Hopefully it doesn't take too long. But at least you know it's coming :)
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Hopefully it doesn't take too long. But at least you know it's coming :)
I reakon we should share as soon as we open them :D
Well, I think that is ok, as long as we don't say who it was was gave us those gifts. Well I think we should eventually, but not until everyone receives their gifts, so it's still a surprise to the people who hasn't gotten their gift yet.
In my case, Im sure I will not receive mine... we are having a lot of losess and delays here. I think Audra that 2 or 3 packs you sent me this year never arrived. I also had bought some things on ebay in august that not arrived. some people are saying in facebook they are receiving now the gifts they bought for 2011 christmas! (you donīt read wrong its a 2 years delay!)
So, If i donīt receive mine, i donīt want people waiting for me, as you donīt have anything to do because those local problems of here.
One of my cats opened my presents. :lol:
That's so sad that the post is so bad where you are ThiagoPE. Even though it's very delayed, I hope it eventually gets there, it would be a shame to see the gift get lost.
:lol: Surprise!Quote:
Originally Posted by HasiraKali
Oh my God ... not that again ... -_- You keep screaming and yelling this every single year, and you've recieved yours every single year. You're taking the fun out of it, and not only because of the posting!
I'm verry sorry, I really don't wanna be rude, but when it comes to posting stuff, we just simply do not get along!
My package got sent somewhere, and it's been travelling since October 18, with tracking, so we can see where it is, and it's still on the road.
I've shipped a letter to the US on November 19th, and it still hasn't arrived.
It's CRAZY this year with post and I can definatly say that with experience, so hold your horses and just wait.
Take it easy Nathalie, he wasn't screaming and yelling, he was just saying that we didn't need to wait because he didn't expect to receive it anytime soon.
I am taking it easy. But it's been like this for at least the past 3 years now. It's not fun anymore, and I think he knows the other reason why it's not fun anymore eather.
Yeah, I didn't take it as complaining about the Secret Santa, I think Thiago was just complaining about the post in his country, unless you work for the post office/international shipping I wouldn't get personally angry about it.
I didn't get mine yet, but it's no biggie.
And how pray-tell did you bribe them to do that? :psst: :pQuote:
Originally Posted by HasiraKali
Yay, it's Christmas Eve! I think I'm going to take mine with to my mum's place (since I'm staying there tonight) and open it there tonight. We usually do presents Christmas Eve but since my brother isn't coming till tomorrow we'll probably be doing them then so I want something for tonight.
Add me to the list of people not to wait for before revealing gifts - I ended up leaving my apartment for my parents house across the country much earlier than I normally do (on the 15th) and I won't be back until the 4th, so since it didn't get there before the 15th I'll be opening it in January. Definitely not the fault of the Secret Santa, but since I know I won't have it before Christmas don't hold off on posting gifts before I get mine :)
Was exactily my point, I just made an alert of REAL things that were not deliveredQuote:
Originally Posted by Azerane
If you think im lying about things of 2011/2012 arriving now, please check here: (use your favorite translate tool)http://bjc.uol.com.br/2013/09/14/mil...stao-chegando/
But if donīt mind waiting, you can wait, i donīt care.
Got mine! :D
Nothing here, as tomorow and after tomorow there will be no mail serviįe here, and will go South brazil thursday and will stay there at least until 7 of january, donīt expect anything from me until there.
Just in time CGW :D I edited the first post :)
Hope you have fun on your time away Thiago!
I haven't got mine yet, but I was contacted by my SS a while back when my gift was sent over. I'm not sure when will it arrive, but I'll keep optimistic. I look forward to recieve it soon :)
I know my Fu'ey already updated the status of my gift being received, but I may as well announce it here. Also I never seen the gift, if it's wrapped or what size the box, envelope or whatever it is in.
Well each year I bet you all to it being in Aussie and Santa stops here first :lol:
Thank you SS.. Love my Alice in Wonderland mug *hugs*
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...z/IMG_2372.jpg
Actually it really depends as Santa stops in Finland in Christmas eve ;) So whatever time difference and present opening time makes it... Man I don't understand why Santa is bouncing back and fourth the time zones though... :confused:
I don't know whether I should post mine yet since the gifts kind of give away the country it was sent from. :p
Haha, awesome :D I like that mug Safila, very cool :D
We usually do presents here on Christmas Eve (which was last night), although since my brother couldn't make it to my mum's until today we did them today. However, because I went to my mum's yesterday and stayed the night, I took my secret Santa present with to open on Christmas Eve. Long story short (too late) :p I opened it last night.
SimbaTheMighty was my Secret Santa. He got me some delicious looking Finnish chocolate, and also this cool figure of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker with a nifty wooden stand. It was hilarious because I pulled the stand out of the box first and my hand was covering the gold label so I had no idea what the heck it was :lol:
Here's a pic :)
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mmmmm finnish chocolate, you'll love it! haha
that mug is cool Safila!
Oh I didn't think we were meant to say who our secret santa was.. well seeing Azzy has.. lol mine was ...drum roll... Sharifu.
I collect Alice in Wonderland stuff, so love my mug :D
Omg, Amanda, you have the most perfect neatest giftwrapping I think I ever saw, LOL.
My Secret Santa was HasiraKali, and I have to confess, I opened mine already last night--what, Christmas Eve counts as the holiday already! :p And she gave me...the Enesco Lion King figurine of Ed!
