Secret Santa Gift - Sent/Received

[draven]

sent mine on the weekend

[lola]

Got mine 

[kellyt]

Mine was mailed yesterday!

[Chris]

I gotta buy a box to put my box in 

I need to wrap mine, get a humoruos Christmas Card, get a box, tape it up, and ship it off. So it will get out this week.

[kellyt]

Gee Chris, you might as well just tell us what you bought... 

[paris]

Mine is mailed (priority 6-10 days) and I have my lovely secret santa gift right here. 

Kit--stay away from the box!

Chris, since I already received my Secret Santa gift, I know you don't have my name------------------------so you can tell me who you have and what it is            It will be just between the two of us-----------no one else will read this.     

[Mizar]

 

[Chris]

Gee Chris, you might as well just tell us what you bought... 

Ok, Kelly, the name of my person starts with the letter from a choice of A - Z and ends in a letter from A - Z. Vanna will display the letter you choose if you choose wisely afer you spin the wheel!

[YLGuy]

I thought we automatically got RSTLNE Then I choose C, D, P & A. 

[paris]

The problem is we have lots of California members, many who have the same initials!  Now, how are we suppose to figure out which member it is from with that information?    Dan, did you get your package through the CT scan??     Mine is now under the half decorated Christmas tree.  It looks very nice sitting there   

[willowtreewren]

I pick mine up and give it a good hug every day. No, I don't shake it and I haven't picked at the tape. It will travel all the way to Massachusetts with me for the big day!

 

[dwcrawford]

True Paris, but there is only one town in californioa that starts with Y and ends in Linda and has the same zip code...  and searchs for profiles online are easy, aren't they YlGuy?

[YLGuy]

Have you not read my posts???  Does the term "Double Box" mean anything??? Have I been in touch with any other members to accomplish such a thing?  Hmmm, makes ya wonder. 

[paris]

Man--- I was trying to throw you a curve ball!  You have done your research!!  I haven't looked at the return address label---so I have no idea.  But, the package is wrapped in gold and is all shiny and sparkly!   Stop shaking your box!!  (uh--that didn't sound right,did it?)

[dwcrawford]

but I said up front that I'd figure it out and that I would not open it (as if I could with a whole roll of tape around it).  Still working...I know that Mark,  Kitkatz and Jean all live near each other.   Jean would have told...Kit  would have traded names, so that leaves you know who.

I hope it is a fire engine.  Pre school I went with my dad to my uncle's hardware store -- just browsing.  There were not toy stores in this little one horse town in Missouri so my uncle had a beautiful shiny fire engine on the top shelf (it was a toy like kids get inside and peddle and so red).  I wanted it.  It was very poor and lean days and my dad said no.  I picked up a hammer from a display and threw it at him.  He picked up me and beat my "avitar", then handed me the hammer and said, Ok young man, throw it again.  Well, being the obiedient child that I was...  guess  what I did.  And he beat my butt again (where was child protection when I was a kid?)

End result, I didn't get the fire engine that year.  or the year after.  even when times got better and we weren't so poor I kept asking for the fire engine.  I never got a fire engine.  Ever.  Electric trains, bicycles, etc.  But no fire engine.  Someday I'll get one.  Could be this year!

But then someday after Christmas, I'll tell what he did give me the Christmas after he died.  Can't think about that now.

[glitter]

DWCrawford- If I had any money I would buy you the biggest firetruck I could mail- and it would have a siren and red lights that flashed aand bells and a ladder that extended up real high.......and you would not need a hammer at all!!!   

[YLGuy]

I had always wanted a little red wagon and never got one.  My first born, when he was just 3 months old,  got that little red wagon for Christmas.  He is now 18 years old.  I use the wagon every Saturday during football season to carry the chairs, easy up and water.  I also use it on camping trips to haul the gear in. 

[dwcrawford]

I loved my little red wagon too.  My Papa (granddaddy Crawford) got me a goat and harnessed him up to pull me around.  I've got the picture and I love it.  Mother said I couldn't have the goat but Papa was the boss.  Billy ate the clothes from the clothes line and everything else he could.  One year he ran away just about Christmas time (or so I was told).  Mom had made tamales out of him.  We ate ole Bill!  Now that was sad.    

[del]

dw we had very little money when I was growing up.  I never ever had a Barbie doll!!!  I wanted one really bad but Christmas gifts were usually clothes that you needed never toys!!  Will I told my husband this story - must have been in 1999.  We were watching tv one night and they advertised Barbie's.  I said I had never ever had one .  Guess what was under the tree that year??  A 2000 Holiday Barbie.  I knew nothing about it until I opened it.  What a surprise - I hadn't even realized he was listening to me!!  Every year since he has given me a holiday Barbie!!!   Hope you get your red fire engine!!   

[Mizar]

When My Oldest Daughter was little, She always, wanted a " Kenner Give-A-Show Projecter " I thought that was a waste of Money.
Now She is 43, has a Large Flat Screen TV, a Blu-Ray DVD Player and all the Bells and Whistles, to go with it. She is 43 now. Probably, too late to give the, " Give-A-Show Projector" I still think about that. Time goes by Quick, Folks, do what You need to do now!

[okarol]

but I said up front that I'd figure it out and that I would not open it (as if I could with a whole roll of tape around it).  Still working...I know that Mark,  Kitkatz and Jean all live near each other.   Jean would have told...Kit  would have traded names, so that leaves you know who.

I live in Calif. near Jean, Kitlkatz, YLGuy and so does peleroja....

[dwcrawford]

I'd be willing to bet that if you could find the Give a Show Projecter it would be her favorite gift.  Try E-bay!  That'd be so cool.

[glitter]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kenner-Give-a-Show-Projector-with-many-many-slides_W0QQitemZ250539088529QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a554b1a91

I couldn't resist looking it up!!!

[paris]

My son-in-law thought he could go to Target or Walmart and pick up a jello mold like his mothers.  After going to store after store last year, he finally described to me what he was looking for.  It is the vintage Tupperware mold with interchangable holiday center.  I went to Ebay, found one with all the holiday parts and got it for Christmas.  The look on his face was priceless! He couldn't believe someone would go to all that trouble to find something for him. It was probably the cheapest gift I bought last year, but the one I got the most pleasure from.  He made black cherry jello for Thanksgiving.   It isn't the expense, it is the thought, truly. 

I now know Del is much younger than me because Barbie wasn't out when I was young!      I think your husband has a heart of gold!  Sweet story!

[kitkatz]

ow Dan, my boy, I would not have traded your name off to anyone. I would just have stuffed that box full of coal for you and sent it off.  Or found the perfect ass to send to you!   Love ya!
How do you know if YLguy and I did not trade boxes and mail it from separate cities to throw you all off the track of the Secret Santa trail?  Huh? Huh?