# Secret Santa 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073 "2006-11-19T21:54:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![araminty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/401 "2007-01-02T01:47:27Z")
Yay! Maybe I wasn’t observant enough, but I couldn’t find the name of my STILL-secret Santa, who sent me a lovely silver chain and cute pendant. Good work, Santa, and thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/402 "2007-01-02T03:31:52Z")
**Welby** , thanks very much for my Guitar Center Gear Card. It was exactly the right thing for me, as I am always breaking strings, sticks etc. 😉 Hope your holidays were good ones. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/403 "2007-01-02T08:23:07Z")
**Canadiangirl** , I’ve never heard of Purolator. I sent it by USPS. I’m getting the feeling that they lost it, it’s been quite a long time since I sent it. I had a huge trial getting them to even take it because apparently they didn’t like the fact that I put it in a box. They made me change the packaging (to an envelope - not the best packaging for what I sent) and the label and the method of shipping and now I fear that they’re a bunch of morons. I sent it USPS because UPS lost my last international package and Mailboxes Etc lost the one before that. I say let’s give it a few more days. Usually my (temporarily) lost packages either return to me or reach their destination within 1 month and we’re getting pretty close to that now. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/404 "2007-01-02T13:27:52Z")
**Mighty Girl** Thank you very much for the book…It just came with this afternoon’s mail. Momentarily I am still living without a stove but this might just be the incentive for me to get off sorry ass and go buy one… ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/405 "2007-01-02T13:40:57Z")
Um…we’re all speaking English here, right? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/406 "2007-01-02T17:01:36Z")
[QUOTE=araminty] Yay! Maybe I wasn’t observant enough, but I couldn’t find the name of my STILL-secret Santa, who sent me a lovely silver chain and cute pendant. Good work, Santa, and thanks! [/QUOTE] :dubious: It was supposed to be on the card. Did you just get it yesterday? Sorry, I didn’t have a whole lot of shipping options to choose from. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/407 "2007-01-02T19:31:51Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] Um…we’re all speaking English here, right? [/QUOTE] You mean my post? I should have elaborated - Mighty Girl send me a cookbook with Dominican recipes. I just moved to Germany and most apartments don’t come with a kitchen - mine comes with a kitchen just not a stove. Sometimes I forget not everyone can read my mind 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2007, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/408 "2007-01-02T20:15:33Z")
I got my package! Got a great calendar with whales; a funky little victorian type pin and a christmas ornament. Thank you, congodwarf!!! ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/409 "2007-01-03T04:38:03Z")
I’m so glad you got it. I was getting worried. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/410 "2007-01-03T05:07:10Z")
\*\*creaky, \*\* all I had to go by was your profile. I hope I did it okay. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/411 "2007-01-03T05:57:28Z")
Still nothing from the person I sent the gift to. 😕 Either the drop ship did not work, or they are not the thanking type. Either that or they hated what I sent so much, they can’t even post. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/412 "2007-01-03T06:20:43Z")
[QUOTE=EuroMDguy] You mean my post? I should have elaborated - Mighty Girl send me a cookbook with Dominican recipes. I just moved to Germany and most apartments don’t come with a kitchen - mine comes with a kitchen just not a stove. Sometimes I forget not everyone can read my mind 😉 [/QUOTE] Well, it was about frigging time! It only took USPS one month to get it there, do they not know they airplane has been invented? I am glad you got it. Stop by our website (url in my profile) if you need further information on Dominican Cooking. Give it a try. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/413 "2007-01-03T12:49:12Z")
Hi all, I’m finally wired again, so I can thank . . . . Well, I dunno who to thank for my P. Diddy Action Figure that goes so well with the other odd stuff on my shelf. My Secret Santa didn’t include a user name and I don’t wanna be plastering thier real name all over the board. In any event, it was the perfect gift, and I thank you. **Quasi** , I’m glad you will find the card useful. I’m not a guitar player (though I’m going to learn this year) and figured you’d find something to use it for. Merry Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/414 "2007-01-03T14:00:04Z")
It was me. And it’s Biggie Smalls. I figured that would be too tacky for any household, and it would lend a nice balance to your knickknack shelf. About damned time it got there! ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/415 "2007-01-03T14:13:58Z")
_sigh_ Still haven’t received mine. But that’s okay! All the more fun when it finally gets here, right? ---
**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 3, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/416 "2007-01-03T18:56:21Z")
I wish my person would post as to whether she received her gift or not. Don’t leave me hangin’! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/417 "2007-01-03T19:22:41Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] It was me. And it’s Biggie Smalls. I figured that would be too tacky for any household, and it would lend a nice balance to your knickknack shelf. About damned time it got there! [/QUOTE] Aw Jeez, Biggie Smalls. Don’t know why P. Diddy came out of my mind. It’s not because I listen to rap music, unless its from the early 80’s. All in all though, it’s the perfect gift for the shelf in the pool room. My brother actually drooled over it. It’s next to the dancing Sumo I got a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/418 "2007-01-03T19:29:40Z")
[QUOTE=welby] Aw Jeez, Biggie Smalls. Don’t know why P. Diddy came out of my mind. It’s not because I listen to rap music, unless its from the early 80’s. … [/QUOTE] **insert “White Christmas” joke here** ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/419 "2007-01-09T16:28:41Z")
I just got back into the country (after leaving on Dec. 30), and still no gift. At this point, I am going to assume it was lost in transit. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/420 "2007-01-09T16:30:18Z")
Maybe it’s time to start identifying the orphans, so we can find folks to adopt them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073.md?page=22)