2013 Secret Santa received thread!

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Well I'm going to drop the more obvious hint that if it had a US postmark; it was NOT from Pollyanna! :lol3:
I have changed my location espcially for SS.....to "right here"....which could be anywhere.....US.....China, Switzerland..... :D

And to complicate things even more, through the years, some people, including me, have had people post things for them in other countries, for extra confusion porposes only.... :D

There should be more eliminating clues coming along soon....

:stars:
 

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I opened my gifts and took lots of pictures! I have to upload them to the computer and go through them. I'll post them Friday evening or Saturday.

I love it all! And my kids made out like bandits!  LOL

Spence loves the mop-feather toy.

There is a darling toy on a stand that can double as a wand.  It has a butterfly on a wire that swings around. It also has a battery, which I'm not sure the purpose of. I put in the included battery but nothing happened, unless the battery is dead.  I'll try with a fresh battery tomorrow and see if there is any difference. I"m thinking that it is supposed to cause the wire to spin around.  Katie loves this!  She entertained herself for about 20 minutes!  LOL

I had to hide the 2 Da Bird refills because Spencer would have destroyed them before I even got them on Da Bird!  That boy is a maniac for feathers!

Abby had a snack of the cat food.  Katie didn't seem partial to it, and Spencer wanted some, but because of his allergies he can't have any. However, he did manage to snarf down a piece that he found which Abby had dropped. I'm thinking that 1 little piece won't hurt him. Beside, I"m not even 100% certain it is food allergies. It could have very easily have been the 3 doses of antibiotics he received that helped, but I'm not taking any chances.

I got new oven mitts and some tea towels, and shower gel in my favourit scent, citrus!
  In fact it is the same one that I always buy, which is great!

SS pretty much gave us everything on our wish list!  Thank you Andrya!  
 

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Okay it's time for the big reveal! 

To start I must say my SS did a fantastic job and Ella, Diego, and I were so happy! I ended up waiting to open all the gifts with them Christmas night because it is just more fun that way. 

First up: some fun balls with a great jingle sound. They were a hit!


Diego says: MY BALL!!!!!


Next were some awesome catnip fish. Diego loved them so much he jumped on them and wouldn't move. Seriously, I have no pictures of just the fish without Diego on top of them! 

He was finally kind and shared one with Ella. She says "stop trying to take my picture so I can play!"


"Stop it with the camera Mom!"


Of course, all that play gets exhausting. Diego had to take a grooming break! 

"I love my fffiiiissssshhhhh!!!!!"


Such a happy boy!!!! 

The next gift was this adorable monkey for Ella, though she was too distracted by her fish to care. I got it out today though and she was much more interested!


Diego's solo gift was this awesome little duck with feathers! Sadly he didn't get to play with it much- Ella is the feather queen around here and stole it right away! 


Ooohhhh a whole bag of toys! 


Then there were some awesome gifts for me. First up, this adorable pocket umbrella! It's already in my car!


Then I got some amazing smelling lavender soap. Seriously, I wish I could post how heavenly the scent is. It's so strong it poured out of the box when I first opened it and I have been captivated ever since! I guess I should say one is lavender scented and the other is unscented. And, my SS remembered that I have very sensitive skin and so these are homemade with no chemical irritants. YAY!!!!!


Then I opened a smushy gift and found two cute pairs of socks and these great gloves! I'm a sucker for comfy lounge socks so these are perfect, and I love the gloves. They almost look like two pairs in one as the purple fingertips are much thinner than the rest of it. Plus, they are my favorite color! I love them and wore them today! 


My last gift was this great puzzle of one of my favorite paintings by one of my most favorite artists, Renoir. I love puzzles and I love fine art so this is perfect! Plus, I am really fast at puzzles but with so much detail this one will be more challenging and I need that. Needless to say I love it too! 


I thought it was funny so I took a picture of the puzzle next to the work over my fireplace (which is one of my all time favorites). Yup, that's a Renoir! 
         

A final shot of all our loot. I can't believe that my SS did such a fantastic job of capturing each of us so perfectly! 

Thank you so much, parsleysage, for being such an awesome Santa!!!!! 
 

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I opened my gifts and took lots of pictures! I have to upload them to the computer and go through them. I'll post them Friday evening or Saturday.

I love it all! And my kids made out like bandits!  LOL


Spence loves the mop-feather toy.

