# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/61 "2006-11-21T04:56:19Z")
Oops, I forgot to add what I might like. I collect cows, which includes things that are just cow print. Also, anything specific to the giver’s hometown would be neat too. I’m easy to please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/62 "2006-11-21T05:15:04Z")
I am definitely in - email has been sent, and a big **Thank You** to **Quasimodem** for offering to do Secret Santa - YAY! I collect coffee mugs and beanie baby-type stuffed animals; I also like dishes or containers for holding jewelry - kitschy is good. I **LOVE** all things chocolate (dark is my favorite). My favorite color is blue and I’m always in need of inexpensive earrings - hoops or fish-hooks only (most post earrings won’t fit through my earlobes!): I especially like having holiday-themed earrings! Home-made is great, btw. 🙂 Woo hoo, holiday season 2006 is off and running! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/63 "2006-11-21T05:53:19Z")
OK… the email has left the building… My first and most favorite thing would be to get something representing wherever you’re from. I also like pens, markers, doodle pads, coloring or activity books, puzzle books, ANY kind of books imaginable, flower starts from your garden (ok…not the right time of year), a Christmas ornament/decoration that would be special to you or your hometown, rocks (yes, rocks and minerals that are indigenious to your area) and…um…surprises! ::does the happy dance:: ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/64 "2006-11-21T17:32:26Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] And whomever gets \*\*Siege \*\*is a lucky duck. You should have seen what she sent me last year. I’m still using some of it! [/QUOTE] :o :o :o After a compliment like that, I’d better jump in! I like games and puzzles (I’m more of a kakuro addict than a sudoku one), floral-scented bath stuff and candles, mysteries and science fiction, and curiosities in general. I’m also very much into knitting. **WhyNot** , I’m with you. There are a bunch of people on this list I’d like to give things to. Once again, I’m looking forward to this! **Quasimodem** , thanks for all your hard work in arranging this. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/65 "2006-11-21T22:32:34Z")
Me, too! Me, too! I’m a total funky jewelry slut and I collect teeny-weeny cat figurines. Cat stuff in general is good. Handmade anything would be really cool. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/66 "2006-11-22T00:11:02Z")
Oo, oo, me, me! Same as previous years: something peculiar to where you’re from would be really cool. For example, a few years ago, I got a Sunday edition of the New York Times with post-it commentary! Awesome. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/67 "2006-11-23T00:00:20Z")
_Bump_ (Hope that’s allowed? If not, tell me, okay?) A special thanks to those who have indicated you’re okay with international shipping, because international postage is a mutha! 😉 Just shipped a Christmas package to family members I will miss seeing on my upcoming trip home, and the charge was about as much as the stuff _inside the box!_ Could have taken it with me, and mailed it from over there, but I’m taking a motorcycle saddle over for a friend, and that’s my baggage allowance. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/68 "2006-11-23T00:28:04Z")
I’m in. Tell me who and what. Thanks, Creaky ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/69 "2006-11-23T00:48:57Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] _Bump_ (Hope that’s allowed? If not, tell me, okay?) A special thanks to those who have indicated you’re okay with international shipping, because international postage is a mutha! 😉 Just shipped a Christmas package to family members I will miss seeing on my upcoming trip home, and the charge was about as much as the stuff _inside the box!_ Could have taken it with me, and mailed it from over there, but I’m taking a motorcycle saddle over for a friend, and that’s my baggage allowance. Thanks Q [/QUOTE] when will you be doling out names? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/70 "2006-11-23T01:20:25Z")
The evening of December 5th, **anyrose** , and I will be doing it from my hometown, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in Bavaria. If anyone has ever visited Rothenburg, then you will know this store: [https://shop.wohlfahrt.com](https://shop.wohlfahrt.com) This **isn’t** an advert, and I am not affiliated with KW in any way, but if any of you have ever been to Rothenburg, you might have visited her store. Anyway, I will be sitting in front of my friend Peter’s computer, drinking a cup of “Glühwein” providing y’all with your Secret Santa contacts, and listening to German Christmas music as I do it! Looking forward to a great holiday with my SDMB buds. Q ---
