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G&T Secret Santa 2012: He'll be back again some day.

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  • AnarchyAnarchy Registered User regular
    Gift #2 is on its way! Just one more to sort out this weekend and its all over. Really got a kick out of picking things out, but I really need to do something more creative next time.

    "Oh, well, this would be one of those circumstances that people unfamiliar with the law of large numbers would call a coincidence."
  • IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited December 2012
    Mr. Potato Head joins the shelf of Christmas Toys Past!
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    EDIT: Wow, I need to dust.

    Icemopper on
  • thejaxxthejaxx Expo Zone Leader Tukwila, WaRegistered User regular
    Santee, please bear with me. The gift I am still waiting for finally got shipped out! Even though I got notification that it shipped on the 4th, it actually got picked up yesterday.

    Once I have this item, I will be able to ship out your present in all its glory!

  • harvestharvest By birthright, a stupendous badass.Registered User regular
    Got some gifts from Sleeping Lesson! The Walking Dead and Sniper Elite V2 on Steam woop!!

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  • thejaxxthejaxx Expo Zone Leader Tukwila, WaRegistered User regular
    Oh, here is the pic showing you CAN ship without a return address with FedEx:
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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    You guys are making a mockery of the postal service with your slang and nicknames as first names.

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  • minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    You guys are making a mockery of the postal service with your slang and nicknames as first names.

    Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is the mail. There are rules.

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited December 2012
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    A second parcel arrived today! This time in a bubble wrap envelope. Let's take a look what mystery item lies inside.
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    Yay! Another Phoenix Wright game: Justice for All! I see Miles Edgeworth is on the cover who is an awesome chap.
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    Unfortunately, the trip from Tyne & Wear to my humble home was too much for the case, which got a bit battered. Fortunately, the cartridge looks fine.
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    There are still bits and pieces in the bubble wrap. Don't do your online shopping anywhere near Newcastle, folks. It's dragon country.

    Thank you again, Niceguyeddie515! You are too generous. This still doesn't solve the chocolate orange mystery though...

    Chen on
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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    You guys are making a mockery of the postal service with your slang and nicknames as first names.

    Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is the mail. There are rules.

    I always do Firstname "ForumName" Lastname to decrease the chance of having the package be snatched up by customs and the person who it was meant for being unable to prove it belongs to them.

    Didn't that happen the first year?

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited December 2012
    @Chen, not sure if this works anymore, but if the broken case matters to you, try this

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    @Chen, not sure if this works anymore, but if the broken case matters to you, try this

    You could also go to Gamestop. Since they started putting DS games in the glass cases they just throw away and cases the get. If you ask nicely they may give you one. Then you just switch out the artwork and have a nice case.

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  • devericdeveric MinneapolisRegistered User regular
    edited December 2012
    So my santa is sending me semi-cryptic questions regarding my hobbies...that's to say my hobbies may be not well known to them, but they are doing some serious stalking/research on me.

    deveric on
  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    You guys are making a mockery of the postal service with your slang and nicknames as first names.

    Mailing something to my alias is a test of strength.

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    edited December 2012
    Giftget.gif

    A wild package appears!
    IMG_0811.jpg
    After a brief inspection only Layla sticks around, she looks hungry.
    IMG_0813.jpg
    A letter is on top! With a poem!
    IMG_0818.jpg
    Better put that aside for now, Layla is going to eat ... something!
    IMG_0817.jpg
    Ah, peanut butter. That explains a lot. A little melty but the refrigerator will fix that.
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    IMG_0835.jpg
    A present for the dogs?
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    An antler. I'd give you more pictures of it but Layla promptly ran under the dining room table with it. Rocky was shocked at her lack of manners.
    IMG_0828.jpg
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    Hmmm, an ornament?
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    Pretty!
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    Ok. On to the card.
    IMG_0836.jpg

    Ohhh, mysterious! The books are The Scar by China Mieville and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Pretty good stalking Santa, I actually already own The Forever War. Don't fear, Amazon swaps out books you own for credit. I actually bought 2 books I've had my eye on with that, Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper and Scriber by Ben S. Dobson.

