G&T Secret Santa 2009 - This is the best Secret Santa in the universe! SRSLY!

Doc Holliday

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TeeMan wrote: »

G&T Secret Santa Map!

Just for a bit of fun, here's a place where we're able to link where we are in the world

This is not a place to link your home address, but rather your post office (nice idea, SoaL) so you can at least tell where about your gift has come from and where yours will be going to.

All you have to do to join in is perform the following;

1. Click here
2. Select 'Edit'
3. Click the 'Add a Placemark' button (located on the top left corner of the map)
4. Place it where your nearest post office is
5. Enter your PA username in the title and whatever you'd like in the description
6. Click OK and you're done

Howdy & Seasons Greetings!
Secret Santa 2009
SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED

Are you ready for some SERIOUS GIFT GIVING?



Forum stalk your Santee! Do not ACTUALLY stalk him! This is as far as I know illegal and I will testify against you in a court of law.

Buy your Santee a present! The goal here is to make your Santee as happy as possible! Challenge yourself to find out what s/he likes and send an appropriate gift of happiness!

Ship your present to your Santee! Double, triple and quadruple check the address, and make sure your package has a return address! Also leave a note telling your Santee who you are so he knows who to thank!

Receive a gift from your very own Santa!

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PM OR EMAIL ME WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR GIFT (email address: [email protected])
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This is a new step. This saves me a load of time later on, so please do so!

Post pictures of your haul! DO IT! Check out the list of picture posts from 2008 here. I will come and find you if you do not post pictures!

Imgur.com is a good, simple to use image host.


HOLY SHIT I GOT SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY

ZackSchilling wrote: »

There should be a section in the OP called:

Q: How I ship outside US of A
A: United States Postal Service (USPS)

Really, it's the best if you're looking to not pay $60 for shipping. The proper customs forms are on the website, the post office has the proper plastic window guys to put the forms on the boxes. The package will get there and you won't have to sell your organs.

liquidlogan wrote: »

By the way, if you are sending a gift from the US to another country, if you mark on the package that it is a "gift," your receiver avoids paying taxes on stuff when it arrives. This is the case for a lot of the stuff that I have bought from Asia. Nothing is more annoying than having to pay for your gift.

These people speak truth! (and thanks to whomever else provided this info) Be sure and use USPS and be sure and MARK IT AS A GIFT!

CAN I SHIP SOMETHING STRAIGHT FROM AMAZON OR SOMETHING?
Yes you can, and it's a good idea to shop at the Santee's home country's Amazon site (www.amazon.ca for instance) if you want to save a bit on shipping. Be sure and provide a note upon checkout saying who you are, though!

BE SURE AND SHIP WELL IN ADVANCE
Get your act together NOW and try and ship your stuff by Dec 10th or so to make sure it arrives before the crazy Christmas rush that always happens at the latter half of December.



Interesting Shops:
www.thinkgeek.com - general geeky stuff. Shipping can be high so be sure and shop around. Google for discount coupons.
www.play-asia.com - junk from Japan. Nearly everyone likes the little toys they have. Google for discount coupons.
www.buy.com - one of the best places to get used games, books and DVDs.
www.square-enix-shop.com - for that Final Fantasy or RPG fan.
www.bigbadtoystore.com - the absolute best place to get action figures.

Things to Note:
360 points are not cross-country compatible.
Most consoles are region restricted. The Nintendo DS is a notable exception to this, though.

Stalking / General Shopping Help:
If your Santee has a unique name or forum handle, be sure and Google it. You never know where else s/he might post.
Keep an eye on the systems he owns if you're thinking of buying a game.
If your Santee has a PS3, don't forget it can play Blu-Ray movies.
If your Santee has a XBox Gamer ID, it's not hard to figure out what games he has / likes.
Be creative! We have lives other than video games! Is your Santee taking up an instrument? Does he want to start painting? Does he like tabletop games? Does he seem to like cars? This is your chance to get an interesting gift they hadn't thought of, yet!
Does your Santee have a favorite game, ever? Consider something related to that! Toys, old complete copies, art books, etc. are always fun.
Do you have something in your city / state / country that your Santee doesn't have access to?
Interesting candies, foods, posters / prints, and other various knick-knacks make for good box-stuffers.

If your Santee posted an Amazon Wish List:
I recommend just using that as a guideline of what he or she likes, rather than buy a gift straight from there. Sure you can do that, but it's not quite as fun!

Keep abreast of Secret Santa goings on with the G&T Secret Santa Twitter Account









Last year's thread
Last year's gift wall

Certifiably Awesome posts from 2008's festivities:
Hand Made Bowser
Kate of Lokys Battles the Post Office
Doc Holliday is armed with mining equipment


Do you have a favorite 2008 secret santa moment? Shoot me a PM and I'll link it up here!

MrDelish wrote: »

MichaelLC wrote: »

Hypatia wrote: »

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Just watched Nightmare Before Christmas the other night, officially getting Halloween out of my system and prepping for Christmas!

This is Halloween Halloween Hallowee--err, wait, umm...the children all are singing, instead of throwing heads?

