# Secret Santa 2008 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037 "2008-11-16T21:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/241 "2008-12-20T00:33:46Z")
Thank you!! It is really beautiful. No joke about it being heavy–I looked at the postage. :eek: I think since you sent me such a great gift, you should be forgiven all past misdeeds. ---
**Author:** ![Pixilated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pixilated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixilated)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/242 "2008-12-20T08:48:13Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Whee! I got my gift. (At least, I assume it’s my Secret Santa gift.) It’s the most awesome, soft and plushy sheep pillow. > > My coworkers are envious! > > Thanks, Pixilated, assuming this is the package you sent! I LOVE it. :)🙂 You mean with all those “hints” I gave you, you’re uncertain?? Everyone needs a black sheep in the family =) I’m glad you like it (and you can spray it with smelly -stuff too) ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/243 "2008-12-20T19:17:33Z")
My present arrived! ::does a little Santa dance:: Now being the curious have to know person I am, I immediately opened the box and pulled out the gift bag, which contained a Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, a box of baby (chocolate) gators, and a post card of Panama City Beach, Florida. Yay!! So perfect and thank you so much, **Susie Derkins** ; it is just what I wanted and in fact had listed in an earlier post. 🙂 My Santa also included a beautiful hand-made card. I’ve already devoured one of the gators - head first, of course, so that he couldn’t snap at me. LOL And I’ll definitely be making recipes from the cook book over the holidays and beyond. The post card will go up on my tack board at work, where I have other postcards from favorite places. Thank you so very much! I am concerned, though, that my Santee has not received their gift yet … I am hoping that it’s just taking it’s time getting there via the USPS. That I did not send it priority mail shouldn’t have delayed it this much. Please. It did go out on Tuesday so hopefully should be there soon! ---
**Author:** ![spockerel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@spockerel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spockerel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/244 "2008-12-20T19:23:57Z")
Shipped! Should arrive on time, with any luck… if not, my deep apologies! …although apparently my giftee already received a gift… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/245 "2008-12-20T21:20:25Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > My present arrived! ::does a little Santa dance:: :eek: That was fast! I’m so glad that you like it, and very glad that it made it before Christmas!! Those gators are made in Florida so I thought they were appropriate. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/246 "2008-12-20T21:25:41Z")
Okay, I’ve heard from everyone, one way or another, so hopefully now I’ll just be hanging out and checking off happy recipients. Ho ho ho! ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/247 "2008-12-21T00:32:01Z")
> [@Queen of Town](#): > > Mine just went in the mail! It should arrive in two days or so. However, I got home and realized I neglected to put the card in the package, so I’ll go mail that tomorrow. If you get a package from New Brunswick and have no idea who sent it, your card should get there soon! Or if the card gets there first, your present is on its way too! The card and the package arrived together today! Thank you for the lovely socks: three pairs–gray with purple tiger stripes, alternating black and sparkly purple stripes, and argyle style pink, black, and gray. And a dark choc. bar and a bag of Ghirardelli dark choc. mints! Totally awesome. \*\*I sent my package to a Doper in very early December and I really hope it arrives soon. It wasn’t going that far out of the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/248 "2008-12-21T02:14:05Z")
I’m getting a little worried about my giftee. I sent his package the same day I sent some other friends’ and they’ve all reported in… His address was a little lengthy, so I hope it will get to him in time. Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/249 "2008-12-21T03:54:03Z")
I’m also a little worried. My giftee has checked in to say she shipped, but not that she’s recieved. I shipped my package out on Monday, though the girls in the office may not have gotten to the post till Tuesday. I sent it Priority, so it should be there by now. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/250 "2008-12-21T05:37:37Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > The card and the package arrived together today! > Thank you for the lovely socks: three pairs–gray with purple tiger stripes, alternating black and sparkly purple stripes, and argyle style pink, black, and gray. > And a dark choc. bar and a bag of Ghirardelli dark choc. mints! Totally awesome. > > \*\*I sent my package to a Doper in very early December and I really hope it arrives soon. It wasn’t going that far out of the U.S. Yay, glad you like it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/251 "2008-12-21T06:12:54Z")
I did manage to get to the post office yesterday, after all, but my gift won’t arrive until after Christmas. I also got my gift yesterday! Thank you so much for the pens, Ducktail; they will be put to good use! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/252 "2008-12-21T06:21:07Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I’m also a little worried. My giftee has checked in to say she shipped, but not that she’s recieved. I shipped my package out on Monday, though the girls in the office may not have gotten to the post till Tuesday. I sent it Priority, so it should be there by now. I don’t know who you are sending **to** but they aren’t necessarily the person receiving your gift. As I understand it this is more of a round robin thing. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/253 "2008-12-21T13:55:56Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I don’t know who you are sending **to** but they aren’t necessarily the person receiving your gift. As I understand it this is more of a round robin thing. Yes – with one exception, everyone is sending to one person and receiving from a different person. (The exception involves our only Canadian participant – he or she is directly swapping with the only person who said he or she was okay with shipping to Canada.) ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/254 "2008-12-21T22:41:37Z")
I was out of town for the weekend, but my Santa gift was waiting for me when I got home!! [ol] [li]Some very pretty yarn (I _did_ take up knitting, so it’s much appreciated)[/li][li]an adorable Victorian-looking calendar magnet that’s going up on my refrigerator [/li][li]_BUCKEYES_!!! [/li][li]a pair of GORGEOUS earrings handmade by my Santa (LOVE. THEM.)[/li][/ol] All individually wrapped and so much fun to open. Also included was a very nice personal letter that explained all of the gifts and also included some very nice wishes. Thank you so much, **freckafree**! I adore every bit of it! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/255 "2008-12-21T22:57:26Z")
I’m so glad you liked everything! When your “what I like” list included local and chocolate, I immediately thought of buckeyes, and I bought them just before the whole buckeye crisis erupted. When I saw you had put them as #3 in the list, I almost snorted my glass of wine all over my keyboard! ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/256 "2008-12-21T23:37:53Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I don’t know who you are sending **to** but they aren’t necessarily the person receiving your gift. As I understand it this is more of a round robin thing. I meant that the person I shipped my gift to hasn’t posted to say she has received it yet, although she has posted to say that she has shipped hers to her recipient. (So I know she’s an active participant in the thread.) I am aware that it’s round robin. I was just concerned that the package I sent had not been received yet. 🙂 (And I’m pretty sure that the person I’m sending to will be the one receiving my gift.) 😉 (Just not the one sending one to me.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Cream\_Conquest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Ice\_Cream\_Conquest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Cream_Conquest)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/257 "2008-12-22T05:03:54Z")
> [@ShelliBean](#): > > OK I opened mine and I love it! It’s a Swiss Army knife, but this one has a pen and a little light on it! Thank you so much, Ice Cream Conquest! I showed it off to the customers at work last night. You’re very welcome. I’m glad you like it. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/258 "2008-12-23T02:58:47Z")
Just dropping in to let everyone know that mine came in the mail today. But we’ll all have to wait for the majic morning to find out what it is! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/259 "2008-12-23T04:13:22Z")
W00t!!! My package arrived today!!! Thank you so much **Gail**. I don’t know how you knew that I liked mint and chocolate together, but you totally nailed it 🙂 Oh, what I got: Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Cover Peppermint Joe Joe’s Peppermint White Chocolate Bark Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/260 "2008-12-23T04:42:37Z")
Getting worried about my giftee, since I sent all packages the same day Priority Mail. Please ask my giftee if Santa needs to correct stuff??? It was a lenghty address, and I may have goofed it up! Thanks Bill [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037.md?page=14)