# Uhhh, I haven't been emailed my Secret Santa **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhhh-i-havent-been-emailed-my-secret-santa/96782 "2001-12-04T04:46:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**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 4, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhhh-i-havent-been-emailed-my-secret-santa/96782/1 "2001-12-04T04:46:12Z")
Should I be worried? ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhhh-i-havent-been-emailed-my-secret-santa/96782/2 "2001-12-04T12:05:14Z")
Are we supposed to do that? Wouldn’t that ruin the surprise? The whole “Secret” thing? With your name on the e-mail and all. I thought we were just supposed to send off a gift and sign the card. Huh, shows what I know. -Rue. (who’s not going to e-mail no one, so there) ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhhh-i-havent-been-emailed-my-secret-santa/96782/3 "2001-12-04T12:07:25Z")
Sorry **Shirley**. You said you haven’t been e-mailed your Secret Santa, not e-mailed _by_ your Secret Santa. So that “Hooked on Phonics” thing? Is that just for kids? -Rue. (sheepish, sheepish Rue) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhhh-i-havent-been-emailed-my-secret-santa/96782/4 "2001-12-04T13:03:57Z")
Shirley– I received your email on Friday, 4 days after the deadline. The Santas were already allocated and distributed by then. I should have written you back and told you that it was too late. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uhhh-i-havent-been-emailed-my-secret-santa/96782/5 "2001-12-04T22:13:34Z")
I e-mailed my info twice, once well before the deadline and the second time when Green Bean asked us to re-send. Robin