Secret Santa 2015 - Santas are Giving Their Thanks!

[Secret Santa]

Ho ho ho! Santa is well rested and ready to spread cheer and joy to the good little boys and girls of the Digital Press forum! Now that all that summertime business is behind us, let's have a little merriment. It's Santa's prime-time after all, and he needs to stay in shape for gift-giving this winter!

Finished Dates

• November 27th: Volunteer by the end of this day to participate in the giving and receiving of Secret Santa presents.
• November 27th: Send PM's by the end of this day to Santa with your mailing address and wish-list. (Remember, non-game things are fine for your wish-list too!)
• November 28th or 29th: Santa will match up everyone and send out your wish-lists to each other.
• December 9th: Due date to send your presents ~internationally~.
• December 16th: Due date to send your presents -nationally-.
• December 25th - 31st: Christmas Day! (Open your presents and post about what you got in this thread.)
• December 27th - 31st: Reveal for whom you were the Secret Santa.

Rules

• Your wish-list can have as many items on it as you want.
• You can list things on your wish-list that have nothing to do with videogames.
• You can list things on your wish-list that do have to do with videogames.
• Each item should have a maximal price of no more than about $20 USD.
• There is no minimal price on wish-list items. Make them as inexpensive as you please!
• Givers should send at least about $20 worth of presents from their recipient's wish-list.
• There is no maximal number of gifts or a maximal total price on what you send to your recipients. Please be as generous as you would like!
• If you want to send presents to a Secret Santa, but you don't want anything for yourself, just ask that your gift be a donation to a charity instead.

For an example wishlist, let's say someone lists a $4 item, a $1 item, two $5 items, and one $6 item, you could send all of those as a set. ($4 + $1 + $5 + $5 + $6 = $21)

Gift-Giving Volunteers

• Aussie2B
• Emperor Megas
• Niku-Sama
• thetoxicone
• xfrumx

Ho ho ho!

[Niku-Sama]

I was about to ask about this.

i'm in and i'll be thinking about what to ask for

[Aussie2B]

I'm down as always. But how do you want us to volunteer? Is posting in this thread good enough, or should we be sending PMs?

[Secret Santa]

But how do you want us to volunteer? Is posting in this thread good enough, or should we be sending PMs?

All Santa asks is that you make your intentions clear in this thread. A simple post stating, "Me too!" is good enough for good ol' St. Nick!

But remember, you'll also need to eventually send a PM to Santa with your wish-list and a current mailing address before the due date of November 24th.

[Emperor Megas]

I'd like to participate. ^_^

[Emperor Megas]

Will this be blind matched, or are we going to try to match people who are in the same country/region to keep shipping costs/time down?

[xfrumx]

It looks like there are like 4 signups. I did this break in 2011 and got some sweet stuff not on my list plus a few things that were, most notable a complete Raiden Trad for Genesis.

It was a blast and I don't get why note people aren't doing it, it's prefect for us classic collectors.

Was there a bad experience??

[Daria]

I'm personally not doing this year because funds are tight. But the forums are a lot quieter than where you were here last.

[bb_hood]

I did it over the summer and it was fun, but right now I cant afford it either.

[Tanooki]

I'd do it, if I had something currently on someones want list, but I can't afford to go and just pick up stuff right now. My 4 year old and such come first during the season.

[xfrumx]

I'm personally not doing this year because funds are tight. But the forums are a lot quieter than where you were here last.

True, it sucks so many people left. People here are more rational and fun than a lot of other places. Part of the reason I came back.

[megasdkirby]

I did it over the summer and it was fun, but right now I cant afford it either.

Same here.

I would love to, just as I did in the summer. But things are tight economically, plus time is slim (thanks to work), so I will be unable to participate.

Perhaps next year, as I love participating!

[JSoup]

I never do Secret Santa's.
No special reason, just not interested.