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HO HO HO! It is time to sign up for 2014 FT Secret Santa!

Old Nov 9, 2014, 4:43 pm
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Remember to PM wharvey when you ship your gifts out (including contents and tracking numbers) and when you receive presents (including contents)!
This wikipost is not a completely authoritative resource of Secret Santa progress, but a resource to see what everyone has received
Don't forget to include pictures if you can!



Alternatively: To include pictures in your posts, upload your picture to somewhere on the internet (a list of sites can be found in the wiki here). Then, use the image tags to post the picture, making sure to use the URL of the picture itself instead of the webpage ([IMG]the URL of the picture[/IMG], making sure that the URL contains the .JPG/.PNG/.GIF/whatever).

Gifts Sent
98103 (2)
aaucello (4)
adampenrith (1)
AhogZ (3)
AMRivlin (4)
Artemio
AZinAZ (1)
B7e7US (4)
BelfastFlyer
Bravada04 (1)
canforce (2)
CDTraveler (2)
cmn.jcs (1)
CPH-Flyer (1)
DevilDawg1960 (5)
davrossuk (2)
dibby (2)
Dolphin2 (1)
elleana (2)
evanderm (3)
flipstah (3)
FlyingCow (3)
FlyerBeek (2)
flyerred
hdawg (6)
HGHUA
houseontheprairie (1)
iamthehpt (6)
In2ishn (1)
jameslon (3)
Jamier45
JanoSicek (2)
Jinxy (6)
JVPhoto (2)
KelseyR (2)
KennyBSAT (2)
kipper (2)
levenhopper (5)
maskedmesothorium (1)
miffSC (4 )
MissJoeyDFW (2)
missydarlin (2)
MrDplus (4)
ndrk (2)
nlkm9 (1)
nomadic.relief (2)
oliver2002(1)
Onfo (1)
onthewaytoadventure (1)
pbjag (3)
Philfna
plon (2)
Points Scrounger (1)
Polomarc (1)
PSUPaul (4)
Redhead (6)
rwoman (2)
rxfleming (3)
SalishSea (2)
sandratravels (1)
santina91 (2)
sahiljain22 (1)
SESTAR (1)
Shuai Zeng (2)
sinecure (6)
SJLandsverk (5)
sorjai (1)
steveman518 (6)
stingtx (2)
SwissCircle (5)
TangoThree (2)
The Deal Mommy (5)
Timmy83 (2)
TokyoFoodie (2)
tonetone28 (2)
TravellingBeard (1)
tzvilev (2)
vishalgupta (1)
WellieinWI
WiscAZ (1)
WooFly (1)
yunicorner (1)

