G&T Secret Santa: Proxy says, "See ya next year!"

Hypatia

Sign-ups are now CLOSED!

Assignments will occur by Nov. 1 (depending on your time zone).

What is this?
It's pretty much Secret Santa, except with partial strangers.
You sign up, you buy a forumer a gift, you get a gift, you post your gift on the thread, we all experience the joy that comes from getting gifts from strangers that are probably better than the gifts your own family gets you.


How does it work?
(1) Read this entire post
(2) Sign up using the instructions below
(3) Wait until I dole out your Santee
(4) Stalk your Santee and figure out what he or she likes
(5) Buy your Santee something he or she will like (minimum $25) & ship it to them by December 31, 2015.
(6) You, yourself, will receive a gift. Take pictures of it and post them. This is not optional.
(7) Take joy in an awesome tradition of happiness and goodwill towards your fellow P-A forumers!

You will be BANNED if you do not send a gift by the deadline.
Also a lot of forumers will have your address. I'm not condoning anything...I'm just saying.

Sign-up Conditions
You may only sign up if:
You joined the forums before January of this year. If you joined after this contact me and you may be admitted on a case-by-case basis.
You are full of joy and awesomeness and prefer giving to receiving.
You are willing to pay international shipping. If you get someone on Mars, then prepare to ship something to Mars. NOTE: The cost of shipping NOT count toward the $25 minimum.
You can afford $25 + shipping, or create something at least $25 worth of awesome. I will leave this to your discretion, but if you send a box of leaves or poop or a drawing of a penis then expect RETRIBUTION. Unless of course it's a particularly good penis drawing. Okay seriously don't send a penis drawing.
You're okay with maybe getting something that you don't like, up to and including something you cannot verify the price of. If members of your own family get you crap that you don't like, I wouldn't have high hopes for strangers on the internets. I will not entertain complaints that LewieP gave you Halo 3 and beef jerkey wrapped up in an American Flag; but you only like stuff from Japan.
You are going to send an appropriate gift. Seriously, no porn, anything dangerous, anything illegal, or anything that could be considered bad by someone's parents. You don't know how old your Santee is, his moral leanings, and all that. If you have to ask, I wouldn't send it. Err on the side of caution.

The Nitty Gritty Big 3, TAKE NOTE
Here's the low-down, or the rules, that have been grinched up because of past administrative issues:
(1) Get proof that you sent your package. This is the crazy time of year, packages sometimes get lost. Most of the time it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. If you can't provide a tracking number and proof that you sent a gift of sufficient value, you'll get banned unless you send the gift again.
(2) When choosing a gift, please try to pick something that unquestionably meets the minimum. Generally this is a no brainer, but if someone receives a crayon that you claim you bought at a charity event for $100, I am sadly unable to verify that it is a golden crayon and that it meets the minimum.
(3) Due to past issues, I reserve the right to refuse admittance anyone.


Past Highlights

Last year's thread

This year's gift wall!
Last year's gift wall (2014)
Gift wall from 2013
Gift wall from 2012
Gift wall from 2011
Gift wall from 2010
Gift wall from 2009
Gift wall from 2008

Participants!
Total: 89

aerynkelly
Anarchy
anoffday
Antoshka
ArcSyn
ArcticLancer
Bear is Driving
belligerent
Bloodycow
Bobkins Flymo
Bursar
Cameron_Talley
cj iwakura
cooljammer00
cornell
Custom Special
Dac Vin
dalith14
darunia106
Delduwath
DiannaoChong
Dusda
DyasAlure
Elin
Elvenshae
EvilBadman
Farangu
Forar
Goose!
grim123
Grove
Halfazedninja
Hallowed Faith
Handgimp
Handkor
Houn
Hypatia
ihaveachair
Imperfect
initiatefailure
Jam Warrior
jclast
Kanden
Kendrik
Ketar
Kirindal
Kyougu
Lindsay Lohan
Lost
lwt1973
Mace1370
Madican
Madpoet
Maguano
mare_imbrium
Mechanical
mere_immortal
Mighty
minirhyder
Mr_Grinch
Nackmatholn
Nessticle
never-ending-reign
noir_blood
Noizlanif
Quical
Radiation
Robert Khoo
Schide
see317
shadowane
Shadowfire
SkutSkut
SniperGuy
spookymuffin
TeeMan
testsubject23
The Mantiz
The_Spaniard
TheRoadVirus
TimFiji
Turkey
UnbreakableVow
urahonky
vegeta_666
vhannroy
Wickedkarma
WillyDub
Zython

Big Classy

Oh my God that time already?! BREAK OUT THE TINSEL!

