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What is this about? The idea of this event is sending a present to another forum member and receiving a gift from a member as well.
I’ll randomly match people up and send everybody their victim's address via PM. Then you'll have the job of trying to find a suitable gift to make your victim as happy as when he was 11 years old and found his first Orks, a Super Nintendo or He-Man under the Christmas tree…..or at least make him smile at the thoughtfulness of the gift. The goal is to have the gifts sent out before Christmas, the recommended date to have your SS victim’s gift in the mail is before the 10th of December (See Step 6!).

START SENDING IN YOUR INFO!!!

DEADLINE: Wednesday, November 30th (You must have PMed me your address by this date!)

What to do:
STEP 1:
Make a WISH LIST. It can be anything wargaming related. Just don't be greedy asking for HTF or expensive things. Think of bits, common miniatures, paints, basing/building material or easy to obtain stuff via Ebay or webstores. Post links if necessary. Try to keep it under $20.
STEP 2:
Post your Wish List in the designated Wishlist thread…
STEP 3:
Private Message (PM) me your mailing address.
STEP 4:
Wait - I'll get with you via PM giving you the name and address of your victim...I plan to have victims and Secret Santa’s matched up and notified by the 2th of December. Ofcourse I'll try to match up 40K collecters together, same thing for Fantasy collectors.
STEP 5:
Shop/Customize/Go through your fodder bin -> Get a gift ready. It shouldn't cost more then 20 bucks.
STEP 6:
SHIP IT!!! Preferably with tracking. I know you think 'well duh' but some people have issues with this part. It’s nice to get the Secret Santa Christmas gifts BEFORE Christmas, and disappointing when you do not. The 10th of December date is a good guideline, but just make the best effort to get it there prior to Christmas.
STEP 7:
Wait - Sooner or later you should be receiving a gift from a random person as well. Decide for yourself: open it up immediately or wait until Christmas morning.
STEP 8:
Brag - Show us what you got from your Secret Santa, Its fun for you and for us. You might also think of extending thanks to your Secret Santa. I'll open up a thread for that when the time comes.

RULES:
1. Only European Dakka members who have been around for at least a year and with a 50+ forums post count are eligible to participate! Sorry, I don't want people taking advantage of this when suddenly dozens of new members sign up to this site only to participate in this Secret Santa.....
2. DON'T STIFF ANYONE. Its rare but it does happen.
3. Try to keep your gift under 20 bucks. It’s the thought and effort that counts, NOT the price tag.
4. Don’t be an ass. Be grateful and accept the gift in the spirit it was given.
5. Don’t ask to be matched up to So-n-So. Its random: you’ll get who you get.
6. DakkaDakka or myself aren't responsible for not receiving your Secret Santa gift in time or not receiving it at all because it got lost in the mail. Therefore the recommendation to ship stuff with tracking!

Post any questions here or PM me your info by 30th NOV and I’ll get to work ASAP. Also, do not forget to visit the Wish List thread and post your Christmas Wishes.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
To interested members from outside Europe, feel free to do an American/Asian/African/whatever version! Just make a different thread.

This seems quite fun. I'm game.
I don't see much point in you reciving our address in step 4, unless you do away with the matching up which is pretty unnecessary as it'd be more of a surprise if the gift is random to be revealed later on as people show their gifts.
Perhaps match to a country to keep postage down.
Just match us up in a list and we can divulge whatever info we see fit to the opposite party.
Also the other thread is redundant, people could just post their wishlists here?

i agree with the above. could be cool

 Alex Kolodotschko wrote:
This seems quite fun. I'm game.
I don't see much point in you reciving our address in step 4, unless you do away with the matching up which is pretty unnecessary as it'd be more of a surprise if the gift is random to be revealed later on as people show their gifts.
Perhaps match to a country to keep postage down.
Just match us up in a list and we can divulge whatever info we see fit to the opposite party.
Also the other thread is redundant, people could just post their wishlists here?

I'm the only one to receive the addresses as I will match up all interested participants and make sure everyone has one victim. Naturally, that victim also has one victim a.s.o. to make the circle complete. Pairing up people, well, IMO that could take away the surprise-part when members start communicating with each other and making deals. That's more suitable for the Swap Shop.
Putting up a list and make people decide for themselves could end up in members getting gifts from multiple others, while some may get nothing.
Participants only get the address of their victim, so they still don't know who will be their own Secret Santa.
Wishlists are there to provide the Secret Santas a little guidance to what the victim is interested in. This can go from "Anything 40K" to "Fantasy orc stuff". Extended wishlists with regular/common stuff make it easier for the Secret Santa to choose from and there's a bigger chance the Secret Santa has some of that stuff in his own fodder box. Or he has to do a little shopping.

Good suggestion about matching up people from the same country. If there are enough participants, I'll take a look at it. Cannot guarantee it will happen if we end up with a couple of "loners" from different countries. But then again, I know I can ship to everywere in Europe for like €10 regular small parcel mail. And it's the circle again: you give some, you get some....

Is a good thing to do, kudos to you - I set up the original DCM one of these, back in the day.

Is it to late to join...