**Author:** ![Tamryne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tamryne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamryne)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/71 "2006-11-23T04:02:19Z")
Email will be sent momentarily! I had fun last year, and was wondering if the Secret Santa was happening this year. I can ship international if you need another person. Im getting an apartment, so anything cute and quirky would be great. I also love chocolate and coffee, and absolutely adore candles. Anything fantasy-themed is a good bet too, especially dragons or unicorns. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/72 "2006-11-23T05:36:31Z")
I’m in, secret Santas are fun. Dragons are always welcome. Tiggers, too! I love oolong teas, and herbal teas with hibiscus in them. Favorite colors are purple and dark blue-reds. I love funky jewelry. I like caramels and licorice (not the really salty kind, though.) Citrus-y or fresh/clean scents for smelly things. Really, though, I just like getting things in the mail! ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/73 "2006-11-23T06:34:25Z")
I’m in. I’m 26, Female. Things I like: Reading. I’m almost done with the Redwall series and am looking for my next series. I’m planning on either starting Discworld or I’ll finally start on my goal of reading the history of every Country in the world. Tea and making soup. Cool pens and unusual chunky jewlery (preferably neutral colors). Unusual gifts specific to an area. I do not have a family appropriate requirement. No kids here, only two adults with very dirty minds. I like surprises (mayhaps I shouldn’t have put this after the last comment?). I do not like scented things - candles, potpourri, perfume - ugh. I’m not a big fan of chocolate, unless it’s the hot chocolate variety (or those Aero thingies I got in the US-Canada candy exchange). Mostly, I like surprises. My best SS exchange gift ever was a book I never would have bought for myself. I laughed so hard that I hurt for days. So, surprises good. I can’t wait! I’m so excited. My vacation is 12/1 to 12/6 so this will be perfect timing. I’ll actually have time to shop and go to the PO. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/74 "2006-11-23T07:00:34Z")
E mail is in. I’m a guy (duh) Books or automotive related stuff is always good. Other than that feel free to surprise me. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2006, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/75 "2006-11-23T09:25:53Z")
OK - I just sent the email to sign-up… Here are some of the things people can please me with; Cookbooks Chocolate A nice big coffeemug ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/76 "2006-11-23T11:39:58Z")
So **Quasi** , how many people so far? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/77 "2006-11-23T11:45:37Z")
Oh, go on then, you twisted my arm. I’m in…for the international crowd! I’m not giving away any clues about what I like, 'cos I like surprises… ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/78 "2006-11-23T22:59:52Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] The evening of December 5th, **anyrose** , and I will be doing it from my hometown, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in Bavaria. If anyone has ever visited Rothenburg, then you will know this store: [https://shop.wohlfahrt.com](https://shop.wohlfahrt.com) This **isn’t** an advert, and I am not affiliated with KW in any way, but if any of you have ever been to Rothenburg, you might have visited her store. Anyway, I will be sitting in front of my friend Peter’s computer, drinking a cup of “Glühwein” providing y’all with your Secret Santa contacts, and listening to German Christmas music as I do it! Looking forward to a great holiday with my SDMB buds. Q [/QUOTE] (slight hijack) **Quasi** , I’m red and green with jealousy. The Kathy Wohlfahrt store is one of my favorites! I’ll be thinking of you this Christmas season. ---
**Author:** ![Thalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@Thalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thalion)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/79 "2006-11-24T12:54:08Z")
OK. I’m in and the e-mail is on the way. I’d be happy to take anything that my SS thinks is fun, weird or meaningful for them. No limits (no kids or family around to shock). Thalion ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073/80 "2006-11-24T19:02:42Z")
SDMB SANTA Update as of 11.24.06 Here are the folks who have signed up for SDMB SANTA 2006 so far. Remember to include nickname, mailing address and whether you prefer international or domestic mailing. The e-mail address is [santasdmb2006@yahoo.com](mailto:santasdmb2006@yahoo.com) Krys92.gp Dafisheroo Phall0106 twickster anyrose WhyNot Purple Haze SnakesCatLady DeVena melondeca tdn MannyL Larry Martinez (sorry don’t know your doper name) Batsina Belfry gigi Pimaspinner Susie Derkins dbygawdcapn gfloyd FairyChatMom alanak araminty Kat Anaamika Scartlett67 Ruby Siege freckafree AuRa Tamryne Jahdra Mighty\_Girl EuroMDguy ScareyFaerie Canadiangirl SDMB Rick congodwarf Monica Thalion Taragon818 Thanks, and remember, the deadline is December 5th. Quasi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2006/381073.md?page=5)