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This thing has been a constant source of Ebay regret for me. They used to be for sale everywhere (IDK if they released them with the 10 yr anniversary or what) so I always passed them over. Suddenly when I went to look for them a couple years ago, they were only available in groups/lots. Never just the one I wanted, annoyed the crap out of me so I gave up looking for it! Plus, unexpected but totally awesome, it's the same size/scale as the fantastic Shenzi figurine Leor made last year out of dental cement! So it may or may not have bourn a new obsession to find a Banzai to match :P
Just when I thought I'd be asking for more normal stuff next year ;) J/k, as always, it has been a lot of fun sharing Christmas with and on the Internet! ^^
That's awesome :D We've always done out presents on Christmas Eve, so you're safe ;) I think it's a Lutheran thing.
Ok, I guess I can post this here now then...
Azerane was my Secret Santa. That's twice in a row now, I believe. :lol: As you can see, the gifts give away the country it was from. But they're great, I especially like the purse and the fridge magnet. The purse will come very well in handy for my trips abroad. :D As for the chocolates, I haven't tried them yet. I feel too full to eat any chocolate right now. :yuck:
Thanks so much Azzy! :hugs: And thanks for the picture too, it was a very nice addition. :)
Yay!! I'm so glad that you like it and that it came in time for Christmas! I don't remember when I posted it but it felt a little late (I was waiting for some slightly cooler weather so the chocolate wouldn't get destroyed! But it got there and that's the main thing. I almost wanted to keep the magnet for myself but had to resist :lol:
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Originally Posted by cleargreenwater
I'm glad you like it! :D I was actually able to find him all on his own, so it's like he was meant for you. ;)
My person was Safila! She sent me a super cool handmade Doctor Who card, a 4th Doctor apron, and a cute little penguin plushie. I'll add a photo later.
CGW was my secret santa again. Though I heard she kind of revealed herself before by asking if someone wanted to trade I could not remember that so it was a surprise to me XD. She got me TLK pin as everyone knows I collect pins. It's limited edition pin of 1500.
http://www.dizpins.com/archives/imag...002_100604.jpg
I love it. Thank you so much. And as I Audra and her mom got me 2 TLK plates I finished also the collection of Bradford plates I been collection though not too actively. So it was really nice Christmas for me as far as adding on to our TLK collection. Though the pins going to add on to the 2lb of pins I'm already drag along when ever I in Disney parks, but hey... IT'S WORTH IT! :cheese:
That's a very cool pin :D It's lucky she got you one that you didn't have yet!
Yes, you were oblivious still! :D Glad you liked it!
I didn't know you could have the same exchange two years in a row, when we do these at work they make you redistribute/rechoose the gifts if you end up with the same person so I sort of blabbed x_x
So between that and knowing you don't have to ask for *just* TLK stuff anymore (dur-hur, eureka moment!), by next year I should finally have this down, LOL. XD Third time's the charm! :P
Still, with the website we use, even the person organizing it, doesn't know who got who, but yes, the website can't keep track of previous years, so it is possible to get the same person.
There is the option to type in names of who can't select who, such as if Sharifu and Sadiki didn't want to get each other you can set that up as an option, but we tend just to keep it random. We technically could set it up so that next year we wouldn't be able to get the same people as this year, but I don't mind too much. We've got such a small group that once you start limiting who a person can pick, it can become too narrow of a field left in my opinion.
:)
Yeah, no, not necessary. I just never thought about it before until I opened the same person on the email, I thought I had to trade off with someone x_x
I'm so glad you like that mug Safila, I bought that at Disneyland when I went there last October with Petteri and Dan. I wanted to find something from Alice in Wonderland for you while I was there. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Safila
My Secret Santa was King Simba! She got me a little velociraptor figure/toy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...psa8b396a1.jpg
I like it, but, I already have that exact velociraptor toy... :lol: I bought it at Toys R Us a year or so ago. If you don't mind, I think I am going to try to take it Toys R Us, and pretend someone here bought it for me and see if I can exchange it for a different dinosaur. I bet the UPCs on the tags are the same, but I will see. I know of a couple stores that sell those Schleich toys.
Thank you Tara, I really appreciate the gift, velociraptors are one my favorite dinosaurs, because of Jurassic Park, haha...
Well he does send a photo to his Secret Santa in his wishlist with the pins he already has. It's a good idea to do so since he has so many pins already. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Azerane
Well actually I guess it can keep track of previous years, because in October I got an email from that website saying:Quote:
Originally Posted by nathalie
"Hi Sharifu,
It's time to draw names again!
With the link in this email you can easily draw names again with the same Group that you set up last year. The names and email addresses are already filled out for you. We will make sure you don't draw the same person as last year."
I had no idea till then that you can do that with that website. Although I don't know if this is a good idea, not ever getting the same person again because our group is so small. And I'm not sure we can add and/or subtract people from the list of the previous year. I bet you can though.
My Secret Santa was Leor! :D I'm on my phone so I can't attach a photo right now but he sent me a lovely stocking with a plush white tiger and some gumdrops along with a Christmas card. What an awesome gift - I love it! Thanks so much Leor :)
So annoyed ... The gift I got my person got sent back to where it came from *sigh* -_- person said it was impossible that someone was always home, so doesn't understand why the post service sended it back ... bozo's -_-
Let's hope the other gift I've sent does arrive soon, holiday crazyness should be over.
Santa just came!
My SS was Thiago.
He got me a DVD from a Brazilian singer Michel Telo. I think most of you know the song "Nosa"?
I really love the Brazilian language, and I think his music is just happy and cheerfull.
It's really sweet he remembered I liked this guy.
The card has a Brazilian text in it, which he translated in English.
Really love the card, it's so pretty!
Thank you!
That's fantastic :D Glad it arrived safe and sound for you nathalie :)
Santa's dropped the ball a bit, delivering in January :p