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It's that time again! Secret Santa is officially here. Anyone wishing to participate should PM myself (Stackie) or Ash (username Ash) with the required material.

:2santa: What is it? :1santa1:
For those new people, you may be wondering what Secret Santa is. Various members from the forum sign up to be a "Secret Santa". Once the list is compiled, all of the names are taken and myself and Ash will match you up with another member of the forum- but you must keep it a secret! Another person will also be matched up with you, but you won't know who that is (hence Secret ;) ). Once you receive your person, you can pick out a gift or gifts for them, and have it sent to them. Most of the suppliers on here knows how it works, and will be able to keep the sender a secret, so you aren't discovered by the return address. In return, you will also receive a gift from your Secret Santa. Once gifts start being received, we will start up a thread so you can post pictures of your gift and try to guess who sent it to you.

Rules
Really there are no rules, we just ask that you have your gift ordered and paid for, and if possible, sent out, by December 1st to give time for the gift to get to your recipient by Christmas. Ash and I will be actively checking on you guys this year to ensure that gifts are indeed sent out and ordered. It's no fun when you pick a gift out for someone and get it sent, but never receive a gift in return. As a general guideline, we say around $20-$25 is a good amount to spend.

Please remember, if you send your gift yourself, try to make the return address as vague as legally allowed. Also, we ask you to get shipping insurance and/or delivery confirmation. When you purchase your gift & it is sent, either PM myself or Ash to let us know it was purchased, where it was purchased (or if you sent it yourself) and send us the tracking information. This is not mandatory, but makes things much easier. Not to mention, it doesn't make you a "bad Santa" if the gift gets lost or delivered late.

Timeline
The Secret Santa timeline will run as follows:
Sign Up Time: Now - Nov 1st
Names given out: Nov 8th
1st Clue: Nov 15th
2nd clue: Nov 29th
3rd clue: Dec 13th
Names revealed: Dec 27
We will be PMing you guys various times through out this timeline to remind you of approaching deadlines if we have not heard from you.

What We Need
What we need when you sign up:
Name:
Address:
Gift request: (Remember nothing too expensive!)
If you want gifts for chins, hedgies, another pet or yourself:
3 clues about yourself that will be given to your recipient to try and guess who their Santa is:

Remember to send this information to myself or Ash through private message.

Finally, remember, have fun! If your gift gets there a little late, just take a deep breath and remember it's Christmas time! Shipping gets hectic, and and suppliers are swamped. If you find yourself unable to participate at some point down the road, let Ash or myself know ASAP so we can reorganize things a little bit.

If you have a problem, please do not complain to the staff of the forum. They are by no means associated with this, aside from allowing us to host Secret Santa on their forum (and sometimes they participate).

Thanks! If you have any questions or concerns, you can post them in this thread or PM myself or Ash.
Stacie and Ashley

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Yay! I hope I have a better experience this year - last year I had to track down if my person received my gift and didn't even get a thank you :( and then I am pretty sure my person regifted some of their package to me as my present :( Oh well, onward and upward!
 
Yay! I hope I have a better experience this year - last year I had to track down if my person received my gift and didn't even get a thank you :( and then I am pretty sure my person regifted some of their package to me as my present :( Oh well, onward and upward!

We have a list of "bad Santas" - this goes for senders and receivers. If you have any problems this year, let us know and we will do our best to correct the situation & help you out, and keep it from happening again. ;)
 
Sent a PM...I guess I'm in for this year! Now Cindy, Luci, and Kim need to send in their PM's if they haven't already. :neener:
 
I'm doing it too! Had fun doing it last year as well. Maybe my husband and kids will not forget where they hid my secret santa gift this year, LOL!
 
I'm doing it too! Had fun doing it last year as well. Maybe my husband and kids will not forget where they hid my secret santa gift this year, LOL!

LOL Sandi! They didn't forget. They conveniently didn't remember :neener:
 
So far we're off to a pretty decent start! Our Non-US members are welcome and encouraged to participate, as well as our non-chin owning members. We usually seem to have more chin people than hedgie people involved, so if you have hedgies, please help out your Santa with gift ideas.

Just remember, if you would like to receive individual gifts for your pets, you must sign up individually. For example, if you have 3 chins and would like a seperate package for each chin, you will have to sign up 3 different times, and therefore will be responsible for 3 different gifts.

To anyone who had a problem last year, please PM Stacie or myself with your Santa so we can add them to the "bad Santa" list and allow things to remain fun for everyone involved.

I hope everyone enjoys! Again, if you have any questions, post to this thread, or PM us!
 
Hints are clues about yourself for the person your gift goes to. They are for the person to try and guess who their Santa is. So, for example. I could say "I live in PA" or "I have chins named after cars" and stuff like that. You can make them as easy or as hard as you'd like.
 
So far we have 16 participants signed up with me already. :D

You have until Nov. 1st to sign up. Should something come up that would cause you to not be able to participate, please let us know so we can remove you from the list. That way everyone is participating so no one is left without a gift. Thank you!
 
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