Gifts Received
Include pictures of you can!
Please only link to a post once you have opened your gifts and posted the contents!
98103 #1 #2
aaucello #1 #2 #3 (and maybe 4?)
Ahogz #1 (part 2) #2 #3
AMRivlin #1 #2 #3
Arsey00
Artimio #1
AZinAZ #1
B7e7US #1 #2
basejump #1 #2
BelfastFlyer #1 #2
BigRedBears #1
Bravada04 #1 #2
BXIAN #1 unwrapped #2 (filled)
canforce #1 #2
catarina #1 (part 2) #2 #3 #4 #5
Catman #1
CDTraveler #1 #2 #3
ckidder331 #1
cmn.jcs #1
CPH-Flyer #1
davrossuk #1
DevilDawg1960 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
dibby #1 #2
Dolphin2 #1
duberville #1 #2
elleana #1 #2
erikatcuse #1 #2? #3
evanderm #1 #2 #3
flipstah #1 (part 2) #2 #3
FlyerBeek #1 #2
flyerred #1
Flyingcow #1 #2 #3 #4
Glamette #1 #2
grbflyer #1
GrinAndBearIt #1 (part 2)
hdawg #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6
HGHUA #1
houseontheprairie #1
iamthehpt #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
In2ishn #1 #2
indianinhawaii #1
jameslon #1 #2 #3
Jamier45 #1
JanoSicek #1 #2 (part 2)
jdshscja #1 #2 #3 #4
jelliot04 #1
Jinxy #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11
joshua362 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
JVPhoto #1 #2 #3
KelseyR #1 #2 #3
kenme1 #1
KennyBSAT #1 #2
kipper #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 (part 2) #9 (part 2 of some gift?)
levenhopper #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
lisamcgu #1 #2
LM225 #1
maskedmesothorium #1
mattt22 #1 #2
mbassom #1
medichill #1 #2
MiffSC #1 #2 #3#4
miko2a #1 #2 (part 2) #3
Mileage Lover #1 #2
Milz02315 #1
MissJoeyDFW #1 #2
missydarlin #1 #2 #3 (with pictures)
MrDplus #1 #2 #3 (part 2) #4
mtneer1969 #1 #2 and the rest? #3
ndrk #1
Nicksterguy #1 #2 #3 #4
nlkm9 #1
nomadic.relief #1 #2
nwncl #1 #2
nyr2299 #1
ohlradio #2
oliver2002 #1 (with pictures)
onfo #1
onthewaytoadventure #1
pbjag #1 (part 2) #2 #3
Philatravelgirl #1
plon #1a #1b #1c #2 #3
Points Scrounger #1 #2
Polomarc #1
PSUPaul #1 (and results) #2 #3 #4
Redhead #1 #2 #3 (with pictures) #4 (part 2) #5 #6 #7
revaharj #1 #2 #3
rwoman #1 #2 (with pics)
rxfleming #1 #2-#? #3
sahiljain22 #1
SalishSea #1 #2
sandratravels #1
santina #1 #2
SESTAR #1
Shocker077 #1
Shuai Zheng #1 #2
sinecure #1 #2
singtx #1 #2
SJLandsverk #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
SnowCrash51295 #1 #2
sorjai #1
SteveHK #1
steveman518 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
SwissCircle #1 #2 (part 2) #3 #4
tango3 #1
TangoThree #1 #2
tanzaniancane #1 #2 #3
tcl #1 #2
timmy83 #1 #2
The Deal Mommy #1 #2 #3-#6
TokyoFoodie #1 #2 #3
tonetone28 #1 #2 (unwrapped)
TravellingBeard #1 #2
TTT #1
tzvilev #1 #2
UA191 #1 #2
vishalgupta22 #1
weather/Mr weather #1 (part 2) #2
WellieinWI #1
WiscAZ #1
WooFly #1
yunicorner #1 (part 2) (with pictures)
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HO HO HO! It is time to sign up for 2014 FT Secret Santa!

Old Dec 12, 2014, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by MrDplus

FlyerTalk Secret Santa 3014 - Gift 2 by desquiliano, on Flickr

Thanks to my Secret Santa 2 for this gift. I like Alitalia because I used to fly them often when I lived in Rome.
I adore CS Lewis and almost bought you that book! I'm glad I didn't. The Screwtape Letters is one of my all time favorites.
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by WiscAZ
I just received a gift from malexander131. It was a Moleskine notebook and a Jockery charger similar to the one above although it allows you to charge 2 devices at once! This will definitely come in handy when I need to charge my phone and ipad while on the road. I liked the comment about the A319s not having a power outlet. This is all of US!

Very much appreciated, Matt. Happy Holidays!
I'm glad you like it! Happy Holidays!
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 12:18 pm
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Hi all fellow Secret Santas! I'm in the midst of shopping and shipping, and fretting a bit about the challenges of getting presents shipped when away.

So that's also a heads-up to my own SSs: it's not that I'm a mean, evil soul who won't acknowledge your gifts... It's just that I'm thousands of miles away from home and have no way of knowing whether I have anything waiting for me.

I know that a couple of my giftees have acknowledged receiving some of my 'teasers', but not all of them - either gifts or giftees. I guess that is for the different postal services to blame.

By the way, I'm not posting a lot, but am really enjoying seeing what all of you are getting. Happy holidays to all!
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 12:21 pm
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The HeadElf is just back from a week in LAS. I was reviewing all the new toys that Santa will deliver in 2015. Plenty of surprises in store.

I've just sent out several PM's to a few of you making inquiries. Now if only I would have read the thread before PM'ing.


