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    Secret Santa 2014 (Real Gift Exchange)

    I seriously can't believe it's that time again to organize Secret Santa, but I say that every year. I am just going to copy and paste my first post from the thread from last year, yes I am being lazy. I also added "(Real Gift Exchange)" to the thread title, just to let new people know right away that this is not an art Secret Santa. (Although you are more then welcome to include art in your gift if you want) But if any of you think this is stupid or not needed I can change the title.

    Ok, so for those of your who haven't done this with us before, it's a real Secret Santa with members on this forum. You will be sending a real gift through the mail. (So if you are uncomfortable giving out your address, you can't join, sorry.) Please be aware you could be shipping internationally, so don't send super heavy gifts.

    We don't really have a price limit, but I think anywhere from $5 to $15 is ok. But it's up to you, you can spend a little bit more, but don't go crazy. Really it's not the price that matters.

    So here is how this goes, if you want to join, go ahead and PM me your email address. On September 1st, I will use a Secret Santa website we have been using for years, where I enter in all the email addresses, and then emails are sent to everyone, and in that email, you will get a link where you enter your wishlist and your address of where you want your gift to be sent to. Once everyone has done that, people will get an email with someone's wishlist and address so you can send them a gift! Make sure to send it in time so they receive their gift by Christmas. I know this seems early but we have been starting it this early for years so hopefully everyone has a few months or so to shop and ship their gift in time for their person to receive their gift by Christmas.

    1. Deadline for joining: Monday September 1st.
    2. How to join: PM Sharifu with your e-mail address before the above date.
    3. Suggested price range for gifts: $5-$15
    4. Do not reveal your identity to the person you are buying for. This goes against the aspect of it being a secret. People who reveal themselves will be banned from joining the following year.
    5. It sounds cheesy, but have fun!!

    Participating members
    - Sharifu - Gift Received
    - Sadiki - Gift Received
    - HasiraKali - Gift Received
    - Safila - Gift Received
    - Azerane - Gift Received
    - Kirauni - Gift Received
    - Leorgathar - Gift Received
    - King Simba - Gift Received
    - Simbaspirit - Gift Received
    Last edited by Sharifu; January 15th, 2015 at 06:13 PM.

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    I'm not sure if I should participate this year, I'll decide in a couple of days I guess. But I probably will end doing it, it's fun and I'd really like to, hehe

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    I was just talking about this to my mum the other day. I'm in, of course.

    We are so much more complicated than our names.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Leorgathar View Post
    I'm not sure if I should participate this year, I'll decide in a couple of days I guess. But I probably will end doing it, it's fun and I'd really like to, hehe
    Honestly I'm not sure if I should participate this year either, because I don't have a job and haven't had one for months... But I will still organize it and everything. But I think in the end I probably will still be apart of it, just because I have been apart of the Lea Secret Santa for every year since it started in 2007, and I really do enjoy being apart of it.

    But I think this year's Secret Santa is going to be really small. Nathalie already said last year it was going to be her last, and Thiago said he might not join again because of the way the Post Office service is in Brazil.

    I guess we'll see. You have till September 1st to decide if you want to join or not.
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    ^Even if you can't afford to buy a gift Audra, I can't see anyone being upset if you simply hand drew and coloured a picture for them. I know I wouldn't be anyway. A craft/art gift is still a gift after all
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    True... I think I will still join. I really do love being apart of this Secret Santa.
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    Audra, i tried to send a PM to you, but your inbox seems full.

    I will not join this year SS, the PM was about other subject.

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    Hmm, I'll have to think about it. I feel like I might be ready to take this on again now...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThiagoPE View Post
    Audra, i tried to send a PM to you, but your inbox seems full.
    Oh, is it? I'm going to make some lunch now, but when I am done I will go through my inbox and clear out some PMs. Sorry about that!
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    I actually love getting and giving handmade things. Depending on who I get, I already have an idea of what I'm doing.

    We are so much more complicated than our names.
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    Por favor, manténgase alejado de mi chocolate.
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    I'm in

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    I`ll talk to my parents about this, see if i can. xD I do have some pocket money stashed.. somewhere, so it should be no problem secret Santering someone.

    Mwahahahaha
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    Aww, heck. I'm in too, how could I not be?
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    *jumps up and down excitedly* I've been waiting for this thread ever since I heard of your "Secret Santa with Reald Gifts"!
    It's such a great idea and I'd love to take a part in it.

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    It tingles inside, lol, to maybe enter secretly

    But I'm afraid, that last year was indeed my last time.

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    Those of you thinking about joining, have you gave it more thought? I know there is still a couple more weeks to join, but so far our group is so small... This might be the smallest Secret Santa yet...
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    Hmm alright, why not? I'm in

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    Yay! Don't forget to PM me your email address. Safila and Azerane, if you can PM your email addresses too, just to make sure I have your most current email address, that would be good. Plus for some reason it seems to help me keep more organized to have all the email addresses in my PM inbox.
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    Not a problem, I was going to, I just hadn't gotten around to it yet and was waiting for the empty inbox thing after Thiago mentioned it
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    I guess I could join.

    But my parents are currently in the process of selling their house (they've not sold it yet, but hope to soon) so when they do eventually sell it, we'll be moving to a different address, so I'll let whoever is my SS know that before they send their gift. But we might still be here, who knows.

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