Secret Santa Discussion Thread

[twstychik]

Originally Posted by snosrap5

I did the same thing. Arrived in plenty of time.


Nikki, I hope you have a strong willed person to hold out until Christmas if you mail it that early to someone inside the US. The pressure is so great to open the box!

If they do cave and open it early they have nothing to look forward to in December.

That brings up a good question... Providing our package doesn't have any perishable items in it do we HAVE to wait till x-mas to open them?!

 

[starryeyedtiger]

Originally Posted by snosrap5

I did the same thing. Arrived in plenty of time.


Nikki, I hope you have a strong willed person to hold out until Christmas if you mail it that early to someone inside the US. The pressure is so great to open the box!

If they do cave and open it early they have nothing to look forward to in December.

I'm thinking maybe i should mail it the end of Nov so it arrives in Dec now.....so that won't be bad if they open it the beginning of Dec. I don't mind it

Originally Posted by twstychik

That brings up a good question... Providing our package doesn't have any perishable items in it do we HAVE to wait till x-mas to open them?!

I plan to open mine as soon as it gets here

 

[AbbysMom]

If you attempt to wait to open it until Christmas, you will meet with great opposition and chants of OPEN OPEN OPEN!

 

[snosrap5]

Originally Posted by twstychik

That brings up a good question... Providing our package doesn't have any perishable items in it do we HAVE to wait till x-mas to open them?!

Nope! You can gladly go over to the dark side if you can't wait until Christmas!

We call that being good or being very very bad! ( AKA The Dark Side) There is quite a large group of us on the dark side!

 

[sharky]

Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

I have a question!!

For those of you in the US who shipped to a SS in the US last year- about how much did it cost you to send your package? (i understand it goes by weight so it won't be an exact science until I get mine ready- but i was just curious!) Also who did you ship through? UPS, Fed EX, USPS??? Did you like their service/ policies and delivery time frame?

I ship priority and on ave about 10 $ shipping

I am thrilled with who I got

 

[starryeyedtiger]

Originally Posted by AbbysMom

If you attempt to wait to open it until Christmas, you will meet with great opposition and chants of OPEN OPEN OPEN!

I'm signing myself up for the dark side

Muhahahahah!!!!:

Originally Posted by snosrap5

Nope! You can gladly go over to the dark side if you can't wait until Christmas!

We call that being good or being very very bad! ( AKA The Dark Side) There is quite a large group of us on the dark side!

Sign me up! I'm opening it as soon as it gets here

I'm soo excited! I can't wait to mail out my package!!!!!!

Originally Posted by sharky

I ship priority and on ave about 10 $ shipping

I am thrilled with who I got

Thanks Jennifer! Shipping doesn't sound as bad as i was thinking it would be! I'm going to try using USPS!

 

[twstychik]

Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

I'm thinking maybe i should mail it the end of Nov so it arrives in Dec now.....so that won't be bad if they open it the beginning of Dec. I don't mind it

I plan to open mine as soon as it gets here

Originally Posted by AbbysMom

If you attempt to wait to open it until Christmas, you will meet with great opposition and chants of OPEN OPEN OPEN!

Originally Posted by snosrap5

Nope! You can gladly go over to the dark side if you can't wait until Christmas!

We call that being good or being very very bad! ( AKA The Dark Side) There is quite a large group of us on the dark side!

Yeah! Cuz I hate lying! LOL I'm a proud member of the gutter gang and my husband is always saying what a bad girl I am so the dark side sould fit me nicely!

 

[kluchetta]

I think I received my package quite early the past 2 years. The first year I waited until my birthday in early December to open. I think I was even more bad last year.

(But I was told I HAD to open it - there were yummy treats in it, LOL!)

 

[valanhb]

My recipient will be forced to turn to the Dark Side if they aren't there already. Homemade cookies shouldn't sit in a box un-eaten for very long!

 

[roxie225]

I will def. be on the dark side

 

[pami]

Im a proud member of the Dark Side

 

[rapunzel47]

I try to have my parcel arrive at its destination in the first 10 days or so of December, so that it's not in danger of arriving late, but also isn't going to be desperately early and either tormenting my recipient or being opened too soon. Canada Post doesn't have holiday mailing dates on the website yet (or I didn't see them), but I'm guessing I'll need to have mine gone not much after mid-November. Whatever other gripes I may have had with them from time to time, they do predict delivery times pretty accurately -- even over the holidays.

Depending on when mine arrives, and whether there's a perishable warning on it, I might open right away or I might wait until about mid-December.

 

[dixie_darlin]

Originally Posted by snosrap5

Nope! You can gladly go over to the dark side if you can't wait until Christmas!

We call that being good or being very very bad! ( AKA The Dark Side) There is quite a large group of us on the dark side!

I know I won't be able to wait to open mine!

I will gladly hold open the door for anyone wanting to cross over to The Dark Side

 

[snosrap5]

Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

I'm signing myself up for the dark side

Muhahahahah!!!!:

Sign me up! I'm opening it as soon as it gets here

I'm soo excited! I can't wait to mail out my package!!!!!!

Originally Posted by twstychik

Yeah! Cuz I hate lying! LOL I'm a proud member of the gutter gang and my husband is always saying what a bad girl I am so the dark side sould fit me nicely!

Originally Posted by Roxie225

I will def. be on the dark side

Originally Posted by Pami

Im a proud member of the Dark Side

Originally Posted by Dixie_Darlin

I know I won't be able to wait to open mine!

I will gladly hold open the door for anyone wanting to cross over to The Dark Side

Oh Boy, the Dark Side is going to be mighty crowded this year!

 

[chester&piper]

Originally Posted by rapunzel47

Canada Post doesn't have holiday mailing dates on the website yet (or I didn't see them), but I'm guessing I'll need to have mine gone not much after mid-November. Whatever other gripes I may have had with them from time to time, they do predict delivery times pretty accurately -- even over the holidays.

They're up there Fran, just not where you would think to look! You can find the info here.

 

[taurus77]

First, I've been on here for a little more than a year, so I HAVE to know how everyone knows everybodies real name? That amazes me.

But anyway...

Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

Is anyone else done with their shopping? I finished mine last night- i was planning on wrapping mine today. (i got soo excited i couldn't wait

) Over the week i plan to make cute little hints to go with my package. I think i may wait to mail it until late Oct so it gets there sometime in Novemeber and beats the Christmas rush. Anyone else doing this? (in the US that is).

You're such an overachiever!!

Originally Posted by AbbysMom

If you attempt to wait to open it until Christmas, you will meet with great opposition and chants of OPEN OPEN OPEN!

No way you'll pull me over...I have willpower like a bull!!

Originally Posted by sharky

I am thrilled with who I got

Stop it...

...you're making me blush.

 

[dixie_darlin]

Originally Posted by Taurus77

No way you'll pull me over...I have willpower like a bull!!

That's what you think

 

[starryeyedtiger]

Originally Posted by Taurus77

You're such an overachiever!!

Na, normally i wait till the last minute

I just wanted to go ahead and get my shopping out of the way so i'd stick to my budget (i have my wedding comming up as well as Christmas presents for my family to save for,etc so doing it early helps me stay on track

)

 

[dragoriana]

Lol. I read about the dark side on last years pressies thread. It sounds SOO enticing!!

 

[taurus77]

Its enticing, yes. But you can hold out.