Originally Posted by aaucello
Just returned from a trip and had two boxes waiting for me! First one was a box from the HeadElf that is a fan of Dad Posts . Inside was a tractor trailer toy from a SS that my son is going to love.
The HeadElf is an older brother too. I don't want him to feel slighted when his party is over (when your baby is born).

Originally Posted by wharvey
Who are these other people with a hand in organizing Secret Santa?

HHHHHmmmm.....
Originally Posted by onthewaytoadventure
Ha, I stand corrected. You can have all of the credit!

In all seriousness, though, this has been great - a cool community. And I haven't even gotten my gift yet.
Santa has all the fun delivering presents, while my team works downstairs in the workshop, slaving away.

On behalf of Santa wharvey, get him the shipping/receiving information that he asks for. I can say for a fact, you don't want to get on his naughty list.

HE53
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 12:28 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingCow

I know that a couple of my giftees have acknowledged receiving some of my 'teasers', but not all of them - either gifts or giftees. I guess that is for the different postal services to blame.

By the way, I'm not posting a lot, but am really enjoying seeing what all of you are getting. Happy holidays to all!
teasers, eh? Are you perchance the Santa that has sent me two postcards? One from Costa Rica and another from Denmark? Both are on my fridge and my daughter likes pointing at the frog one especially. If you aren't but Santa is reading this, I'm excited and intrigued to see what more comes :-).
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 12:43 pm
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I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of the information requested but, hypothetically, if such data were to exist, I could only say that football rules
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 1:32 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingCow
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of the information requested but, hypothetically, if such data were to exist, I could only say that football rules
LOL. Nah, it's baseball and the YANKEES are God's team
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 2:09 pm
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Yay! I got my package yesterday and the timing was great! I got a super cool blue bracelet with lots of bling, an amazing blue scarf( and the timing was amazing as I lost my favorite scarf on my business trip this week and was very very sad) boot toppers and a cool Kate spade bag! So thoughtful thanks to my ss!!!!!
Ok tried to insert a pic and can't!! Darn!!!
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 2:26 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingCow
Hi all fellow Secret Santas! I'm in the midst of shopping and shipping, and fretting a bit about the challenges of getting presents shipped when away.

So that's also a heads-up to my own SSs: it's not that I'm a mean, evil soul who won't acknowledge your gifts... It's just that I'm thousands of miles away from home and have no way of knowing whether I have anything waiting for me.

I know that a couple of my giftees have acknowledged receiving some of my 'teasers', but not all of them - either gifts or giftees. I guess that is for the different postal services to blame.

By the way, I'm not posting a lot, but am really enjoying seeing what all of you are getting. Happy holidays to all!
You can always ask HeadElf53 or wharvey to ask your Santas if they received anything.
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 3:20 pm
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Dear Santa, thanks for the two books. Uwe Ommer's Transit book will serve as inspiration for my master bucket list. Who knows, maybe I'll open a page at random and pick that as my next destination.

I'm also going to enjoy Sarah MacDonald's Holy Cow I think on my upcoming vacation. Perfect for long legs of flying.

Thanks very much Secret Santa and Ho Ho Ho!

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Old Dec 12, 2014, 3:26 pm
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Quick update: all my gifts have been finally sent (3/3) and I have PM'd Santa Wharvey all details. Could any of you kind souls update the wiki for me? I'm still too much of a rookie to do that
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 4:15 pm
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Originally Posted by FlyingCow
Quick update: all my gifts have been finally sent (3/3) and I have PM'd Santa Wharvey all details. Could any of you kind souls update the wiki for me? I'm still too much of a rookie to do that
Someone did! Wiki has been updated.
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 5:06 pm
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Originally Posted by PSUPaul
Someone did! Wiki has been updated.
I'm on top of my game here

I received my 3rd package at work today-still waiting on 3 more, though I'm not optimistic any of them will arrive before I go on vacation, so hopefully they'll all be at my office when I come back in January. My last two recipients from the last round of assignments will have their packages go out tomorrow!
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 5:34 pm
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I marinated a steak in the pomegranate sauce from one of my Santas today. Oh man was it yummy!
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Old Dec 12, 2014, 6:07 pm
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ok, very low tech here--where is the wiki and how do I update it??
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