    The Steam gift is FTL! Thanks Santa:)

    Santa seems to think I know who they are now, but I must be dense because I don't! Your steam name isn't a forum name, and your forum name isn't in your steam profile!

    So thank you whoever you are!

    Elin on
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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    Uh, I hope you claimed those codes before showing everyone. Nice haul! Also, cute dogs.

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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    Arikado wrote: »
    Arikado wrote: »
    Uh, I hope you claimed those codes before showing everyone. Nice haul! Also, cute dogs.

    Of course I did :) And my dogs are the adorablest

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  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    edited December 2012
    'Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house
    Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
    The stockings were hung by the couch with care,
    In hopes that Secret Santa soon would be there;

    The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
    While visions of Star Wars Angry Birds danced in their heads;
    And mamma in her jeans, and I in my jacket,
    Had just about left for a long afternoon of work,

    When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
    I sprang from the hallway to see what was the matter.
    Away to the window I flew like a flash,
    Tore open the curtains and threw open the door.

    The sun on the breast of the grassy front lawn
    Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
    When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
    But a UPS truck, and driver carrying a package with care,

    With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
    I knew in a moment it must be Secret Santa.
    More rapid than eagles he came to my step,
    And he whistled, and shouted, and called me by name;

    "Now, ArcSyn! now, if this is your abode!
    On, ArcSyn! this package I shall bestow!
    To the top of the porch! to the front of the door!
    Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

    As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
    When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
    So up to the door step the driver flew,
    With the box in hand, and signature pad too.

    And then, in a twinkling, I had package in hand
    The prancing and pawing of my hand.
    As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
    Down to the floor with Secret Santa package bound.

    He was packed with care, from the top to the bottom,
    And with packing peanuts, wrapped in bubble wrap;
    A bundle of toys he had stuff in this box,
    And it looked like a treasure just opening this pack.

    My eyes -- how they twinkled! my dimples how merry!
    My cheeks were like roses, my nose like a cherry!
    My droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
    And the beard of his chin was shaved clean you know;

    The multitool knife I held tight in my teeth,
    And the bubble wrap soon encircled my head like a wreath;
    I had a broad face and a little round belly,
    That shook, when I laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

    I was ecstatic and pumped, as a right jolly old elf,
    And I laughed when I saw it, in spite of myself;
    A wink of my eye and a twist of my head,
    Soon gave my wife to know she had nothing to dread;

    I spoke many a word, but went straight to my work,
    And tore open the package; then turned with a jerk,
    And laying my finger aside of the game,
    And giving a nod, a shout did arose;

    I sprang to my car, to my wife gave a kiss,
    And away I flew like the down of a thistle.
    But I failed not to exclaim, ere I drove out of sight,
    "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

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    The stockings were hung:
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    The tree was decorated:
    IMG_7449_zpsbe7aac2d.jpg

    The angel was placed:
    IMG_7464_zpsdaa27b19.jpg

    When what did appear? A package!
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    With a note!
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    Dear Jonathan/ArcSyn,

    Merry Christmas! Christmas is a time for Comic Sans! Enclosed in this box you will find two smaller packages for you. I hope you enjoy them both.

    Comic Sans!

    The rest of the content of the box are for you and your family's Christmas morning - some favorites from around this area.

    I truly hope that the holiday finds you and yours well (and that Robot Santa doesn't find you at all), and I'll see you online!

