# Secret Santa question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 5, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042 "2000-12-05T00:11:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042/1 "2000-12-05T00:11:22Z")

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Obviously I can’t tell anyone who my Secret Santa person is, but I got an email entitled: Your Secret Person. It was filled with a lot of html coding, then had the person’s name and address. Simple.

However…

I didn’t know the person by the name given!

What do I do? I did a search for the name on the boards and came up with nothing (it was a real name), so I have no idea what this person wants, how old they are, etc.

Help me people! I’m sorry that I don’t know everyone’s real name on this board off by heart…

I’m really sorry, person I chose. Once I get to know who you are I’ll make a much bigger effort to get to know you…and I give nice presents! :^)

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**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042/2 "2000-12-05T00:13:32Z")

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My name’s Eric, if that helps.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042/3 "2000-12-05T06:57:51Z")

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Try this: send an email to Homer and ask him to email you your Secret Person again but without any html in the message. Or see if he can send you the person’s username via ICQ, AIM, MSN messenger, etc. if he can’t fix the email.

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**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042/4 "2000-12-05T10:43:35Z")

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Done and done.

–Tim

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**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2000, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-santa-question/44042/5 "2000-12-05T12:46:15Z")

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I wish more people had responded to Bear Nenno’s thread about what Secret Santas should buy. I know ZIP about the person I got.