The Syndicate

Oops! Missed this. I’ll try to remember for next year.

I checked with all the senders. The remaining packages should all be on their way, if not arrived already.

[mention]MacDougall[/mention]
[mention]sabie12[/mention]
[mention]novaselinenever[/mention]
[mention]nutella[/mention]

Have any of you received gifts from the exchange? If so, please let us know! I want to make sure that nobody gets left out after signing up and sending something out.

sabie12 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 11:26 am I never recieved anything so not sure if there was an issue with the package or anything.

I have confirmed that your gift is on its way. I need to follow up with a few others though.

I haven't received a tracking update in a few days. If it weren't for the holiday, I'd be nervous.

I received my goodies today! Thank you [mention]Lunalee[/mention] for the tasty peppermint patties and the cute ornament. My girls are napping right now, but I'm sure they will love it. Interestingly enough, I consider myself more of a cat person than a dog person, and I am a Pisces, so the cat and fish fit me perfectly.

Just like last year, I sent my care package out after Christmas. Keep an eye out!

At long last, all of my goodies have arrived! Now I just need to assemble it all and ship it out. Be ready!

Has anyone received anything yet? I think we got off to a late start this year. I apologize for that.

I've got everyone's information. You can expect to see your exchange assignment shortly!

Please let me know if you don't receive a PM from me by the end of the day.

Reminder- Only about 36 hours left to sign up for this if you are interested.

Post, vote, or PM me- just let me know somehow!

IMPORTANT:

If you are signing up for the exchange, please list any allergies and/or food and drink that you do not consume. This will help prevent us from killing anyone in real life. Also, if there's anything that you strongly dislike and do not want to receive, please list that too.

I will ask for allergy info and dislikes when collecting your addresses via PM.

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:32 pm deleted it, [mention]G-Man[/mention] do you want a new poll or are you ok tracking signups via post?

Thank you. Yes, please throw a new poll up (maybe title it 2019) so people can vote there too. I have a list of everyone who already signed up via posting in the thread.

Thanks!

Posting this straight from the PM I just sent out:

Here's how it works:

1) Go to the Holiday Goodie Exchange thread and tell us that you're in. For now, we'll set a deadline of Sunday, December 1st for signing up. As of the sending of this PM, we already have six people participating!

2) On Monday, December 2nd, I will send a PM to everyone who signed up and ask them to provide a mailing address for their Secret Santa to send their goodies to. Please send me your addresses within 48 hours so we can keep things rolling along. If you've already signed up and want to send me your address in advance, that works too!

3) By Friday, December 6th, my goal is to have randomized the participant list, assign Secret Santas, and send you all the name of the person you are sending goodies to.

4) Once you have the name and address of the person you're sending to, you can figure out what you want to send them. In the past, we've suggested a $10-20 limit. We understand that this is fun and should not be a financial burden on anyone participating (and shipping rates aren't always cheap!). You can send something that you know they are interested in (the Interrogation Room is a great place for researching some folks), or you can send something with local flavor. If you're really stumped, you can always reach out to me and I can ask questions for you so you don't blow your cover.

5) Purchase and send your goodies.

6) Wait. This is always the most anguishing part.

7) Check the Holiday Goodie Exchange thread to see what other people get from their Secret Santas. We usually try to post a picture of the goodies we receive but a words-only post works fine too!

8) When you receive goodies from your Secret Santa, please share a pic or explain what you got in the Holiday Goodie Exchange thread.

9) Come back and do it again the following year!

There is no pressure to participate, so if this just isn't your year, that's okay. We still love you because you're part of this community. If you have any questions, send them my way!

Maybe we can get an admin to send out a community-wide memo and drum up some more interest.

[mention]Epignosis[/mention]?
[mention]JaggedJimmyJay[/mention]?
[mention]Sloonei[/mention]?

So, it’s time again to think about this. My package never came last year. Does that mean I get to run this year’s exchange?

That painting is awesome!

Do you have a tracking number for it or does that not work when crossing international borders? Epi has the list of who sent to whom but I’ve been trying to track it based on the posts in this thread so I could try to guess who I might receive from, POE style.

The bummer is really on your side, seeing as you spent time and money on something that vanished. I don’t think anyone will be too bent out of shape to not receive something. Better to give anyway, right?

Honestly,I’m content to wait. We’ve got so much Christmas candy left over that we may make it to Easter without running out.

nijuukyugou wrote: ↑Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:14 pm It's here, it's here! My gift from @G-Man Man was waiting for me on my doorstep (along with a new pair of running shoes, not from G-Man ), which was a pretty exciting thing to come home to.

