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  1. Alright, well it is now 2024, at least where I am so I am going to close the contest for "guess the santa". The $20 is going to be donated to St.Jude since nobody guessed it. So who was Santa? Well it was @SNESNESCUBE64 this year. Nobody ever suspects the goofball Yoshi. Anyway, thanks everyone for making Secret Santa fairly easy to maintain this year. It was super fun to run again. I haven't heard of any additional issues from anyone, so if anyone has any further issues, please reach out to SNESNESCUBE64 directly, I will be most likely logging out of Secret Santa in a few days. Anyway, I hope ya'll had fun. See ya again next year. From here on out, signups should be starting on November the 1st.
  2. To clarify what Luther said, he was Paddy_Wagon's secret santa. He did not run secret santa :).
  3. OH BOY OHHHHH BOYYYY. It's finally time. IT IS FINALLY KRIMAS. Let's keep it short. Basically, show off what you got and who you got it from! If you don't know who sent you your gift shoot me a message and I will let you know. I mentioned in the signup thread that there is going to be a little game. Every year someone on the site volunteers to be Santa. It can be any member on the website. It is not guaranteed to be a moderator or staff. First one to guess who Santa is wins a $20 Nintendo EShop gift card. If nobody guesses by 2024, I will open up a poll to decide where I am going to donate the money to. There are only four rules: You have to have been a participant this year. One guess per person You cannot edit your guess post. Doing such disqualifies you. There are a handful of people who already know who I am, sorry but you cannot participate. Thanks everyone for participating this year. I hope that everyone who participated had a good time. The secret santa account will be active until January 1st, 2024. After that time I will be signing out.
  4. OH BOY. Just a couple days left. Just as a reminder, be on the lookout for a reveal thread. It's going to go live sometime early Christmas morning. No peeking beforehand! As part of the reveal thread, I will be doing a guess the santa game. Anyone who participated in secret santa (except for the handful of people who already know who I am) can play. Santa could have been ANYONE. I haven't decided what the prize will be yet but I'll figure it out before the reveal thread.
  5. Hey everyone, tomorrow (the 9th) is the deadline to ship!!! Some have communicated to me already about shipping late, but there are still a handful of folk who have not shipped and have not communicated with me. Is everything going alright? If you are running into issues, please let me know, I promise I won't get mad as long as you communicate with me!
  6. It is not a written rule and one would think that I would have no way of knowing. But I will know and potentially be disappointed. The only rule is that you cannot share what you got until the reveal thread is posted.
  7. OH boy, hope everything is going alright. The deadline to ship domestically is coming up so if you have any concerns about shipping out on time, please please please reach out to me. Some folk have already talked to me, many have shipped out already (to those who have, excellent work). Also, apologies if messages have been delayed, I've been dealing with Pete's shenanigans a lot. I still am trying to reply to messages once per day at least.
  8. OH BOY! Thanksgiving is over and it is now SUPER Christmas season. Just as a reminder, if you have any issues, especially with mailing out on time, please reach out.
  9. I just sent out all the lists if you signed up and didn't get one. Please let me know ASAP.
  10. OHHHH BOY! Signups are closed now. Over the next day or so I will be double checking my list to make sure that I not only got everyone but make sure that I am pairing correctly. I believe that I have responded to everyone, but if I missed you, let me know by end of day tomorrow (11/12). Pairings will probably roll out on Monday (11/13)
  11. LAST CALL Signups end in about half an hour. For those who have sent in the last couple hours, I am responding now.
  12. Oh boy, there is just about a day left! Just a reminder, saying "I'm in" in this thread does not add you to the secret santa! You MUST send me a list by 10PM EST tomorrow (11/11). There will not be extensions this year and late submissions will not be accepted. Pairings will most likely be a little bit ahead of schedule to give as much time as possible but that does not push any deadlines forward. If you have submitted a list to me but have not heard back, please send it again. Also, if you want to make amendments to your list, that is also acceptable, just send me the whole list with the amendments.
  13. Oh boy, OHHHHHH BOOOOYYYYY. IIIIIIIT'S KRIMAA! Spooky month is done so that means it is Christmas time because there is nothing inbetween. This is going to be the fourth annual VGS Secret Santa. If you would like to participate, please read the directions thoroughly: 1. Send Secret Santa a PM with your real name, your address, and a LIST of items that are $50 or less. The more specific the better. If I get any of these lists with all $100+ items on them, I won't even ask you for a revised list; you'll just be out of this year's Secret Santa. Because that's naughty. And not even a sexy kind of naughty. 1a. Also please indicate if you can ship internationally. It does require you to be a bit more prompt on shipping due to how long it will take to reach its destination. If you do not indicate whether or not you will ship, the default will be no. 2. Once I receive your list, you will be entered into the SS participant list. 3. Signups will end at 10:00 pm Eastern on Saturday November 11th. That's a whole 10 days, it shouldn't take you THAT long to get your list in order. 4. Santa hopes to have recipients matched up and your lists sent out by end of day November 13th if not earlier. Santa and any helpers (see e.g. elves) will try to get it done earlier due to the time constraints! 5. Once your gifts are shipped, please PM Santa with the tracking number! This is very important, so don't lose it. 6. Deadline to ship in your own country is Dec 9th. International is Dec 2rd. (I understand that's a quick turnaround for those with international recipients, but we also have to consider international shipping times.) If you have ANY concerns about hitting that date, it is super important to be in communication with santa. 7. Have fun! I'll post a reveal thread Christmas morning for you to show off your goodies, but no revealing before! Also, as tempting as it may be, it's no fun to open it early! Throw it under the tree, Santa knows when you've opened it early... Also, Santa has some basic rules to follow: 1. In order to participate, you must have joined VGS before this thread was made and you must have posted a few times. 2. PLAN ON BUYING SOMETHING. Don't assume you can just pull some stuff off your shelf. 3. Plan on spending a minimum of $60-75 before shipping. Take that into consideration before buying your recipient that limited edition, gold plated, KFC gaming console. If you don't want to take this seriously or plan on being a grinch, don't bother signing up. 4. DO NOT MESSAGE YOUR RECIPIENT. If you need clarification, please reach out to Secret Santa. 5. No public complaining about your gift/list/etc. People generally try their best with these things, but if you have a legitimate complaint, PM either Santa or VGS site staff. 6. We reserve the right to refuse Secret Santa entry to anyone. This will especially apply if you've been on Santa's naughty list before. