Secret Santas

[fullbloom720]

Lol I think the poll definitely shows what the guild members want. 100% of 13 people voted AWESOME!!.

[fairprincess15]

whos in charge

[aiddaly12]

fairytalegirl said:

aiddaly12 said:

wow but i am ...um.........a bit confused can you explain in a simpler form :-[please

ok put real simple..if you want to partcipate you just tell whoever is in charge not sure if dl wants me to do it or not yet...but anyway lets say i am in charge of it or whoever...you would im me and say i want to be in the secret santa game.
then when the time comes like a week before christmas you will be imed by me or whoever is running the game and told who you will buy a present for..you will be given a random name of those who partcipate. like you might get princessbeckys name...
then you go to the thread of wish list to see if she has listed the types of items she wants to get...and you buy her a gift in that price range.
and YOU DON"T TELL whose name you have to buy for....its a secret. then i am not sure exactly how they want to do it from there but what i think would be best is like kristin said you send me an im telling me what you bought for your person (its like drawing names to buy a <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=gift%20for" onmouseover="window.status='gift for'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">gift for</a> at xmas) then you send your gift to the address given for the secret santa. on christmas day probably about 3ish i will log on that account and give out all <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=the%20gifts" onmouseover="window.status='the gifts'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">the gifts</a> that members have sent and send them to the person who gets them.
so you buy a gift around 5000nps and you get a gift from a secret person for 5000nps.
does that make it easier to understand?

yeah thanks

[BunnyRabt]

fairytalegirl said:

well this is what i told dl...i told him we need to go ahead and get the ball rolling that way we can get as much partcipation as we can...get the wish list up, let those that want to get their gifts for their person bought and sent...that way we might know who has sent and send reminders out like 3 days before time to give out gifts. then those who don't send don't receive their gift.. but i can't see the members who are active right now as being ones who would say they wanted to do it and not do what they promised...but i know it happens!!!

Actually it DID happen like that last year. Hopefully since it has been mentioned this time, everyone who signs up will follow through. Sometimes I think people might just get busy and forget to do it. Maybe if we post reminders when the deadline is near that will help everyone remember to get their gift sent.

[fairprincess15]

heyy who is in charge of the S.S.'s DL or fairy

[BunnyRabt]

I think fairy and I are going to be doing it. Unless we hear differently from dl. He has a lot of other guild things he will be working on, so this is something we can do that frees him up a bit to do other stuff.

[boy_crazier2]

so where do we sign up to be a secret santa?

[fairy_tale_girl64]

you have to im me saying you want to partcipate...in doing so you have commited yourself to spending atleast 5000nps for a present for whomever you get as your person to buy for. then when i have all the names bunny and i will split them up and she will assign her names to those who have sent me an im saying they want to do it. you can start anytime iming me about playing ...but officially we won't be organized until a couple of days but i can go ahead and start making a list of those wanting to join in on the fun. then we will start a thread on peoples wish list so we can shop for our co members you don't have to stick with what they want but it will give those who don't know what to buy for a person an idea of what they like. we kind of want ideas like faerie foods, furnishings..not real specific so others can kind of put their personal picks on what they buy.

[cutie_kristin]

That sounds great faerie!
By next week Secret Santas will officially will begin!

[fairy_tale_girl64]

ok i haven't cleared it with bunny who is organizing this function with me but this is what i see us doing..unless bunny has some ideas to make it better.
1. you send me a im saying you want to partcipate in the secret santa
2. i gather all the names and in a week bunny and i will split the list up in half
3. she or i will IM you back telling you who you will be buying for..in the mean time i am going to set up a wish list thread to post what types of things you would like to get.
4. Once you have your name you can check the wish list and get ideas for your person in which you will buy for.
5..now this is the part we aren't real sure on..i think once you get your gifts bought..you should send them to me or bunny all according to who contacted you on who you will buy for...this way we can make sure everyone does their shopping and no one is left without a gift. if you partcipate your responsible for buying as well as receiving a gift. If for some reason something happens and you don't get your gift bought bunny or i will take the gift you should have received and pass it on to the person who you normally would have bought for or sell it if its way off from what that person wanted and purchase a replacement gift. so we would need all gifts bought and sent to either myself or bunny by the 22nd...when you do send the gift make sure you im us back saying it was sent and who you bought for so we can mark it off our list. again this is tentative until i talk to bunny.
in the mean time once you have your name we will have a post on who you think your secret santa is up until it is revealed who really has your name. you can change it or whatever you want.
now if you want to send like a small daily gift to your person or weekly or whatever make sure you don't do it yourself to give away the secret. if you have anymore questions feel free to ask..again not sure what bunny thinks yet on the sending of gifts....but i think it will work best in making sure no one gets disappointed on christmas day.