    - B W
    "Shaowfire"


    ..........Comic Sans

    Bubble Wrap! You may think I'm kidding, but I'm so putting this in my kids stockings to puff them up and so they can spend an hour playing with it on Christmas. :D
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    I bought bubble wrap today to pack my gifts in, Santee! I almost thought to just wrap up the bubble wrap and send it because, really, what better present?
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    PROPER ::ahem:: Maple Syrup! I remember going to a maple syrup company in Vermont on our way through when I was in high school maybe, maybe younger, and we got maple syrup then and it was a prized possession for a good few months after that until we ran out. This is MUCH larger!
    IMG_7472_zpsedf9eeb8.jpg

    Apple Butter! We are going to have a TASTY Christmas morning!
    IMG_7474_zps7a2369d3.jpg

    Need pancakes to put that syrup on!
    IMG_7476_zpsba9dd6ba.jpg

    And don't forget the coffee! I don't actually own a coffee maker, as I don't drink it regularly, but my mother, brother-in-law, and father-in-law will make sure one is available for this coffee! And I do drink it, so I will definitely be enjoying a cup or two or three of this!
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    Two presents for me!
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    Picross 3D! That fills me with glee! I tried the demo of this and nearly bought it! I have already gone through every beginner puzzle!
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    Xenoblade!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you how many times I have looked at this game in the store and tried to justify buying it to my wife and backlog! Thank you sir! That is above and beyond and absolutely fantastic!
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    The whole haul!
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    Unfortunately, the kids were sleeping when I opened this, and I neglected to get pictures of them with it after naptime, but I will make sure to return after Christmas with pictures of breakfast and coffee! In the meantime, enjoy the picture we put on our Christmas cards.
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    Oh, and the fun part? My wife is pregnant right now, and whenever she is pregnant she gets over-reactive hypoglycemia. She can't have sugar or white/enriched flour which rules out a lot of breads, any sweets, and normal pasta. As you may have guessed, this rules out pancakes, maple syrup, and apple butter. More for me! mwahahaha!

    ArcSyn on
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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
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    Finally, grant proposal is done. Now to open the rest of my gifts!
    "Something I can't actually verify the quality of..."
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    Hard Labor Labour?
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    "Something familiar?"
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    Ghost Problems! Time Rock! Collusion!
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    "A language universal..."
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    CDs!
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    "Something, uh, lucky?"
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    Several types of dice!
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    The haul
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    Not pictured: That red Swingline stapler I posted a few days ago

    Santa, I need to address a couple of things, some of which you mentioned in your letter.

    I feel bad for rushing you. I was just getting nervous. There had been no communication until just recently.

    I really dug the stapler. It was not a "misfire" as you put it.

    I saw the packing slip for WWE 13. You mentioned in your letter that this was the hardest item to work on. I can see that, seeing that you paid to have the game sent to you first so you could bubble wrap it and put a sticky note on the cover to reference an in-joke and then have it shipped back to me

    I actually have been loving what I've heard of Like A Version for years, and I just started listening to Tame Impala like...two weeks ago.

    But the cost of shipping! And the prices on the packing slip!

    I asked for a surprises and I certainly got them. I haven't heard of most of the stuff I got and that's fantastic.

    @Gutterkisser, you are so...dedicated it's scary. You make me want to have been a better Santa.

    The box you sent the stuff in describes you well.
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  • Shady3011Shady3011 Registered User regular
    Arikado wrote: »
    Uh, I hope you claimed those codes before showing everyone. Nice haul! Also, cute dogs.

    I have a feeling that if they weren't people here wouldn't be douchebags. Actually, I'd bet money on it.

  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    Shady3011 wrote: »
    Arikado wrote: »
    Uh, I hope you claimed those codes before showing everyone. Nice haul! Also, cute dogs.

    I have a feeling that if they weren't people here wouldn't be douchebags. Actually, I'd bet money on it.

    imgur and photobucket scrapers exist.

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    I should note that Badman is fucking awesome
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  • Shady3011Shady3011 Registered User regular
    EvilBadman wrote: »
    Shady3011 wrote: »
    Arikado wrote: »
    Uh, I hope you claimed those codes before showing everyone. Nice haul! Also, cute dogs.