Doc's Lament

There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best
For my stalking is renowned far and wide
When it comes to books in the moonlit night
I lurk without ever even trying
With the slightest little Googling of my ghostlike charms
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
With the stroke of her brush, and a well-placed pwned
I have swept the very bravest off their feet

Yet year after year, it's the same routine
And I grow so weary of the lack of pics
And I, Doc, the Santa King
Have grown so tired of the same old thing

Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
An emptiness began to grow
There's something out there, far from my home
A Brawl tourney that I'd never known

I'm a master of Santees, and a demon of Bunnies
And I'll ban you right out of your pants
To a guy in Turkey, I'm Mister beef jerky
And I've shiped throughout England and France

And since I can't sticky, I can't be picky
To perform moderator functions
No animal nor man shows spirit like I can
With each gift post introduction

But Khoo here would ever understand
That the Santa King with the bleached grin
Would tire of his Bowser, if they only understood
He'd gay it all up if he only could

Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
That calls out for something unknown
The cheer and joy come year after year
Does nothing for these empty tears

I took this and ran with it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8PO5ypN_uI

I don't think I've come back yet

176 people signed up:

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darleysam

After a fantastic debut experience last year (which reminds me, Doc, I should get in touch about that site), consider me a keen participant again this year.

wunderbar

Hmmm, I don't post in G&T much anymore, but i'm always lurking here, I don't know if I should sign up this year. The last 2 years were really fun......I guess I have a couple weeks to think about it.

Dehumanized

I am so in! Halo 3 with beef jerky wrapped in an American Flag would be appropriate!

noir_blood

People called me a fool for keeping my santa hat on my avatar all year. But WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?????

Doc Holliday

Also if a mod could PM me please, thanks!

wunderbar

noir_blood wrote: »

People called me a fool for keeping my santa hat on my avatar all year. But WHO'S LAUGHING NOW?????

I too, kept my santa hat on all year. I felt particularly festive in 2009

UnbreakableVow

Finally!

I was wondering where the hell this was this year.

So signed up.

Metal Gear Solid 2 Demo

I think I will do this this year

EggyToast

I haven't done this before, but I've been here long enough to see how they're generally awesome. I'm in.

urahonky

Signed the hell up. It's a shame I can't be an Easter Bunny this year (got laid off, ugh) but I will be sure to keep it awesome.

UnbreakableVow

To any potential Santas: I don't really like beef jerky and I already have Halo 3...

But a copy of Band Hero wrapped in sirloin steak would be just fine.

jclast

I will sign up when I get home (can't see the images here), but do Steam gifts count as presents? I know they did at 360a, but if pics are madatory here that might be a bit of a letdown.

The gift was good though I think (just lacked a real package or wrapping paper) - I was an Easter Bunny for syndalis who got himself a shiny new Steam copy of World of Goo!

TheOtherHorseman

So far I'm 50/50 on foreign customs agencies stealing my gifts and giving me bleach instead. I don't know, I'm feeling good about my chances this year.

Antithesis

Last year, I missed out on this.

This year?

oh, yes.

mere_immortal

Oh shit son.

Signed up so hard.

UnbreakableVow

By random coincidence, I happen to be wearing the T-shirt that I got last year as part of my Secret Santa package.

Ziggymon

Signed up, I have an awesome experience each year and loved getting gifts for you guys.

Sceptre

Hot dog! I am so down. These things never fail to be a ton of fun. I suppose I should post a bit more in G&T though... Hmm...

redfield85

Guys, I have my own hard earned money to use this year. I wonder if I can spoil someone more than I did last year in my first secret santa.

LewieP

I swear if any of you give me books, I am going to bitch a lot.

On the internet, no less.

mere_immortal

Lewie is getting so many books.

UEAKCrash

Hell yeah! I loved obsessing over trying to find cool shit to send to my Santee last year.

LewieP

mere_immortal wrote: »

Lewie is getting so many books.

But they are gay. So very gay.

UnbreakableVow

Lewis is getting this:

A Book of Books

Sorry to spoil the surprise if I end up getting you!

redfield85

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Lewis is getting this:

A Book of Books

Sorry to spoil the surprise if I end up getting you!

Hahaha.

I love this thread already.

mere_immortal

I am going to PM his mummy and make sure she only buys him books this xmas.

Kyougu

So in.

And I like how our Secret Santa thread has given birth not to one, but two memes.

MrDelish

signed up

books painted to look like Companion Cubes for lewiep it shall be

LewieP

Kyougu wrote: »

So in.

And I like how our Secret Santa thread has given birth not to one, but two memes.

I think that the greatest achievement of the SS thread is that they lead to the banning of K_A

Kyougu

LewieP wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

So in.

And I like how our Secret Santa thread has given birth not to one, but two memes.

I think that the greatest achievement of the SS thread is that they lead to the banning of K_A

Was that what happened to him?

Wow, that has to rank up there as a Christmas miracle.

Henroid

LewieP wrote: »

I swear if any of you give me books, I am going to bitch a lot.

On the internet, no less.

This coming from the guy who made a great rip on K_A a couple years ago. I'm disappointed in you son!

Edit - Oh look at that, beaten to the reference already. <_<

freakish light

Oh hell yea. Let's do this thang.

darleysam

LewieP wrote: »

mere_immortal wrote: »

Lewie is getting so many books.

But they are gay. So very gay.

If it's me, I'm making sure to get you a Peter Craig catalogue.

TheScruple

This always seems like a blast. I look forward to buying random people random stuff.

redfield85

My xmas tree will be going up in the next week or two. Can't wait. Xmas music is soon to follow.

Oh hey, Halloween hasn't even come yet.

Hypatia

I'm in!

MinionOfCthulhu

Kyougu wrote: »

LewieP wrote: »

Kyougu wrote: »

So in.

And I like how our Secret Santa thread has given birth not to one, but two memes.

I think that the greatest achievement of the SS thread is that they lead to the banning of K_A

Was that what happened to him?

Wow, that has to rank up there as a Christmas miracle.

I sure can't think of a better gift!

Chen

Will Mike, Jerry and Robert join the festivities too or are we going to be all bitchy about it like last year?

WilDPanthA05

Gah I love that this is going up already, kudos Doc! Let's see if I can top my gift giving bonanza that I went on last year!

MinionOfCthulhu

Chen wrote: »

Will Mike, Jerry and Robert join the festivities too or are we going to be all bitchy about it like last year?

I don't remember, what happened last year?