HO HO HO,

Greetings from your 2005 Secret Santa coordinator William (wharvey).

This is the official thread for the 2005 Secret Santa Extravaganza. Any questions or comments should be limited to this thread or emailed to me and no other threads should be started. Any email sent to me should have a subject of : Secret Santa 2005

I hope many of you choose to participate in this years’ event.

While you are thinking about what to get for your FT "friend", consider also purchasing a gift for a child or making a donation to your favorite charity.

Below are the rules for the 2005 Secret Santa event:

1. Any questions on the Secret Santa process should be directed to me via this thread or via email (please do not use Private Message!). My email address is [email protected]. Subject should always be: Secret Santa 2005. Make sure my emails do not go to your SPAM filters! That happened last year to a few people.

2. The expected limit on your gift purchase is $40 USD and does not include shipping and packaging costs. Of course, I am sure no one will mind gifts of higher value or certain paper from airlines and hotels that are "priceless".

NEW FOR THIS SEASON: If you are interested, you may volunteer to be a Secret Santa for up to three different Flyertalkers. If you sign up for one, two or three... means you will also have one, two or three FTers with your name... UNDERSTAND, there is no guarantee for you to be assigned more than one person. Santa reserves final decision rights on this plan!!

3. Secret Santa has the option of remaining anonymous. I will not disclose names nor addresses of anyone who participates to anyone other than their Secret Santa. I expect that any information you receive from me will not be shared with anyone else.

4. The coordinator assumes no responsibility for delivery or non-delivery of gifts. I want this to be fun and hope that everyone who participates will have fun and get into the holiday spirit. Understand, however, that failure to deliver will result in your being denied participation in future years. Adam100, Tokyotraveler , Mrstaralliance and Phoenixdude have been placed on Santa’s bad boy list from failing to deliver gifts in the past even though they received gifts… so they will not be allowed to participate this year.

5. You must be registered on Flyertalk.com at the time you send your email. IF you are a lurker, you must register on Flyertalk.com before becoming a Secret Santa participant. You may also want to post in the "Who We Are" thread to introduce yourself to the community.

6. Deadline to participate is December 2nd, 2005 (Rochester, NY date). If you wish to participate, you MUST send an email to me (again, not a Private Message). My email is [email protected]. Subject Line: Secret Santa 2005. In this email, you must provide the following information and PLEASE answer the questions in the order provided below as that will help me input the data into my tracking forms:

a. Your full name (first and last name)

b. Your mailing address for your gift. This address should be one where you can receive a package in December.

c. Your email address (must be verifiable)

d. Your Flyertalk handle

e. Date of FT registration

f. Maximum number of times you wish to participate: (1, 2, 3):

g. No more than three facts about yourself that might help your Secret Santa shop for your gift.

h. A "Yes" or "No" as to whether or not you are willing to send a gift outside your country. If at all possible, please be willing to ship out of your own country... especially for USA residents.

If I receive enough participants early on, I may go ahead and match up members so you can get a head start on your gift buying. I would then provide a second match-up after the December 2nd deadline (which is right after I return from an anniversary trip with Mr. Santa in Egypt and Austria). Santa has to get his rest in before the mad rush of the holiday season.

Please be sure to read Santa updates throughout this thread!!!

I am glad to step forward again this year and be your Secret Santa coordinator and hope you find it to be another wonderful experience of this great Flyertalk community.

William