and think used books are cooler than new ones. This is gonna be fun! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/46 "2005-11-18T17:59:36Z")
Count me in too… AND I’m willing to go international! Well, the stuff. Not ME personally. I would like to receive International Pressies if I send though (cuz I’m just that way) Dear Santa, I have been a very good girl this year. I haven’t kicked the cats or called names (to their faces) and my ex is still in one piece. I gave to charity, smiled at strangers, and I…uh… well, I’ve been good, okay? I want: Chocolate (the darker the better) Fruity or rosy lotions or candles A keyring flashlight, but a unique kind of one. I currently have Tigger doing a poledance type of flashlight. But it’s dead. Blues CD’s, preferrably old school stuff And local type stuff would be cool. I’m cool with foodstuffs as long as it didn’t once swim in water. No clothing type things, unless you knit mittens. And if you knit mittens, I have big hands. Seriously. We’re talking palm a basketball hands. Chenille is pretty. So are funky colors. Also, many scents trigger allergic reactions - so no sandlewood/iris/cloying smelly things. Thank you Santa! MissTake ---
**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, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/47 "2005-11-18T18:16:30Z")
I just resent my email to the new addy. **To whomever is my Secret Santa** my don’t you look handsome/pretty today! Did you lose some weight? … **here are a few suggestions:** am heavily into knitting right now, so…yarn or gift card to some online yarn place is waaaay cool. Snowglobes Xmas ornaments souvenier magnets coffee /coffee mug hand made gifts. ( I live in Michigan. It’s cold here 23 months of the year.) chocolate Chia pets ( god, how I’ve wanted one for years but am too cheap.) Dash board hula gals and guys. home burned cd’s of whatever SS favorite music. donation in my name to some local worthy organization. I’m easy to please…🙂 ---
**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, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/48 "2005-11-18T18:21:02Z")
I would like to hastily add that Used books are way cooler than new ones [size=1] and I have been massively jonesing for a \*_Knitting without Tears_ by Elizabeth Zimmerman. 😃 ---
**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, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/49 "2005-11-18T18:23:13Z")
:smack: and a brain inplant for Proper Coding. TYVM. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/50 "2005-11-18T19:46:16Z")
Ooh, ooh, I’m in! I love to give. I just got done giving my life fluid for some poor sap…err, lucky receipient, yeah. I’ll even do international. Ideas for my SS: FOOD! If there’s some hip, local snack you want to send me, send away. I’m not a fan of nuts or chocolate, though. Or seafood, but I doubt that would come into play. If you want to get me a shirt, or something, go ahead. Men’s L, though I tend to not wear dark colorerd shirts. Music would probably be wasted on me, I’m not a big music person. I don’t know what elsde, anythign you want to send me, really. I mean , if you’re nice enogh to be sending me somethign, who am I to complain? (Unless it’s ebola…then I might have to complain.) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/51 "2005-11-18T23:37:38Z")
Additions to the above list are: Snakescatlady auRa melondeca anyrose Anaamika Siege Kytheria MissTake Shirley Ujest Annie X-mas, and bouv, did you send out an email? If so, it hasn’t arrived for some reason. Anyrose, I’m just trying to keep the costs down since we’re all going to need to pack and ship the gifts out (across the world in some instances). Ten dollars is really a guideline. If you want to spend more, feel free. I’m sure your giftee won’t mind:) ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/52 "2005-11-20T15:54:48Z")
Email sent! 'Cause I loooooove doing this every year. 🙂 As to specifics, I’d be more than happy to mail internationally or catch up for someone who might have gotten stiffed for whatever reason. Other than that, about the only thing I’m jonesing for this Christmas is stuff for my new puppy Zen. Yep, the Cutest, Sweetest, Most Perfectest Dog Evah! He’s six months old, brown with white socks and chest, Chihuahua ears, Dachshund body and legs, and dark chocolate eyes. Adorable, I tells ya! He lives for his sweaters (lil’ fellow gets cold really easily), treats, anything to chew on and cutesie collars. Ok, that last one is more for me than him, but still. 😛 Our favorite color is green and we will be thrilled with whatever our good Santa would like to send. Can’t wait to hear! Thanks for doing this **Omega**!! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/53 "2005-11-20T18:38:09Z")