    I have a feeling that if they weren't people here wouldn't be douchebags. Actually, I'd bet money on it.

    imgur and photobucket scrapers exist.

    I don't even want to think about how much of a waste of time that would be.

  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    edited December 2012
    Australian Noir...


    I felt the poison before I saw the dame. Was it in her scent? Her lips? Her mystery? Hell, even the land wants me dead so why not her? All I know is if I'm going down, might as well burn her down too. Give her a taste of her own venoms. Help her remember what she did. The chaos of the club. The night I took the case. The damned goannas. Show her how deadly everyone can be down here, when your whole world's turned upside down.

    initiatefailure on
  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    The words fell from her dry, chapped lips.

    Vegemite...

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  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    Just going to toss these here if people want to mix it up as more and more gifts arrive:
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  • ElinElin Registered User regular
    ArcSyn wrote: »
    Just going to toss these here if people want to mix it up as more and more gifts arrive:
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    GiftGet4.gif
    GiftGet3.gif
    GiftGet2.gif
    GiftGet-1.gif
    GiftGet.gif

    That bottom one is going to induce more seizures than a Japanese Pokemon episode

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  • freelancepolicefreelancepolice Registered User regular
    Presents away! Look out Santee, there's something on it's way....

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    Hey @Cooljammer00, add me on PSN and we can play WWE '13 sometime.

    My username is the same as it is on here.

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  • NackmatholnNackmatholn Registered User regular
    Elin wrote: »
    Giftget.gif

    A wild package appears!
    IMG_0811.jpg
    After a brief inspection only Layla sticks around, she looks hungry.
    IMG_0813.jpg
    A letter is on top! With a poem!
    IMG_0818.jpg
    Better put that aside for now, Layla is going to eat ... something!
    IMG_0817.jpg
    Ah, peanut butter. That explains a lot. A little melty but the refrigerator will fix that.
    IMG_0823.jpg
    IMG_0835.jpg
    A present for the dogs?
    IMG_0827.jpg
    An antler. I'd give you more pictures of it but Layla promptly ran under the dining room table with it. Rocky was shocked at her lack of manners.
    IMG_0828.jpg
    IMG_0832.jpg
    Hmmm, an ornament?
    IMG_0829.jpg
    Pretty!
    IMG_0830.jpg
    Ok. On to the card.
    IMG_0836.jpg

    Ohhh, mysterious! The books are The Scar by China Mieville and The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. Pretty good stalking Santa, I actually already own The Forever War. Don't fear, Amazon swaps out books you own for credit. I actually bought 2 books I've had my eye on with that, Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper and Scriber by Ben S. Dobson.

    The Steam gift is FTL! Thanks Santa:)

    Santa seems to think I know who they are now, but I must be dense because I don't! Your steam name isn't a forum name, and your forum name isn't in your steam profile!

    So thank you whoever you are!

    Your dogs have convenient carry straps, that is awesome!

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  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    THEPAIN73 wrote: »
    Hey @Cooljammer00, add me on PSN and we can play WWE '13 sometime.

    My username is the same as it is on here.

    Oh man, I been looking for more people to play too. It's a festivus miracle!

    You can find me under Hexican75287

  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    I'm at work right now but later tonight I will add you noir_blood.

    I'll try to remember.

    Please don't hate me if I forget.

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  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    You're in luck, I already hate you!\

    Shipping question- though not Secret Santa related.

    I'm sending out a couple of presents and wondering what's the best route. The presents don't weight much, probably 20 pounds maximum, but because of the dimensions of one of them, I need a large box. I need them there by the 27th, but other than that, no rush.

    Is it better to go through UPS, USPS, or Fedex?

    With USPS, you gotta supply your own box to pack them in right? When I shipped my Secret Santa Box, I barely managed to fit everything together in one of those priority boxes, and I don't think there's one large enough for the presents I'm sending.

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    If it helps, it goes by weight and not size, so the box dimensions shouldn't matter.

