It would be good to have people send gifts to members living relatively close(let's say within Europe). Less expensive and less time needed.
Other than that, good idea but I am not interested, sorry :(
Other than that, good idea but I am not interested, sorry :(
Hmm, I could definitely try and group people by proximity, but it'd lower the "secret" aspect even more so.
If nothing else Amanda, we could send gifts to each other :P Though I do hope other people will be interested in order to keep the "secret" aspect of the idea there ^^
jhoijhoi wrote:
If nothing else Amanda, we could send gifts to each other :P Though I do hope other people will be interested in order to keep the "secret" aspect of the idea there ^^
I'm doing one of those with one of my twitter followers (he's from Scotland) and it's been fun just talking about it. Gotta finish up his hat (nearly done) and stuff so I can send it off with a couple American snacks he asked for.
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Most of us MobaFire peeps have known each other for years. Some of us have sent each other X-mas cards before. Some of use have visited each other. Some of us have become items at various points of time. What I'm trying to get at is that we're pretty close as a community and I think it's time for a Secret Santa!
This Secret Santa will be a little different than the other ones you may have been a part of in the past. Unlike the current 2014 Reddit or Imgur Secret Santa, there will be a maximum amount of money you can spend, AND there will be a few obligated items to include in your Secret Santa, so that everyone gets more or less the same "value".
Secret Santa Gifts
1x Christmas/Seasons Greetings Card
1x Random Candy of Choice (try and pick a candy your recipient may not have had before)
1x Cheap Stocking Filler (something cool/cute from the dollar store)
1x Gift of your choice under the cost of $10
1x Registered Post (meaning you will get a tracking number for the parcel and it is less likely to get lost in transit)
Your maximum gift cost should not exceed $25, excluding postage. To ensure your parcel does not cost a million dollars to post, try to buy "light" items. Parcels under the weight of 500g are much cheaper to send than those weighing 1kg. You MUST provide me with a tracking number of your parcel. This tracking number will be given to your recipient so they can watch the package travel :)
Sign Up!
Those who wish to participate need only to reply to this thread indicating you'd like to join in, in addition to fulfilling this criteria:
> Have an account in good standing on MobaFire. This means your name should instantly be recognizable, or if you're a lurker, you must have someone vouch for you.
I will then contact you via personal message to put you in the system and grab your address details. Wednesday the 10th is when I will stop accepting submissions and start giving out details to your Secret Santas. I will be managing who gets who, but it will be completely random. If there's an odd number of people to submit, I will send off two parcels.
Participants
> jhoijhoi
> The_Nameless_Bard
> You?? :3
Any Questions?
Please don't hesitate to ask any questions! Is there anything I missed? And get in quick: as it is, postage interstate will probably reach before Christmas, but if you get someone overseas, the parcel will probably arrive a week after the 25th. The more people the merrier, but even if only one person replies, that's still 1 random candy bar I get to try and 1 xmas card to add to my mantel! :P
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