There is a darling toy on a stand that can double as a wand.  It has a butterfly on a wire that swings around. It also has a battery, which I'm not sure the purpose of. I put in the included battery but nothing happened, unless the battery is dead.  I'll try with a fresh battery tomorrow and see if there is any difference. I"m thinking that it is supposed to cause the wire to spin around.  Katie loves this!  She entertained herself for about 20 minutes!  LOL
I had to hide the 2 Da Bird refills because Spencer would have destroyed them before I even got them on Da Bird!  That boy is a maniac for feathers!
Abby had a snack of the cat food.  Katie didn't seem partial to it, and Spencer wanted some, but because of his allergies he can't have any. However, he did manage to snarf down a piece that he found which Abby had dropped. I'm thinking that 1 little piece won't hurt him. Beside, I"m not even 100% certain it is food allergies. It could have very easily have been the 3 doses of antibiotics he received that helped, but I'm not taking any chances.
I got new oven mitts and some tea towels, and shower gel in my favourit scent, citrus! :9:   In fact it is the same one that I always buy, which is great
SS pretty much gave us everything on our wish list!  Thank you Andrya!   :clap:
You also love citrusy smells. I too but can't get it here. It's always mixed with something. I also love the smell of cucumber. Also no luck. Nuisance of a country.
Thousands of years ago my late mum bought me an enormous bottle of citrus smelling eau de cologne. It was wonderful but I don't remember who made it.
:sigh:
 

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I opened my gifts and took lots of pictures! I have to upload them to the computer and go through them. I'll post them Friday evening or Saturday.

I love it all! And my kids made out like bandits!  LOL

Spence loves the mop-feather toy.

There is a darling toy on a stand that can double as a wand.  It has a butterfly on a wire that swings around. It also has a battery, which I'm not sure the purpose of. I put in the included battery but nothing happened, unless the battery is dead.  I'll try with a fresh battery tomorrow and see if there is any difference. I"m thinking that it is supposed to cause the wire to spin around.  Katie loves this!  She entertained herself for about 20 minutes!  LOL

I had to hide the 2 Da Bird refills because Spencer would have destroyed them before I even got them on Da Bird!  That boy is a maniac for feathers!

Abby had a snack of the cat food.  Katie didn't seem partial to it, and Spencer wanted some, but because of his allergies he can't have any. However, he did manage to snarf down a piece that he found which Abby had dropped. I'm thinking that 1 little piece won't hurt him. Beside, I"m not even 100% certain it is food allergies. It could have very easily have been the 3 doses of antibiotics he received that helped, but I'm not taking any chances.

I got new oven mitts and some tea towels, and shower gel in my favourit scent, citrus!
  In fact it is the same one that I always buy, which is great!

SS pretty much gave us everything on our wish list!  Thank you Andrya!  
You are most welcome. l'm glad you enjoyed everything.

Yes, the butterfly is supposed to vibrate and turn in a circle, it makes my cats wild! The battery goes in, and the lid is very tricky to get back on, but once it falls correctly into place you'll know it, and it should work, the battery is new. l hope they like it, but l would take it away when you don't have it switched on, as l've caught mine gnawing on the wire!!
 

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eb24 eb24 Wonderful. All wonderful.
Your cats are superb and they pose for you.
My cats before whisky and blighty would take off when they saw me and my
camera.
I love the socks.
:clap:

You also love citrusy smells. I too but can't get it here. It's always mixed with something. I also love the smell of cucumber. Also no luck. Nuisance of a country.
Thousands of years ago my late mum bought me an enormous bottle of citrus smelling eau de cologne. It was wonderful but I don't remember who made it.
:sigh:
 
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YAY!!! You are so welcome! I LOVED seeing the pictures of Diego & Ella playing with their toys... too bad I didn't know Ella was the feather queen or I would have put her name! 
 So glad you guys enjoyed everything. Merry Christmas!

Secret Santa was very enjoyable and successful.... can't wait to play next year too!!!!
 

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Sorry for the delay. I did open presents on Monday and Tuesday and took pictures, but then I ran out of time to get them to the computer. To make a short story long, I worked Monday night, slept half the day Tuesday, and was completely booked up for the rest of Christmas Eve. Early Christmas morning I drove 3 hours to spend the day with my mother and part of the family. Drove home yesterday afternoon just in time to go to work again. I think I'm awake enough now to get the pictures up.

Monday's haul:

#7

Sparkly cat toys and one feather toy on a wire

Shareena went crazy over the feather toy but Miss Patchwillow was more interested in checking out the rest of the toys.

I'll just pick out my own, thank you.

