Secret Santa 2017 - deadline to SHIP by DECEMBER 7TH!

I'm super excited to be coordinating this year's Secret Santa! It's always so much fun to give and receive gifts from all over the place! I'm using the standard guidelines that we used last year. Please forgive any typos (thanks to meaggie for creating a post that I could plagiarize ) or blunders I make as a newbie to this role!

The Rules
You need to have been a member for at least six months with 500 posts OR 100 reps.


This is not to exclude new members, but it goes much more smoothly, if you've been around long enough to know other members and for them to know you. If you don't have enough posts/reps this for this years Secret Santa, we hope you can join us next year.

You need to sign up, and complete your questionnaire, by Tuesday, November 7.You will need to fill out the Secret Santa questionnaire found at the bottom of this post. You will receive your "giftee's" name by the evening of November 8.

You will need to mail your gift by December 7.

Sorry for the late sign up. I wasn't sure if I would be able to do this, as I may be having surgery. Fortunately, I don't think that will happen until December. Please post this in your siggy, so that others will know to sign up.

To keep this fair and fun, please shop and ship as early as you can. Things happen and sometimes life gets in the way of our good intentions. The earlier you are prepared, the better this will go for everyone!

Once you get your gift in the mail, please send me the tracking number

You must get a delivery confirmation and a tracking number just in case the gift gets lost in the mail or if there is any confusion about if the package has been delivered or not. You can submit your tracking number here through this form:

Tracking Number Recording Form [urlhasbeenblocked]

Just a tip for those of you who do not ship much, Regional Boxes with the post office allow you to fill that sucker up as heavy as you can get it for a flat rate depending on the region you are shipping to and includes free insurance up to $50 and free tracking. You can check them out here: Regional Rate Boxes usps.com [usps.com]

So, if you're in, please submit your info to me on this form (for my eyes only)

Secret Santa 2017 [urlhasbeenblocked]

This form was created by me and will only be seen by me. It helps streamline everyone who is participating into a quick and easy list for me.

I will confirm that I have everything I need by PM also. You are NOT officially participating until you get a PM from me stating so.

As with every year, this address will only be seen by me and the person who is sending you the gift. Under no circumstances will your address ever be given out to anyone else. If it's found someone has given out another person's address they got from the Secret Santa they will be banned from this and future Secret Santas.

I can only put your name in the list of participants once I have received your shipping address. You can't sign up without without putting in your address, so there you have it.

Spending limit is $25.00 plus shipping. Spending more is your choice. Please pay attention to the questionnaire. Also, if you have any allergies or sensitivities to food or fragrance, please state that on your form.


You will need to fill out the Secret Santa questionnaire found at the bottom of this post.
Please fill this out as much as you can. It will make it easier for your Secret Santa to find something you truly like if you answer it completely.


1.) Sign up through the form link on or before Sunday November 7th if you want to participate. There will also be a list in the wiki of people who are participating. Please include your name there as well. I will add as I can as well.

2.) You will see a questionnaire in this post. Please answer those questions and make a new post with those answers. I, you, or someone will link your questionnaire post with your name in the wiki.

3.) You will receive the name and address of the person you get to play Secret Santa for on November 8th. Give me til the end of the day. It takes a while to match everyone and PM you all without messing up. When I PM you your SS's name, come here, click on the person's name in the wikipost to be taken to their questionnaire and what they've said they'd like.

4.) Get it all ready and ship by Monday Dec 7. Make sure to buy the delivery confirmation and tracking number. Please PM me OR fill out the tracking info google form instead that you have shipped it and the tracking number. USPS gives it free for online ordering.

5.) Please PM me when you have received your gift.

6.) Jump up and down with joy. A present!! You can post in the thread you received it and if you opened it (if you want to wait til Christmas, please do, but it's up to you and you don't have to), you can share what you got if you like. I know the people that bought for you like to see an appreciation post with pictures.

7.) After Christmas Day we can all tell everyone who we shopped for. It will also be updated in the wiki. Please try to keep secret as much as you can who you are shopping for.


The Questionnaire

Secret Santa Survey

User name/Name:
I love these foods:
Top 3 favorite types of candy:
Favorite scent:
Hobbies:
Favorite author/genre of books:
Favorite type of animal:
Favorite movie and/or TV show:
Favorite color(s):
Favorite famous person (dead or alive) :
I love this type of music or artist:
Do you collect anything:
Favorite store to shop at:
Sport team/athlete:
Favorite time of the year:
Favorite restaurants:
Coffee or hot chocolate:
Favorite type of cookie:
What type of phone do you have (if you are going to be getting a new phone. include that. the point is to possibly buy accessories for your phone.):
Favorite part of the day:
Are you male or female:
What size shirt do you wear?
Any fandoms we should know about?
Is there anything (not expensive) you want or need:
Is there anything that you don't want:
Anything else your SS should know:
Your favorite gift you're received from a Secret Santa in the past years was:

If there is someone you think would want to participate please PM them and make sure they know the sign up date.

Your gift must be shipped by December 7th.