Secret Santa
 

Sorry, this might be the wrong place to ask this...but I wanted to know if it would be alright to maybe do a Secret Santa during the winter event with both an online option (art, quest items, story, etc.) and a real life version (actually mailing presents)?

It was done once on a different site and was a lot of fun, so I thought it could be fun to try here.

oh oh and me! don't forget me!

And Derpy. Derpy needs presents.
XD
10/10 perfect!

-sews clothes for my turtles plus Derpy plus Kitties-

-makes homemade salsa for Galla and Glitch-

-makes cute toys for Winter-

Send me gifts wrapped in luxury papers :D

*plans secret Santa*
...
*actually all gifts are for me*

*raises hand* I wanna do Secret Santa!!!

I APPROVE OF THIS!!
(sending something rainbow to Ari, that is)

-writes a list-

I'd be up for a secret santa.
Don't know if I'd do an irl thing because I don't want strangers to know where I live lol, but an online one would be fun.

Isis, you can always have 'em send it to General Delivery at your local post office, and pick it up there.

Well, there's always Den's suggestion, but also there will definitely be an online version as well. I understand that not everyone is comfortable sharing their address.

I don't know about what the actual staff might have planned, but I do plan on having both rl and online versions. I definitely can't do anything as fancy as Magistream's (though it does sound pretty awesome!), but it should be pretty fun still.

Hopefully. I have a lot of planning to do to get it all prepared.

Based on last year's event, I'm gonna guess no on the Advent Calendar. But gifting would be a really nice feature (even without the time restriction option), and I think might be a feature that it possibly being worked on. I don't always keep up with the features being added, but I feel like gifting has been discussed and requested a few times.

Last year Trisphee had a secret Santa we signed up on a list Glitch paired us up and we sent avi stuff to her and she sent them out and then we can reveal names after IF WE WANTED TO

Crystalkit: I actually think a year round gifting option would be great. For sure.

Gizzie: Oh, I totally forgot about that! I mean, if a staff member wants to do an online Secret Santa again, I totally am okay with them handling that one. XD
Less for me to manage that way...

While I think a real life version could be fun, I'm at the same time unsure if I would actually participate. Not so much because I worry about my address (I do have a post box for such reason), but because shipping costs tend to be insane here. Online makes for a good alternative, especially if staff releases a gifting function ^^

We can mail Christmas cards they should not be that much to mail even far away o. O or at least I think

Trisphee doesn't celebrate Chritmassss but rather just celebrates winter with the Festival of Frost etc. etc. which is why I would suppose there isn't an advent calendar. I mean granted, I don't know what i'm talking about but that is what I've assumed is the case ouo

Yes yes, we've already made it very clear that not everyone is comfortable with dharing addresses and also that THERE WILL be an online one as well.
At this point, I'm really more curious to know if there are even enough people interested in an rl one to make it worth my time to bother setting it up.

(Sorry, I realize this sounds pissy. I'm just tired.)

Oh, and also, if a lot of people are hesitant because of shipping costs, I could add or downgrade gift exchange to card swap or something.

It is more like money is tight and I am lazy. I am online gift things in minutes to get things there before a date means I have to plan, buy, and ship days in advance.

cards is cool because we can personalize them a ton ^^
also I still don't know who's my last year super charitable santa T^T

I feel like I'm slowly losing my will to run this. It started off as a cool idea and now is just "well, gotta change x, gotta repeat y a ton, gotta change x again" and it's losing it's fun. XP
(Yes, I'm sure this sounds whiny. Again, very tired.)

Mdom, Gizzie, and others interested in card swap: Would you prefer to just be assigned one person or just have like a free-for-all where you get a full list and kust do however many you want?

I had Pinkie and Gizzie is making Turtle photo Christmas cards if I can find card paper for this thing ......how much postage would it cost for a card from Texas to Brazil

I think international stamps run around $1.15-$1.30? Not too much.

*takes a deep breath*

Okay, I have been Bitchy McBitcherson lately. Sorry 'bout that.
Basically what I'm getting from feedback is that:
1-2 people actually interested in rl gift exchange
lots of people interested in online gift exchange (which I was already planning on doing anyway)
a few people interested in a card swap because shipping is too pricey for them currently/they can't really afford actual gift plus shipping

One question that I haven't asked yet. If the people interested in a card swap or irl gifting don't mind, could I send them a small gift anyway? Nothing big or fancy. Just something small and simple?

Aww are you sending Derpy to me for holiday break :p-grin:

Nooo! I can't live without my Derpy! But I do have a box of felt I've been meaning to send. And it has just enough room for a small present or two still...
;D

I've done RL Secret Santas in the past couple years, and they were fun. ;u; Might be up for that on here this time. :)

Also an online one would be fun, too. xD

Derpy waddles by, dragging a bag full of clear plastic ornaments and paints of various colors and styles. "I wanna send pwesents!"

I should have put a poll on this thread. I feel like the quantity of people who can afford to and feel comfortable doing an rl exchange are small enough that it might not happen. Although I am not opposed to at least having the option. Even if it's only 3 people, it would still be fun.

If I had the money, sure! I'd love to do a real life secret Santa! I can only do an online secret santa, though. I MIGHT be able to do a card... if I can get work in time.