# Secret Santa bragging thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474 "2003-12-12T00:43:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/101 "2003-12-24T16:50:33Z")
“You got a barbie? Cool. Funny thing … I also have you down as my secret santa giftee, that is if you have the nicest location in the whole eastern seaboard.” That should be me! EHEHEHE!! 😃 As for the Barbie, I guess I can assume that two people had my name or something. It’s possible as it seemed to have happened here. But, I should ask the Ebay Seller about this anyway, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/102 "2003-12-24T17:59:29Z")
I got an adorable clay dragon breathing glass flame. Thanks to my secret Santa!whose name I didn’t recognize so I don’t remember who she is. :o ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/103 "2003-12-24T19:35:43Z")
I got my gifts…twice! Poor **tarragon918** …She sent me an Enterprise 2004 calendar and a novel, then we thought the post office lost it, so she re-ordered it and got it here by the 23rd…but in the meantime, the original Priority package showed up on the 22nd! Anyway, it’s all cool…and it’s double-cool. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/104 "2003-12-24T21:24:13Z")
\*\*Tamex, \*\* thanks for the Micro RC Racer Pen. A new toy to drive the cats crazy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/105 "2003-12-25T01:08:58Z")
"I got an adorable clay dragon breathing glass flame. Thanks to my secret Santa!whose name I didn’t recognize so I don’t remember who she is. " HEEE!! That’s me! 😃 Glad you liked it! As for the Barbie, I contacted the seller about it, but got to reply yet. Ah well. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/106 "2003-12-25T06:34:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dolores Reborn \* > \*\*I got my gift yesterday! The coolest wooden motorcycle. Unfortunately, I only have their real name (I won’t post it.) So who is from St Petersburg? Thanks so much! > > \*\* I’m not from St. Petersburg. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/107 "2003-12-25T13:06:22Z")
I made out great for a first-time Secret Santa. \*\* hopefool\*\* sent me some apricot logs, chili seasoning mix, Holiday Spiced Cocoa Mix (I love cocoa!) and two neat oraments: One proclaiming “Christmas comes and goes, but pine needles are forever” and a nice little ceramic tree made of red chilis. The latter will find a permanent home on my TV, where I can hold it during cold New Jersey winters! Thanks very, very much! ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/108 "2003-12-25T14:06:53Z")
My Secret Santa gift finally arrived, on Christmas Eve no less. Excellent timing **DeVena**. I received a nice big bag of dried mangoes and a nice rum cake for dessert. Your husband was right, these mangoes are deliciously addictive. Now I am going to have to find a Phillipines connection to keep me in mangoes. Thank You for the delectable gift **DeVena**! ---
**Author:** ![Jane\_D\_oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/839c29/32.png) [@Jane\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jane_D_oh)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/109 "2003-12-26T16:46:53Z")
My gift arrived a few days before Christmas. It was put lovingly under the tree where it waited until Christmas day. I got a calendar for the wall of my office. A garden calendar no less it is perrffeect. And aI got a book about 5 minute massages. As year end and countless stressful hours approach, I know these massage tips are going to be very useful !!! Thanks so much **Avarie537** ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/110 "2003-12-26T17:25:18Z")
I opened my gift yesterday! I got “Who has seen the wind” by WO Mitchel - a fine piece of Canadiana, as well as a celtic music CD (which I’m giving to my dad, 'cus it’s his favorite). Horray - Secret Santa gifts for me _and_ my family! Thanks Secret Santa! ( **rjk**? right?) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/111 "2003-12-26T19:27:10Z")
WHEEEEE!!! Got yum! Yum! Chocolate! AYAY! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/112 "2003-12-26T22:25:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bear\_Nenno \* > \*\*Two Days Till Christmas… ☹ > > Stupid Mail. \*\* That’s what I’m figuring. _sigh_ But I’m still glad that my giftee liked hers. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 26, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/113 "2003-12-26T22:41:36Z")
Still waiting…but not worried…just advising my Secret Santa that if its been mailed, then it hasn’t been received. ---
**Author:** ![Flashpoint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Flashpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flashpoint)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/114 "2003-12-27T15:01:19Z")
I’m glad you liked it, **Aries28**. **Annie X-Mas** - Thank you so much for my presents! Annie’ got me an awesome stocking, with a “I \<3 NY” ornament inside. Very cool! =) ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/115 "2003-12-27T15:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dbygawdcapn \* > Now I am going to have to find a Phillipines connection to keep me in mangoes. > \*\* Check your local Sam’s Club or Wal-mart. That’s where we find them; if they aren’t on the shelf, ask the manager to order some. They can ship some from one of the other stores. Merry Christmas!! ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/116 "2003-12-27T21:40:59Z")
Still awaiting my gift. It’s all a plot by the Postal Service, I tell you! Or maybe Al Quada? I’m leaning towards USPS, since it took them -one week- to get the package I sent via “Priority” mail to Vivalostwages. 😛 Ah well, I’m still waiting patiently… ::tapping feet though:: ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/117 "2003-12-28T01:29:42Z")
I’m glad it got there, **alice**! I was starting to wonder about the PO. I still haven’t received mine. Maybe next week … ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/118 "2003-12-28T11:15:57Z")
On Christmas Day, of course, when I opened my present from **mlerose** (it arrived Monday) this thread was nowhere to be seen, but the Secret Santa thread was, so I posted my response there. Here it is again. The hat is perfect – my favorite shade of hunter green and the color which I look best in. As for the book, I started it this morning, and it looks like a fascinating concept! I’m looking forward to it. Thank you! CJ ---
**Author:** ![Papaveraceae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e8c25b/32.png) [@Papaveraceae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papaveraceae)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/119 "2003-12-28T18:05:36Z")
I have received a lovely and well thought out gift package. I got home from work some days ago and found a box waiting for me on the kitchen counter. I decided to wait a few days to open it, and when I did I found A gift card for Barnes and Noble (oh thank you for feeding my addiction ) Packets of mulled wine spices (0oh, yummy 😃 ) Chocolate (Yesss, again with the addiction thing) What I think is a chocolate egg with a toy or something in, but I cant read the language on the package. See, it is in German. Neato What i think is packets of flavored fizzy drink, but again, I need a translator. A tube of hand creme, also with German writing and very yummy smelling. A beautiful post card featuring the Starsingers of Rothenburg, and the story of the card’s origin written on the back by my secret Santa. A card with greetings written in depicting the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Lovely. And lastly, a beautiful handcarved Birch wood box, with a note as to the origins of the box and the traditions surrounding it. I am so happy. **Quasimodem** , thank you thank you. I hope you had a wonderful Holiday, and that you are met with many blessings in the new year. **ems** , I’m sorry your gift is late, I wasn’t able to ship it until the 22nd. It is on it’s way, though. Let please me know when it comes. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474/120 "2003-12-28T20:44:55Z")
You are most welcome, dear! I must confess that it was as much fun to prepare your package as it was for you to receive it. I know you wanted a book I had read recently, but as you are within the vicinity of a B&N, I wanted you to read something _you_ enjoy. The fizzy drink gets mixed into a regular glass of water or you can just shake it onto your tongue. I have enjoyed _Brause Pulver_ ever since I was a Young’Un! And the chocolate surprise egg does contain a little toy that you can put together. Kids in Germany have whole villages made up of those little toys! Thanks for the good wishes, and **ho-ho-ho** dear **Papaveraceae**! SantaQuas’ 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-bragging-thread/218474.md?page=7)