# Secret Santa 2008

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037>\
**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:** 6\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/361 "2009-02-03T01:42:23Z")

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Yay!

That gets us down to **Dottygumdrop** – did the package arrive in Oz, at least, if not yet all the way to you?

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**Author:** ![spockerel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@spockerel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spockerel)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/362 "2009-02-09T16:33:01Z")

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You’re welcome, Tamryne! I’m glad you enjoy the tea; I wish I could show you a photo of the store where I got it: big jars of tea galore! 🙂 Also very glad to know that nothing arrived shattered!  
And thank you, Twickster, for gently guiding us through the holiday season (and putting up with all these shenanigans)! Here’s to many more years of (smoother) Secret Santas.

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**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/363 "2009-02-09T16:55:47Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Yay!
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> That gets us down to **Dottygumdrop** – did the package arrive in Oz, at least, if not yet all the way to you?

To be honest, I had completely forgotten about this! I have just emailed my mother and asked her if the parcel arrived! I will let you know!

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/364 "2009-02-13T15:51:05Z")

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**Dottygumdrop** just cced me on her PM to **erleichda** thanking her for the gift, which did indeed arrive safe and sound in Australia, albeit after **DGD** had returned to points sandy.

And with that, my friends, I hereby declare SS08 officially over – and modestly point out that this is, AFAIK, the first orphan-free SS evah!

See y’all next year …

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**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:** [February 13, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/365 "2009-02-13T15:58:17Z")

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Damn, the Xmas holiday gets dragged out. Some of us are already getting Valentine’s Cards.

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**Author:** ![mmouse9799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mmouse9799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmouse9799)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-2008/473037/366 "2009-02-13T16:30:17Z")

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woo hoo for Orphan Free!!

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