OK, since i see that gifts are arriving, i guess I will open the Gifts and guesses thread :).

For future reference, I think next year when we send our address to the SS organiser person, we should include maybe a few tidbits about what we like or something in case the sender doesn't know you very well. Just a thought.

Carry on :D...

OK, I finally got mine in the post today. They said it should take 7 to 10 days. I'll be looking in the gifts thread in a couple of weeks to see if it's arrived.

OK seriously, I mailed mine today and it should arrive within 5 days. Hope that doesn't give me away.

I finally got the last piece to my gift set that I am sending. I plan on mailing it Sat.

I'm mailing mine on Dec. 3.

Has NO ONE received their gift yet?

I'm definitely holding mine back until we're at least in the first week of December.
Even given the advice I received on creative writinng on the customs form, my postage will give me away, and I won't be a Secret Santa no more.

My recipient will get their gift during Advent, and I think that's reasonable.

I had tracking on mine and it has been received.

Okay, so are we ripping them open as soon as received, or are we pretending to be civilized and waiting with synchronized watches and all that ...

So was mine, on Nov. 24th. But I STILL want to know that it wasn't stolen off the front porch or something.

Please, please, please can we at least wait until a week before Christmas, even if there are people who can't manage it on the day (family, travel reasons etc).

I mean it's not even December yet!

What a lovely sentiment, LabRat!! And, it's not too late for those of us who haven't ... um committed to a specific gift.

If someone felt that they didn't know me well enough from my posts (which I can only assume would be from the tedium of reading them, as I tend to bare all) they can contact LR who can either ask me, or probably tell them from the top of her head.

Also it can't be too hard to work out who the Dwellar gets along with best - ask them too. Or post as Anonymous and ask for clues. Lotsa ways round it.

It's just my opinion, but I'd actually rather get something a little weird than create a wishlist. When I was a teen I did write a Christmas list every year (I bought red paper for it - it was The Big Cherry Christmas List!) but that was because grandparents, Aunts & Uncles and parents' friends were spending hard-earned money on me, and they really wanted to buy something I liked - and my Mum & Dad just didn't know!

For a $15 gift I say - surprise me! Show something of yourself!

Wasn't the optional theme this year food? The food will be a month old for some people by then.

I did not send food, so it's safe not to open mine.

Oh, but you don't know which one is mine.

So I guess this is kind of pointless.

I received a brown box in the mail today.

It has no return address.

It is quite heavy.

It has a "MEDIA MAIL" stamp on it.

I am assuming that this is my Secret Santa gift.

Please PM LabRat who can them PM me to let me know if there are any perishables inside and I should open it right away, or at least store it on the bottom shelf of the fridge until the magic day.