Not to spread rumors, or gossip or anything...

...but CSTL was last seen heading back to the CrazyCar, talking that there Crazytalk, on this here CrazyTrain to CrazyTown. In Crazybergenville, Crazy-istan.

LAST EDITED ON 10-31-07 AT 03:32 PM (EST)

Alright, I'll sign up.

Couple of questions, was that a yes or no with Estee? (There was a threat joke made earlier in the year, and in a reciprocal demonstration of levity I will do a odds of survival the draw calculation. I may have to detonate any package with a NJ postmark on it).

Also, have very many people simply quit posting after SS Christmases past? As if they, well, you know, had an accident? Or something?

However, I'll have a mighty sweet (a metaphor? or literal?) present for my secret someone, heck, why should it be a surprise, it's a #### #####'ing ####-plated #######!

Also, have very many people simply quit posting after SS Christmases past? As if they, well, you know, had an accident? Or something?

The person I was SS for last year (Seahorse) dropped off the face of the earth shortly thereafter. I hope that doesn't happen again this year.

Seahorse lost him home due to Katrina. He has been in and out since - mostly out.

Woo Hoo! I love me some Arkie!

I'm totally in! I love Secret Santa time! Yay!

Siggy by tribe

OK. I will admit that my SS gift arrived in Canada sometime close to Valentine's Day last year! But, it was not, and I repeat was NOT my fault! -- The border was very picky about addresses in Canada and mailed mine BACK to me. Then? It took about --ohhhhh 3 1/2 weeks and many, many, many phone calls and trips back to the offending post office before it made it to the recipient. I felt horribly about the arrival time! It really WAS completely the fault of transit (and I had P.O. receipts with dates and times to prove it to tribe and my SS)

Thought I'd chime in and say, after this experience? If you get someone in Canada? Send it sometime this week to arrive by Christmas, or shop on-line and have it sent direct.

I don't know if Canada ---> USA would be easier. I'd probably offer the same advice.

As for me?-- Well-- I'd like to participate...
but I don't have an address to give out.

I'll see if I can come up with a creative solution..

First time for everything, but I would be interested in participating

In!!!

Hangin' out in crazytown since October 15, 2007

Count me in! Sound like fun.

Yea, I hosted last year and it was a fun time. Thanks everybody for allowing me the opportunity to do so. I even see a couple of my host gifts being shown as well. Thank you.
I do have to admit to a small little glitch with a single gift that got lost in the mail and a trend towards the later arriving gifts being those that had to cross the Canada/US border.

This might lead one to desire keeping the countries seperated when "randomly" picking secret santas. This practice is something, that even though on the surface seems judgemental and bigotted, that I wish I had instated last year. Even against the detractors who cited that with a smaller pool of secretsantas to choose from it would be easier to guess who had you and visaversa.
Keeping them seperated more than makes up for the level of stress provided by the cross-border postal snafus. Leaving plenty of leftover brain space for worrying about the natural procrastinators.

Have fun hosting, emydi!

Well, I know it was stressful for EMTBgirl, but I still get the giggles imagining the look of horror on her face when her package arrived back in her mailbox yet again. Does this make me a bad person?

>Well, I know it was stressful
>for EMTBgirl, but I still
>get the giggles imagining the
>look of horror on her
>face when her package arrived
>back in her mailbox yet
>again. Does this make
>me a bad person?

Nope. It sure enough does NOT. It's funny, kinda *now*

There was more than a sheer look of horror-- that came Riiiight before the stomping, swearing and screaming on the front porch. The neighbors avoided me for a good loooooong time. LOL!

"This might lead one to desire keeping the countries seperated when "randomly" picking secret santas."

Gosh darn it!

And I had the perfect gift for a 'Northern' bro/sis. I guess gifting american flag with 51 stars on it will have to wait for another occasion.

(0.0208 USD)
My vote would be for the non-segregated OT gift exchange (but realize I didn't have any problems giving or receiving my gifts).
My reasoning is since that Canada only has a total population of 257 and most of us meet up twice a year (once for the annual polar bear hunt and once at the Sears Mail Order Outpost when the new catalogues come out to do our ordering for the year), it would be very easy to figure out who our Secret Santa is (and since we are all related anyway, we are already getting each other presents). Besides, since our shopping is very limited here, having an open SS means we might get something not from the Sears catalogue (and there is only so many ways to dress up pemmican)

*snort*

nicely played

Can poutine be shipped internationally?