Tasty snacks (I'm currently eating the pretzels, because pretzel chunks), a card game I'm sure @Boomslang and I will play and get mad at each other for winning at and keep playing, a Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook with old-timey recipes that I'm super stoked about, and a lovely handwritten letter explaining it all, as well as some fun historical and etymological information about G-Man's neck of the woods.

Thank you so much!

Woo hoo! I’m glad they finally got there. I almost have my USPS tracking number memorized now. I sent that stuff on Saturday. Maybe I should have just hand-delivered it!

Dutch Blitz can turn into a nasty game, so have fun! I was hoping to put something more personal in your gift but, unlike last year, the Interrogation Room wasn’t much help. All anyone seemed to ask you about was your favorite Zelda characters.

It must be karma that I kept you waiting so long and I, in turn, am still waiting for my care package to arrive. Is anyone else still waiting? Seems like most of them are accounted for.

I finally got to the post office. Stay tuned, you lucky few who remain in waiting!

My care package won’t go out until Saturday. I’ll do better next year.

I apologize in advance to the recipient of my gift. I haven’t even bought it yet. Look for it in 2019.

Probably a good time to remind you folks of this...

G-Man wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:40 am
For whoever gets me, please know that:
-I do not drink tea.
-I do not drink coffee.
-I am not a hot sauce connoisseur.
-I wear a size XL shirt.
-My favorite colors are green and blue.
-I'm not very picky.
-I have two children who excel at breaking things.
-I don't really need stuff, so food and/or a letter would do just fine. Quaint and tasteful knickknacks are welcome, but food and a nice letter are always welcome.
-Our mailman will bend, fold, or squash anything you send in an attempt to get it into our mailbox rather than walk it up to the house.

You’ll have to ask my wife.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:41 pm
G-Man wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:25 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:57 pm Are you in charge of this G?
No. At least I don’t think so. I just like making lists.
And checking them twice?

How else am I going to find out who’s naughty and nice?

Epignosis wrote: ↑Fri Oct 26, 2018 9:57 pm Are you in charge of this G?

No. At least I don’t think so. I just like making lists.

I'll start us a list of who's in:

-Epignosis
-G-Man
-Lunalee
-Nutella
-Speedchuck

Trick or Treat night is over. Time to start thinking about Christmas! Who wants to be in on the gift exchange this year?

So this all came three weeks ago but I've been either too busy or shamefully lazy to post this picture. [mention]Epignosis[/mention] sent me an assortment of goodies. It includes:

-Dark chocolate cream-filled wafer sticks
-German chocolate
-A book about science and the Bible
-Some fancy-sounding pasta (which I may need some tips on preparing)
-Mint-chocolate jelly

He also included a very lovely, personal note. Epi's penmanship is exquisite.

I haven't tried any of the goodies yet. Any recommendations on what to eat the mint-chocolate jelly with?

Thank you, Epi!

Yay! Glad you got the goods Sig!

In case anyone is wondering, I didn't send Sig any treats because we're both from PA and all the stuff I would have thought of already has distribution across the east coast. Thankfully, Sig's time in the Interrogation Room provided me with some ideas to work with.

Merry Christmas!

I’m patient when it comes to receiving but not giving. The suspense is killing me! If a porch-swiper swiped it, I’m going to be ticked.

USPS says my package was delivered an hour ago. Check your porches!

The package I sent vis the postal service reached a distribution center in the same city as the delivery address. Instead of routing it from there to its destination, it got sent to another distribution center two states away.

This is why the US postal service is failing, folks.

Just checked the tracking number. It's already at the appropriate distribution center. Estimated delivery date is Tuesday. That's better than I expected. *golf clap*

Just sent my care package out today. We’ll see how fast the post office works.

I am totally pumped for this! I hope the person who gets my gifts gets as excited about receiving them as I am about giving them.

Coming up with food to include is going to be tough. Some of PA's most recognizable brand names are already distributed nationally (Hershey's, Peeps, Tastykake, Heinz) and others are even distributed to just about half of the country (Utz, Herr's, Snyder's). I'm not sure how well shoofly pie, scrapple, Lebanon bologna, or apple butter travel.

For whoever gets me, please know that:
-I do not drink tea.
-I do not drink coffee.
-I am not a hot sauce connoisseur.
-I wear a size XL shirt.
-My favorite colors are green and blue.
-I'm not very picky.
-I have two children who excel at breaking things.
-I don't really need stuff, so food and/or a letter would do just fine.
-Our mailman will bend, fold, or squash anything you send in an attempt to get it into our mailbox rather than walk it up to the house.

I'd be willing to take part this year if there's enough interest.

Epignosis wrote:"A dark side and a light side."

Yeah, those Storm Troopers sure know how to rock the Force!

Looks like Darth Vader to me.

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