HallowedFaith

I'm excited to participate again. Last time I was able was in 2010! Life is far less crazy now and I am ready to make someones holiday special.

Sterica

Stickied!

LET THE FESTIVITIES BEGIN!

Grove

Yes Yes Yes!

Count me in! I think this year 5 for me or something like that! Very exciting.

Thanks as always Hypatia!

Mr_Grinch

Not bloody Christmas again...

I'm in!

Dac Vin

Let's do this! Life is better now, so someone will receive cheers.

mere_immortal

Awwwww yeah best forum time of the year. Bring on the cheer!

cooljammer00

Oh Fuck, this crept up on me.

Good thing I never changed my Christmas themed avatar

Jam Warrior

It's (3 months until) the most wonderful time of the year!

In as always.

AbsoluteZero

I just saw they have the Christmas stuff out at Walmart last night.

IT HAS BEGUN!

urahonky

Helllll yeahhh. I'm in again.

WillyDub

Totally in!

Madican

I am torn between annoyance that it's Christmas stuff in September and acknowledgement that this event needs the time.

Anyway, signed up.

Big Classy

As excited as I amto see all the gift get posts , I'm out this year. Lots of personal stuff going on here and working 7 nights a week already so I wouldn't be able to do home made presents either.

Break out the jollies!

Proxy the Elf

HOLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA(DAY)

WHERE ALL MY SANTAZ AT?!

Custom Special

Signed'd up!

SniperGuy

MERRIMENT INITIATED. SIGNUP COMPLETE.

LET THE HOLIDAY APPROACH COMMENCE!

HallowedFaith

This is the time of year when Pinterest becomes my favorite thing. Ideas for feasts, treats, and decorations for days and days. I'm moving on Halloween as it were, so I am excited to have an excuse to buy all new decorations. XD

Grove

@Elin was an amazing Santa last year. Just wanted to say thanks again!

Elvenshae

It is way, way, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too early to be thinking about Christmas.

And yet, here I am, getting a little ... caught ... at flipping through this thread. Especially at @Proxy the Elf 's post. No idea why that got me.

Sign me right the heck up!

see317

Thanks for doing this @Hypatia. I know it's got to be a load of work organizing and tracking this (like herding cats, only the cats are all ADHD and somebody just set up a disco ball on high speed in the room and possibly spiked the kitty punch with something), and it's really cool to see this community come together to give eachother cool stuff.

Sending up the @ signal to everyone that was signed up last year (excepting those who've already posted in this thread) to make sure they have adequate time to sign up, and possibly to mention in threads that signups are live (for those people who stick to their bookmarked threads and manage to miss the announcements).
Better to do this sooner, I think, rather than later where it would be necessary wade through pages and pages of posts.

AbsoluteZero
@aerynkelly
@Aioua
@Allforce
@Anarchy
@anoffday
@AnteCantelope
@ArcSyn
@ArcticLancer
@Arikado
@Bear is Driving
@Beltaine
Big Classy
@Blackbeard7
Bobkins Flymo
@Cameron_Talley
@""cardboard delusions"
@Chen
@Chocobolicious
cooljammer00
@cornell
Custom Special
@darunia106
@deveric
@DiannaoChong
@DoctorArch
@Dusda
@DyasAlure
@Dyvion
@Elin
Elvenshae
@EvilBadman
@Farangu
@Fig-D
@Figgy
@Forar
@Frem
@grim123
Grove
@Handgimp
@Handkor
@Houn
@Hypatia
@Icemopper
@ihaveachair
@Imperfect
@initiatefailure
@Invisible
Jam Warrior
@JaysonFour
@jclast
@Kanden
@Kendrik
@Kirbith
@Kirindal
@Kyougu
@LewieP's Mummy
@Lost
Madican
@Madpoet
@Maguano
@ManetherenWolf
@mare_imbrium
@Mechanical
mere_immortal
@Mighty
@minirhyder
Mr_Grinch
@msmya
@Nackmatholn
@never-ending-reign
@noir_blood
@poisonx
@Prime
@Radiation
@Rami
@RisenPhoenix
@Robert Khoo
@Schide
see317
@shadowane
@Shady3011
@SkutSkut
SniperGuy
@spookymuffin
@Sweeney Tom
@testsubject23
@The_Spaniard
@thejaxx
@TheOtherHorseman
@THEPAIN73
@TheRoadVirus
@Turkey
@Two Headed Boy
@UEAKCrash
@UnbreakableVow
urahonky
@vegeta_666
WillyDub
@xenard
@Zaghreb
@zwayhowder
@Zython

