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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 26, 2014, 3:56 am
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Shopping done for all my 4! Had to really think this year as some of the suggestions really had me stumped!

Mine are going out to all corners of the globe which is lovely. Will wait a few days before I start posting the physical gifts but knowing Australia Post want to get in earlier rather than later!
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 9:13 am
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This is always the start of my christmas prep and it's now in full swing!

Going to spend this evening going through my victims requests, wish them luck!
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 9:53 am
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Just finished wrapping for my victims and have placed orders for USPS shipping boxes. Hopefully the materials will arrive soon and the gifts can be boxed for the Reindeer.

But I might wait just to make sure they don't get opened too early
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 11:57 am
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[grumble]
Gift cards.

All one of my giftees wants is gift cards!

Where's the fun and creativity in that?

[/grumble]
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 12:51 pm
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Currently on QRA so will do my shopping once I'm finished here. They'll hopefully be here before I get back from my trip to TFS so can have them posted before mid November

Posting 2 to people in countries that are on my list to visit
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 3:17 pm
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Originally Posted by CDTraveler
[grumble]
Gift cards.

All one of my giftees wants is gift cards!

Where's the fun and creativity in that?

[/grumble]
You can always ask if there are other hobbies and interests. Sometimes people don't list everything because they are at an technical or advanced level in their hobby and don't want to sound arrogant or high maintenance when submitting the form.
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 3:19 pm
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Done shopping! Some of you left me very little to work with other than FFPs, so this should be interesting :P
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 4:08 pm
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PM sent. Very excited!
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by steveman518
Done shopping! Some of you left me very little to work with other than FFPs, so this should be interesting :P
I agree that some gave very little information to work with as well.
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 5:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Annalisa12
I'd love to do it but haven't signed up. I'm scared someone wouldn't like my gift. Stupid I know.
I'm scared of the same thing but just signed up anyways This forum has been been great for me to learn from and pass time during a hard time in my life so I wanted to participate. I lurked for a long time - joined in 2012 but just started posting consistently.

I'm just hoping the person will be specific or will love gift cards.
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 6:07 pm
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Originally Posted by westcoastgal
I'm scared of the same thing but just signed up anyways This forum has been been great for me to learn from and pass time during a hard time in my life so I wanted to participate. I lurked for a long time - joined in 2012 but just started posting consistently.

I'm just hoping the person will be specific or will love gift cards.
Don't be worried about someone not liking your gift. If they aren't specific, then that's really all on them, not you.
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Old Oct 26, 2014, 7:09 pm
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Originally Posted by westcoastgal
I'm scared of the same thing but just signed up anyways This forum has been been great for me to learn from and pass time during a hard time in my life so I wanted to participate. I lurked for a long time - joined in 2012 but just started posting consistently.

I'm just hoping the person will be specific or will love gift cards.
From the postings that I saw last year, a lot of folks send an assortment of smaller gifts totaling or exceeding the $50 minimum. That way you increase your chances of "hitting the target" of their taste. From my package last year, two things were perfect, and the others were very nice. All in all, I really enjoyed the experience, and a big part of was the element of surprise.

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Old Oct 26, 2014, 9:02 pm
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Originally Posted by tcl
Most people add a gift card option as well so you could do a combination of shopping + gift card

I've loved everything that I've received over the past few years and am really grateful that someone took the time and effort to choose something for me. There are some items I still use everyday such as a set of see-through plastic envelopes to organize paperwork both at home, and in my travel bags. There are mail order catalogues and shops I was introduced to by my Santas as well that I order from regularly.
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..
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 5:17 am
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Originally Posted by elleana
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Originally Posted by tcl


Most people add a gift card option as well so you could do a combination of shopping + gift card

I've loved everything that I've received over the past few years and am really grateful that someone took the time and effort to choose something for me. There are some items I still use everyday such as a set of see-through plastic envelopes to organize paperwork both at home, and in my travel bags. There are mail order catalogues and shops I was introduced to by my Santas as well that I order from regularly.




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..
All depends on what they like. No point buying from an aviation store when someone requested a cook book!
You can always ask another flyertalker to send a secret PM if you needed more info.
Online stores vary on which country you're in.
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Old Oct 27, 2014, 6:15 am
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Several items purchased, others in process. Now to find boxes, wrapping paper, etc. Oh I love FT Secret Santa! 7 years and counting!
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