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  • SkyTurnsRedSkyTurnsRed Saint LouisRegistered User regular
    ArcSyn wrote: »
    'Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house
    Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
    The stockings were hung by the couch with care,
    In hopes that Secret Santa soon would be there;

    The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
    While visions of Star Wars Angry Birds danced in their heads;
    And mamma in her jeans, and I in my jacket,
    Had just about left for a long afternoon of work,

    When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
    I sprang from the hallway to see what was the matter.
    Away to the window I flew like a flash,
    Tore open the curtains and threw open the door.

    The sun on the breast of the grassy front lawn
    Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
    When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
    But a UPS truck, and driver carrying a package with care,

    With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
    I knew in a moment it must be Secret Santa.
    More rapid than eagles he came to my step,
    And he whistled, and shouted, and called me by name;

    "Now, ArcSyn! now, if this is your abode!
    On, ArcSyn! this package I shall bestow!
    To the top of the porch! to the front of the door!
    Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"

    As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
    When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
    So up to the door step the driver flew,
    With the box in hand, and signature pad too.

    And then, in a twinkling, I had package in hand
    The prancing and pawing of my hand.
    As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
    Down to the floor with Secret Santa package bound.

    He was packed with care, from the top to the bottom,
    And with packing peanuts, wrapped in bubble wrap;
    A bundle of toys he had stuff in this box,
    And it looked like a treasure just opening this pack.

    My eyes -- how they twinkled! my dimples how merry!
    My cheeks were like roses, my nose like a cherry!
    My droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
    And the beard of his chin was shaved clean you know;

    The multitool knife I held tight in my teeth,
    And the bubble wrap soon encircled my head like a wreath;
    I had a broad face and a little round belly,
    That shook, when I laughed like a bowlful of jelly.

    I was ecstatic and pumped, as a right jolly old elf,
    And I laughed when I saw it, in spite of myself;
    A wink of my eye and a twist of my head,
    Soon gave my wife to know she had nothing to dread;

    I spoke many a word, but went straight to my work,
    And tore open the package; then turned with a jerk,
    And laying my finger aside of the game,
    And giving a nod, a shout did arose;

    I sprang to my car, to my wife gave a kiss,
    And away I flew like the down of a thistle.
    But I failed not to exclaim, ere I drove out of sight,
    "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"

    GiftGet2.gif

    The stockings were hung:
    IMG_7446_zpsc20bc3ad.jpg

    The tree was decorated:
    IMG_7449_zpsbe7aac2d.jpg

    The angel was placed:
    IMG_7464_zpsdaa27b19.jpg

    When what did appear? A package!
    IMG_7469_zps8466b1ba-1_zps5208dd3d.jpg

    With a note!
    IMG_7470_zpse3c1b05c.jpg
    Dear Jonathan/ArcSyn,

    Merry Christmas! Christmas is a time for Comic Sans! Enclosed in this box you will find two smaller packages for you. I hope you enjoy them both.

    Comic Sans!

    The rest of the content of the box are for you and your family's Christmas morning - some favorites from around this area.

    I truly hope that the holiday finds you and yours well (and that Robot Santa doesn't find you at all), and I'll see you online!

    - B W
    "Shaowfire"


    ..........Comic Sans

    Bubble Wrap! You may think I'm kidding, but I'm so putting this in my kids stockings to puff them up and so they can spend an hour playing with it on Christmas. :D
    Shadowfire wrote: »
    I bought bubble wrap today to pack my gifts in, Santee! I almost thought to just wrap up the bubble wrap and send it because, really, what better present?
    IMG_7471_zps4d0eda44.jpg

    PROPER ::ahem:: Maple Syrup! I remember going to a maple syrup company in Vermont on our way through when I was in high school maybe, maybe younger, and we got maple syrup then and it was a prized possession for a good few months after that until we ran out. This is MUCH larger!
    IMG_7472_zpsedf9eeb8.jpg

