abhi90 Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Hello friends. Come one, come all to this year's iteration of Secret Santa Welcome to the thread that celebrates the spirit of Christmas What is Secret Santa? Secret Santa is a tradition in which volunteering members of our lovely community anonymously send gifts to a randomly chosen participating member The basic flowchart of Secret Santa is: Interested people post their names in this thread After the dead-line for submitting names is over, a random draw is held to assign a person(aka target) to every Santa Every Santa then has about 2-3 weeks to scout & stalk their designated target, choose an appropriate gift and then send it The designated target should (ideally) receive the gift just around the 25th of December i.e. Christmas A Secret Santa should only reveal himself through the "Sent by" tag on the courier i.e. No one should know of the identity of their Secret Santa until they receive their gift The key of a successful Secret Santa is secrecy, so please do all that you can to ensure that your identity stays hidden until your target receives his gift. Want to take part? Here's what you've got to do: 1. Read this post and the guidelines carefully. 2. If you can adhere to the time-frame, post your names in this thread. 3. Send me a PM with your complete address along with your mobile number. The title should be ~ "Secret Santa 2017" 4. After the deadline for submitting names is over, someone will hold a lucky draw and you (i.e. the Santa) will be assigned a target. 5. Find out the likes and dislikes of your target and choose a suitable NEW gift for him. 6. You, Santa, will send the gift(s) to your designated target. P.S: You should send your gifts so that your target will receive their gifts before Christmas. The closer to 25th, the better. Spoiler Let there be two persons, A and B. If A is the Secret Santa of B, it does not necessarily mean that B is the Santa of A (Probability dictates that A being the Secret Santa of B AND B being the Secret Santa of A is relatively minor). Most probably, a person will send a gift to someone and receive a gift from someone else. Guidelines for Secret Santa: 1. This is all about the bond we share in the community 2. Please don't tell anyone, even to non-participants, the identity of your target 3. It is absolutely necessary (and makes the gift that extra bit sweet) that the gift is a well-searched one and not a generic one 4. Gift-wrapping the gift along with a card is encouraged, but not mandatory 5. IMPORTANT: The gift should be NEW. Whatever it is, it shouldn't be a used one 6. The gift should be chosen according to the person's likes or dislikes, do proper research before sending a gift. 7. Take appropriate measures so that your target gets his gift just before Christmas i.e. in the range of 21-24th December Previous Iterations of Secret Santa: Spoiler This is for the ninth consecutive time that Secret Santa is being held within IVG. Following are the links to the previous Secret Santa threads:Secret Santa 2009Secret Santa 2010Secret Santa 2010 - Gifts ThreadSecret Santa 2011 Secret Santa 2012 Secret Santa 2012 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2013 Secret Santa 2013 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2014 Secret Santa 2014 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2015 Secret Santa 2015 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2016 Secret Santa 2016 - Gifts Thread Tips for Secret Santa: Spoiler Login anonymously. Doing so will help you be anonymous and your target cannot go into his/her profile and see your name in the "Latest visitors" list and make a calculated guess of who their Secret Santa is. If you're really stumped and cannot finalize on an appropriate gift, then as a last resort PM me and ONLY me. I'll ask your target on your behalf, while maintaining your anonymity, as to what he/she would prefer. There's no price range for gifts, it's all about the happiness you can share with other IVGian. To get a rough idea on the price of gifts being sent refer to the Secret Santa of yesteryears. Hall of Fame Spoiler I would like to thank, first and foremost, the participants who have made Secret Santa such a success that a lot of us look forward to this time of the year. I would also like to especially thank the members who have been a part of every Secret Santa without fail, they are: Aftrunner KrackChap Sufyan Snake Last date for registrations: 3rd December 2017 Please commit iff you will be 100% able to send a gift. We've had defaulters in the past and we don't want any more sad people, do we? Feel free to post here/ PM me if you have any doubts. Hope you all have a great Christmas this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted November 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 List of participants: varundbest adity Aftrunner Harjas kold_war santanu18 vipulpradhan Snake pinkmonster KJD Engineer SRahulNayak Rosh Pacifier Keano AtheK Nischey007 Assassins Creed Madmage Parker krados piper Sufyan Sawyer HundredProofSam wickedbl0ke l33tmaniac CM Sunny abhinit90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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piper Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Nice, thanks for doing this again, Abhinit. Count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harjas Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Count me inSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohit9206 Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 Doesn't it feel last year's secret santa happened just like recently? How come it's time for another one so quickly. "Gifts should not be used one"Damn my fetish will not be fulfilled this time either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted November 28, 2017 Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 I wonder if I still have the last years PM I can copy paste and send again? Maximum effort! Edit Aaaaand done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pinkmonster Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Me too. I'll join it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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