The Straight Dope Secret Santa 2004 Exchange! New, with Improvements!

I got your email, but I’m not on your list.

I also sent e-mail. I’ll resend.

I’ll get in on this. E-mail is in my profile. Send a message what I have to do. :slight_smile:

I got your email okay - it’s a different email from what I use in my profile here, but I don’t know what could have caused it to bounce. I love Secret Santa things! :slight_smile:

Sending another email… this one from home.

I’m not picky when it comes to gifts; froo froo girly crap or check out my Amazon wishlist.

I can’t wait to get someone’s name so I can go shopping!!!

I’m in. Whoever gets me, word up: I’ll be the BIG 5-0 on Xmas Day.

We have a bunch more on the list!

I will post when I get the time.
:slight_smile:

Baker and I will be joining you on New Year’s Eve – are you as freaked as I am?

I’m in.

I resent mine.

Wait.

I re-sent mine. :smiley:

A thought occured to me: back when GMail invites were being bandied about, Hotmail was one of the services that (conveniently) had a hard time receiving them.

I sent my email to Shirley’s hotmail acct (as listed in OP) from my GMail acct. I wonder if that’s the problem?

Anyone else that was unceremoniously ignored :wink: sending from GMail?

I’m in.

I’m also currently in China so the gift will either be Amazon’ed or late from one side of the pond or the other. (I get back home Dec 18th. If I have to personally touch and ship said gift it’ll be airmail from Shanghai, and later or mailed from home, and also probably late. I’ll do my very best though, promise.)

I have an Amazon wishlist of DVDs that I swear I’ll update soon.
I have an lj with more information about me than anyone could ever want.
A past sucess included a stuffed dog proptly named Cecil.
I like sci-fi and the color green.

And if anyone is willing to ship me a puppy, I like chocolate labs and golden retrivers.

My true top wish for Christmas is a job.

I just sent off an e-mail. I’m in, I hope this works better than the last time I did a Secret Santa, as I never got anything.

I like long walks on the beach, dancing in candlelit rooms … oh wait, wrong thread.

Anyway, I like books, the color purple, but think that regional stuff would be the coolest. Oh, and I’m a girl, if that matters.

I’m in. I just sent my email.

I have very eclectic tastes and I generally like things that are rather quirky, but I take a specific interest in:

Travel (esp. regional to my Santa)
Nature/Outdoorsy (esp. state and national parks)
Magnets (again, the quirkier, the better)
Zombies
Ballistics (esp. trebuchets, catapults, etc.)
Geocaching
If my Santa has an artistic bent, any homemade arts/crafts would be dearly cherished.

At the risk of making a social faux pas, how rigid is the $10 rule? If I find something for $20-$25 that I feel would be perfect would it be acceptable to get it?

yeah, i used gmail and it was kinda shady or whatnot on sending to hotmail, so i used my hotmail address. YMMV

I used gmail, so Shirley, if you do not get my email, let me know so I can send using another means.

Okay, my email’s been sent. As for my special Christmas wish. . . Well, I don’t really have anything in mind, particularly. Last year, I got turkish delight (by the way, who sent that to me? I only know your real name and that you live in Brooklyn) and it was delicious.

I, MidnightRadio, Like:

Books
Music (local bands would be neat, but not country or rap/hip-hop)
Items of local interest

Damn, I just can’t think of anything else.

The list so far:

[g]gfloyd
Evilash
The Punkyova
Medea’s child
congodwarf
Annie Xmas
Devena
Tanookie
MSUBULLDOGS101
Ms MacPhisto
Ravenous Lady
TellmeI’mnotcrazy
Rhaeven
Standup Karmic
Twickster
Sean Factotum
Cunctator
Sami41
Kricket
rocking chair
Keapon Laffin
Caught@Work
Frankenbear
Greenback
Qwisp
Tripler
gobear
Edward The Head
tarragon918
Antigen
MrFantsyPants
casey1505
monica
Ms Prufrock
Abbie Carmichael
Alice in Wonderland
Melodeca
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If I have missed anyone, please email me at sdsecretsanta2004@hotmail.com

I blame my coding errors on society.

Okay, I’ve sent twice, from different emails each time. I’m not feeling too loved or anything over here.