    Apple Butter! We are going to have a TASTY Christmas morning!
    IMG_7474_zps7a2369d3.jpg

    Need pancakes to put that syrup on!
    IMG_7476_zpsba9dd6ba.jpg

    And don't forget the coffee! I don't actually own a coffee maker, as I don't drink it regularly, but my mother, brother-in-law, and father-in-law will make sure one is available for this coffee! And I do drink it, so I will definitely be enjoying a cup or two or three of this!
    IMG_7475_zps0f482753.jpg

    Two presents for me!
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    Picross 3D! That fills me with glee! I tried the demo of this and nearly bought it! I have already gone through every beginner puzzle!
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    Xenoblade!!!!!!!!! I cannot tell you how many times I have looked at this game in the store and tried to justify buying it to my wife and backlog! Thank you sir! That is above and beyond and absolutely fantastic!
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    The whole haul!
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    Unfortunately, the kids were sleeping when I opened this, and I neglected to get pictures of them with it after naptime, but I will make sure to return after Christmas with pictures of breakfast and coffee! In the meantime, enjoy the picture we put on our Christmas cards.
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    Oh, and the fun part? My wife is pregnant right now, and whenever she is pregnant she gets over-reactive hypoglycemia. She can't have sugar or white/enriched flour which rules out a lot of breads, any sweets, and normal pasta. As you may have guessed, this rules out pancakes, maple syrup, and apple butter. More for me! mwahahaha!

    Hug your Santa for buying you Xenoblade Chronicles. So, so, so, so good.

  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    @Elkatas I finished To The Moon last night. It was amazing! I'm really glad you gifted it to me, because I would have never bought it otherwise after hearing that it was sad.

    On to Darwinia!

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  • AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    noir_blood wrote: »
    You're in luck, I already hate you!\

    Shipping question- though not Secret Santa related.

    I'm sending out a couple of presents and wondering what's the best route. The presents don't weight much, probably 20 pounds maximum, but because of the dimensions of one of them, I need a large box. I need them there by the 27th, but other than that, no rush.

    Is it better to go through UPS, USPS, or Fedex?

    With USPS, you gotta supply your own box to pack them in right? When I shipped my Secret Santa Box, I barely managed to fit everything together in one of those priority boxes, and I don't think there's one large enough for the presents I'm sending.

    You need your own box anywhere unless you're getting premium shipping. If you take a bare item into a UPS Store for FedexOffice they'll gladly sell you a box and packing. At 20lbs it's not going to be cheap, fedex will probably be your best bet. You can go on the websites for all three and get price quotes

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  • THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    USPS.

    Because I hate you too.

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  • initiatefailureinitiatefailure Registered User regular
    Did arcsyn run out on his family at the end of that story?

  • shadowaneshadowane Registered User regular
    If it helps, it goes by weight and not size, so the box dimensions shouldn't matter.
    For UPS and FedEx this is only true up to a certain size. There is a size threshold where it starts to matter. However, with ground I think that size is pretty big.

    As for your choices, if you aren't using the flat rate boxes for USPS, I think they get expensive plus they kind of suck. I like FedEx the best and use their website to just print out shipping labels. Convenient and not too expensive. I shipped a 20lb box from Philly to San Diego for at the most $20.

  • ArcSynArcSyn Registered User regular
    Did arcsyn run out on his family at the end of that story?

    Haha! I got the package at lunch, and I was getting ready to go back to work for the afternoon when UPS pulled up. So I was a little late getting back. :D
    Hug your Santa for buying you Xenoblade Chronicles. So, so, so, so good.

    Next time I'm in Vermont I'll make sure to do that. The funny thing is the price different between Xenoblade on Amazon and GameStop. New @ GameStop $50. New on Amazon (from third party sellers) $150. The sad part is they are probably selling them too.

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  • noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    I'm just gonna hunker down in this corner of the internet today if no one minds.

    Maybe watch this on repeat.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWqhpkAat0E&feature=player_embedded

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