I just sent an email, but I sent it under the rules in the first set of instructions, so it doesn’t have my username in the subject. Let me know if I should resend, or if it’ll screw up your list. My wishlist: Dragon-related items Fun toy things (like Slinkies, Magic 8-ball, or once I got a gyroscope) Chocolate: milk chocolate or semi-sweet are both good. Homemade chocolate chip cookies would be _very_ good. Hmmm…what else…I really need to get new oven mitts/hotpads for my kitchen, but I’ve been putting it off. If you can find some kind of fun and interesting design, that would be good. Maybe music CDs? I like mostly country music, although I’m not averse to classic rock, or classical. Or something by the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/54 "2005-11-20T21:31:36Z")
Email sent. I’m fine with international. A favor to whoever gets me, please send mine by the postal service, UPS and Fedex is impossible in my complex and I will never get it. I would like something localish from where ever you are from. Knick-knacks are cool, as my boyfriend and I just moved into our first apartment (well, mine, not his) and our walls and shelves are bare. Purple is my favorite color. Candy is also appricated, although no coconut or dark chocolate, please. ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/55 "2005-11-21T00:29:18Z")
Okay, I just got into this. Waiting to hear what somebody wants. This is already fun! 🆒 ---
**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:** [November 21, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/56 "2005-11-21T00:59:39Z")
Kat, your email is fine, don’t worry about resending it. Here’s the updated list: twickster Avarie537 Aragowyn Hugh Jass Barbarian Susie Derkins Tamryne Gangster Octopus DeVena Alice in Wonderland Batsinma Belfry Rocking Chair tarragon918 inkleberry Jurhael JpnDude Snakescatlady auRa melondeca anyrose Anaamika Siege Kytheria MissTake Shirley Ujest bouv faithfool Kat gfloyd Gail Creaky I’ll send out the addresses on the 6th of December. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/57 "2005-11-21T02:36:28Z")
I loved doing this last year! Here’s what I like: Cats coffee, coffee flavored stuff chocolate with nuts snowmen cooking yoga T-shirts from your area…size medium music–love alt-rock…and lately Audioslave Note: I’m a vegetarian, so no Hickory Farms summer sausages, please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/58 "2005-11-21T08:17:07Z")
Email sent. I don’t have any specific wishes this year. I like coffee. I like cute (Disney, cartoon-ish) needlepoint stuff. I have a cat, but don’t send catnip (makes her freak out). I have a wishlist on Amazon for DVDs (yes, one of these [or two, or three] would make an excellent gift; I’ve never had a problem with ‘used’ ones, so order me [four or five] of those, mmkay?). The wishlist might be under brattiatti at gmail dot com; it might be under e\_2good4u at hotmail dot com. I’m not in the Xmas mood yet so now I just feel like I’m coming off greedy. GimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimmeGimme ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/59 "2005-11-21T12:34:47Z")
“And the workhouses - are they not still in operation?” OK, I’m in. No bah humbugs here! E-mail is sent. My likes… let’s see… long walks on the beach… honest people… moonlit nights… what? Oh. Country music new releases. Also female vocalists in the mold of Anna Nalik, Kasey Chambers, Tift Merritt. Cigars. Chocolate. Booze. Chocolate booze. Coffee mugs from your city, or from a Broadway show. Good coffee, beans or ground. Bowties, of the tie-them-yourself variety. Ho ho ho! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459/60 "2005-11-21T14:12:45Z")
I’m like in or something. As for what I’m in to, if it’s from overseas I’d love a Hair Metal band from the area. I just got back from Spain and we picked up a HM CD that was the greatest. I’m also into collecting Indiana Jones stuff, but I’m sure it’ll be hard to find something under $10 bucks that I don’t already have. We’re also expecting a girl in Feburary so something for the baby woukd be good to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2005/331459.md?page=4)