#8

Hercules was not impressed with his namesake

A tea infuser with a lid to keep the tea warm. I love it! I even have some loose tea I haven't used because it's such a nuisance to strain the tea leaves out.

#9

More cat toys. Of course the furkids managed to scatter them before I could get a picture.

I think I got them all back together, but I wouldn't guarantee it. The furry toys were a huge hit.

I did have to hide a bunch of the toys so they'll be available later. Otherwise they would all disappear into a black hole in record time.

Did the link to the first video work? If people can see it, I'll post more.
Here's the link again in case you don't want to hunt back through all the posts. Shareena playing
 

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The final 3 gifts, opened Christmas Eve

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BTW, Cali and Goldy flat out refused to pose with their duckbilled namesakes ;)

Gorgeous necklace, earrings, and bracelet set. Cali was convinced they were more kitty toys, but every time I pointed my camera at her she scooted away, so I don't have any photographic evidence. (The ear in the picture belongs to Merlin)

#11

A wall hanging with pictures of my kitties. She used pictures I had posted on TCS.

#12

The card outside. . .

. . .and in

My Secret Santa is EB24! :clap: Thank you, Nicole!

The final gift: two sets of cards with angels painted by Nicole's mother. One set to keep and one to give away.
 

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You are most welcome. l'm glad you enjoyed everything.

Yes, the butterfly is supposed to vibrate and turn in a circle, it makes my cats wild! The battery goes in, and the lid is very tricky to get back on, but once it falls correctly into place you'll know it, and it should work, the battery is new. l hope they like it, but l would take it away when you don't have it switched on, as l've caught mine gnawing on the wire!!Sw
Switched on? Hmmm. I don't think I did that. I didn't see a switch. I thought you just put in the battery and that was it.
 

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BTW, Cali and Goldy flat out refused to pose with their duckbilled namesakes

#11

A wall hanging with pictures of my kitties. She used pictures I had posted on TCS.

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The card outside. . .

. . .and in

My Secret Santa is EB24!
Beautiful gifts. l love the card and its sentiment, and l LOVE the beautiful Angel cards 
 

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The final 3 gifts, opened Christmas Eve

#10
BTW, Cali and Goldy flat out refused to pose with their duckbilled namesakes ;)

Gorgeous necklace, earrings, and bracelet set. Cali was convinced they were more kitty toys, but every time I pointed my camera at her she scooted away, so I don't have any photographic evidence. (The ear in the picture belongs to Merlin)

#11

A wall hanging with pictures of my kitties. She used pictures I had posted on TCS.
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The card outside. . .
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. . .and in
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My Secret Santa is EB24! :clap: Thank you, Nicole

The final gift: two sets of cards with angels painted by Nicole's mother. One set to keep and one to give away.
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Lovely gifts and the idea of the wall hanging is
Fantastic
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We did a pour out, free for all
 I love this pic! Even though she has flash eye, she is for real saying thank you! She is a vocal kitty and knows how to be heard, even if it's through a picture!


These are all the awesome gifts we received.. you can see Maia being patient on the side
And Maia has no more patience "

   
 

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 I cheated and opened a week earlier
Posted pics on page 4 post#96, this thread. We loved our gifts!!

 "  Here we go!......

   This was how excited Maia was to dig in!
I am so glad you enjoyed them! Maia looks like my Smokie we had to rehome, she looks like Mama open it hurry up lol. I LOVE Dover coloring books, they are so detailed, glad they got there safely :) Maia's face in the camera eye one is priceless 
 

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OMG! When you told that banana story I nearly peed! LOL I wanted to post so badly, but didn't want to give anything away too early! My cats love those bananas. I have 2 and every once in awhile I see it laying on the floor outside of their toy basket.

I try to keep their toys in a wicker basket. They know to go to it and fish through it to find toys to play with. Some morning I wake up, or come home in the afternoon to see the basket almost completely empty of toys, meaning they had a very productive day playing!
Do they put the toys back in the basket? LOL Smokie certainly was able to pull the toys out and dig through his toybox, a Rubbermaid shirt box.... but he would never put them up lol. We did a quick bedtime sweep of all the toys...
 

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I am so glad you enjoyed them! Maia looks like my Smokie we had to rehome, she looks like Mama open it hurry up lol. I LOVE Dover coloring books, they are so detailed, glad they got there safely :) Maia's face in the camera eye one is priceless 
    Maia absolutely loves the TCS SS
! OK, I admit, I love it just as much
! The coloring book is really nice!

 She looks like ventriloquism kitty!

 
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