[Stargem83]

last year we just sent the gifts to the person we got and posted who we had in a thread the week of/before christmas. That would be easier so you two don't get bombarded with things and have to track what goes to who and have that much more to do. It would be nice to stay with the tradition

[BunnyRabt]

That sounds okay in theory, but last year we had a few people fizzle out, and then it was kinda iffy who had to make up the extra gift and get it sent to the person who DID participate.

I'm like fairy...I haven't actually talked to her either...we keep missing each other on the boards...been a busy day. But, I read through her post, and I think it sounds like a good, feasible way to do it. I don't mind the extra guild work, because it really won't amount to a huge list. We don't have that many active members who will want to participate. And if Fairy and I split it in half, it won't be hard to get done at all. We might try it that way this year, and see how it goes. And then if we discover that the old way is better, we can go back to that next year.

Opinions?

[fairy_tale_girl64]

it is more work for bunny and i to do it this way but i would hate it if someone had something come up and wasn't able to buy their gift for that person...then that person wonder why they didn't get anything...this is the only way i will feel safe that everyone who partcipates gets a gift in return. i know its more work and there is something about tradition but hurt feels can hurt the guild if someone gets left out as well...if everyone wants to do it the old way i am fine with it....i just try to cover all the bases when i have seen others feelings get hurt over this type of thing if not done right

[princessbecky]

I think it does sound like a more solid plan this way, as long as the extra work involved is fine with you two. (Which I have no doubts of, cause you wouldn't have volunteered for it if you weren't ready to do it!! lol) You guys are both so awesome, and I know it's gonna be great! I can't wait!

[cutie_kristin]

Well what if we did it the same as last year and than whoever doesn't get sent a present by say the "23" than they post they didn't get a present.
Than Fairy or Bunny could get another secret person that doesn't mind giving out 2 presents to be that persons secret santa.
That way like Stargem said you aren't bombarded with gifts.

[cookie__the__rat]

If fairy and bunny have the time, their way would probably work the best. But I almost feel bad putting so much to them, but that way everyone would get a gift if they gave one.

[fairy_tale_girl64]

its not that much when divided by two...and that is exactly what i am wanting to avoid is someone getting nothing when they should...so if anyone for some reason can't come up with a present to give we can replace it with the one that person was suppose to get so by christmas day we will know we have everyone covered and taken care of. because if someone can't get on the computer christmas day early and everyone has their presents or if they can't buy when they thought they could..we will have time to make sure everyone that participates gets a present that day and no sad faces. i just am the type of person who would die knowing someone felt left out or let down and i try really hard to make others happy even in real life. it would break my heart if one of the younger members were the one to get left out and everyone else was so excited about what they got and they were the ones to be looked over because even though i really get excited about gifts and presents and all holidays...i know its just that more exciting for the younger and young at heart. its just very important to me that no one get left behind when they are looking forward to a surprise..i know i am goofy but it just one of those things i feel strongly about. you guys mentioned how last year people didn't get gifts from their secret santa, in the first guild i was in that happened and even when i was a teacher that happened...and it was hard for me to feel good about getting when they were left out. even if we sent them something later after we found out..it would still not be the same...and too if someone doesn't fully participate it wouldn't be fair they got their gift when leaving out someone else..and that might seem mean but its just fair.

[princessbecky]

Yeah....I think it's fun to get things...but part of the real fun is being PART of the getting process. If you don't get something, I personally would feel bad about speaking up that I didn't...and then, even getting a "replacement" giver, you still KNOW you were ditched. I think this way will save a lot of hurt feelings!

[fullbloom720]

I would be fine with either way that's chosen..sending the items through to fairy or bunny first sounds like a safer plan to ensure that everyone who should get a present gets one..This way we can avoid anyone feeling down if they know their person didn't get them one. Well anywho, I'm really excited for this year's Secret Santa! I have a little more flexible time this year to spend on Neopets so I'm going to fully enjoy December in the guild.

[TNgirl924]

Yay, I LOVE Secret Santa! And a huge thanks to fairy and bunny for running this.