As last year, please don't quote this post without removing the spoilered bit, as the @ signal sends notifications when it's quoted.

aerynkelly

I can't believe it's here again. Thanks for the bat signal!

Kyougu

Woah....I had completely forgot about this.

I actually got laid off a few weeks ago so my gift may not be super extravagant, but I'm going yo sign up anyways.

Farangu

And so it begins again, a tale of classiness and compulsive stalking eternally retold

I'm very much in. ihaveachair is deliberating if she will join, as we are finding out that being pregnant massively affects her ability to be artsy-craftsy the way she loves to be, and she could pop any time during December. So if she doesn't join, I'll just have to be twice as generous! (Spoiler alert I am not artsy nor craftsy)

Also she really hopes that lampshade hasn't broken yet, hopefully Khoo will testify to that

Elin

Jingle all the way!

As an early present to all of you I'm going to show you this video I found.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjNLUknmQs

Thanks for the bat signal @see317, and thanks to @Hypatia for organizing this herd of cats every year.

@Grove, you were an awesome santee!

Maguano

yes! the bestest time of the year

Agent

I would love to, but I have a child on the way and so I must bow out this year. Good tidings to all!

Houn

Thanks for the @, @see317. I'm totally in again.

Kanden

Yeah secret santa! Thanks @see317 for the heads up totally signed up again!

Erin The Red

Thanks for the ping! Sent my app in

ArcSyn

Oh my goodness! I was just thinking about this! I was hoping I wouldn't miss it since I'm hardly in G&T these days! Thanks @see317 !

I apologize for whoever gets me, as my posting has declined quite a bit in G&T. I still love games, but haven't had much money or time to play them.

I've still got my WiiU, and an OK laptop. Kids play it more than I do. They love Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros, as well as playing Minecraft on my wife's iPad.

My hobby has mostly turned to board games, which a post search would easily reveal.

noir_blood

Huzzah!

Favorite time of the year. And also, it's awesome how many of you I recognize just from all the years I've been doing this.

Daebunz

Ah yes, that wonderful time of year when I force Sonic Adventure 2 onto someone

the gift that keeps on givin'

initiatefailure

Oh god. It's happening

Bear is Driving

Ho Ho Ho I didn't sign up late last year and I won't be late again this year. That makes two years in a row!

chocobolicious

Oh yes, I'm in. Thanks for the heads up. I'll have to send the infobits later.

Hypatia

Okay, well, that's weird, it isn't letting me edit the OP, so just to keep people from worrying, the current count is at 19:

aerynkelly
ArcSyn
Custom Special
Dusda
Elin
Farangu
Forar
Grove
Hallowed Faith
Houn
Jam Warrior
Kanden
Madican
Maguano
mere_immortal
Roe
SniperGuy
TheRoadVirus
urahonky

TeeMan

I took a break from the festivities last year and I'm not going to lie, I missed it. I missed it a lot. Somehow it felt weird to not create and send a gift to a fellow forumer and receive something awesome in return. Can you forgive me? Signing up is happening!

Icemopper

Man, I have participated in this every year since.... 2005, maybe 2004? But for the first time, I'm really not sure if I can join this year. I just started grad school, so my funds are less than limited, and the workload is incredibly heavy, so I'm not gaming or posting nearly as much as a good Santee should.

I'll think about it. A lot.

minirhyder

Thanks for the @see317 !

Totes in.

This will be my third, much excite!