REPOST: You're invited to Secret Santa 2011

Bette B.
on 11/5/11 10:58 pm, edited 11/5/11 11:02 pm

[Note: those who have already responded need not respond again. We've got about 25 folks so far, but more is always merrier!! ]

You are cordially invited to join the fun, frivolity and festivities of the
BAND FORUM SECRET SANTA 2011!

In the past on the lapband board we have done a Secret Santa/Gift Exchange during the holiday season. Wanna play?

Gifts should be around $25.00, not including postage. You are certainly welcome to spend more if you'd like. I, personally, find it hard to stay in budget.

Gifts can be purchased, homemade, etc.

I will take your name/info up until Sunday, November 13th. For those who are not good at math, that means ONE more week!! NO NAMES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE, so if you want to take part, make sure to contact me by the cutoff date.

Assignments will be random. You will get the name of your Secret Santa recipient (who you buy FOR) by the following Saturday, November 19th. **NOTE: It will, most likely, be well before that. Last year I think I send the assignment the next day . . . .

That week, I'll put up a daily posting asking everyone who signed up to respond to the post with a list of things they like, stores they love, things they HATE, things they're allergic to, etc., to make it easier for their Santa to shop/create.

You don't have to respond every day. Once you've posted your Wish LIst, you're good. Your Santa will be able to find your list on one of the posts, and I am always willing to direct people to the right one.

Assignments will be random. You will get the name of your Secret Santa person (who you buy FOR) by the following Saturday, November 19th. **NOTE: It will, most likely, be well before that. Last year I think I send the assignment the next day . . . .

Shop for gifts and plan to mail your package no later than December 10th. That's only a couple of weeks, so you'll have to shop fast!

We usually select one night when we will all open our packages (a.k.a. "The Big Reveal.") How does the Wednesday, the 21st sound?

Please do not include your name in the package when you mail it!! The best way to maintain secrecy is to use your recipient's address as the return address on the package.

If you would like to join in on the fun...please PM me your
- full name
- mailing/shipping address
- email address
- OH name. Please DO NOT change your OH name!

Please let me know if you will or will not take a recipient who lives out of the US. We have some participants who are from Canada, Europe and Australia, and I will only assign them to people who have no problem shipping overseas.

I'll be posting this every day (maybe twice a day) up until the cut-off date to make sure that as many people as might be interested get to see it. There will be more details as the process goes along.

Please keep this in mind--if you commit, make sure you send a gift.

It's no fun for someone who doesn't receive a gift when they have played Santa for someone else. If cir****tances change after sign-up and you can't take part after committing, PLEASE make sure to PM me and let me know! We have back-up Santas ready to jump in.

Thanks!! Any questions, post here or PM them to me.

Bette B
Santa's Little Helper