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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).

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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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Old Oct 27, 2014, 7:58 am
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Shopping for the first round of presents done. My victims will get them around the first week of november.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by elleana
This is my first year doing this - do you mind recommending a few online stores that are, for lack of a more elegant way to put this - FT friendly. A store that someone participating in FT Secret Santa would appreciate receiving gift(s) from..
I like cooking, food and wine so I was delighted to be introduced/reminded of places such as La Teinda, New Braunfels Smokehouse, and World Spice Merchants. I regularly order spices from World Spice Merchants and find the quality of their spices to be quite high. This year I did not order a turkey for cooking from one of the farms and am considering ordering a smoked turkey from New Braunfels in case we do stay at home for Thanksgiving depending on the availability of mistake fares in the next few weeks

I also provided a few GC options and there is always Amazon Many people have Amazon wishlists if you do a search with their email address.

As this is FT, airline and reward shopping portals are an excellent way to maximize your points as you can double & triple dip with your credit card as well.

Hope this helps.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 9:53 am
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Glad to see everyone is getting into the swing of things... encourage more to sign up before the deadline this weekend.

REMEMBER, if you want more Santas... and getting ore gifts, please let e know via PM.

Also, no rush to mail gifts... this is a Christmas celebration... not Halloween!
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 11:59 am
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First gifts arrived

Thank you very much whoever you are for the
2 Rezidor vouchers!

Much appreciated!
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 12:08 pm
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I like to add a local flare to my gifts so whoever gets mine, it'll most likely be made within Alberta or at the very least, Canadian-made or have mostly Canadian content.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 12:09 pm
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Some of you really wanted to do some early shopping... amazed at all the gifts that have been shipped already!
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 12:53 pm
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I just received a gift from Philfna! Unless he tells me otherwise, I'm going to *try* to wait to open it until Thanksmas (my family does Christmas the Saturday after Thanksgiving when we are all together). But *try* is the keep word, my excitement might get the better of me!
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 2:18 pm
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HHHHmmm.... I wonder what you got? OH WAIT, I know....

Originally Posted by Redhead
I just received a gift from Philfna! Unless he tells me otherwise, I'm going to *try* to wait to open it until Thanksmas (my family does Christmas the Saturday after Thanksgiving when we are all together). But *try* is the keep word, my excitement might get the better of me!
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 2:38 pm
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Some of the things I had to order are coming in for #1 so hopefully shipping that out end of the week. #2 probably shopping for this weekend.

If any of mine get sent early I'll have no temptation to open them since I requested them to be sent to my folks house in California where I won't be until just before Xmas since I'm in South Africa from Thanksgiving on.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 5:03 pm
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Went scoping around town for gifts today. Picked up a couple that I hadn't planned on. Just stuff that somehow inspired me. I still have more to get. But, I'm so far having a lot of fun doing this.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 5:31 pm
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Originally Posted by B7e7US
Shopping for the first round of presents done. My victims will get them around the first week of november.
Cruel, very cruel.

However will they manage to resist temptation and save their Santa gifts until Christmas?
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 8:11 pm
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Originally Posted by CDTraveler
Cruel, very cruel.

However will they manage to resist temptation and save their Santa gifts until Christmas?
This is why though I'm starting shopping and figuring out what to get now I probably won't ship until late November. Even allowing two weeks for shipping - though two days is probably more accurate - they'll still get there in plenty of time for Christmas.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 10:51 pm
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Originally Posted by CDTraveler
Cruel, very cruel.

However will they manage to resist temptation and save their Santa gifts until Christmas?
especially if they were going to Kipper's alternate address....
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Old Oct 28, 2014, 2:38 am
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Originally Posted by CDTraveler
Cruel, very cruel.

However will they manage to resist temptation and save their Santa gifts until Christmas?
Well, I'll be away for 2 weeks, so better ship them now and if French customs decide to hold them for 2-3 weeks (as they did last year with some presents sent oversea by other FTers), they will still arrive on time.
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Old Oct 28, 2014, 6:28 am
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First package of many for SS1 and SS2 ordered and confirmed! Sorry for the early gifts...but will be in and out for the next two months!

Y'all are hard to shop for!
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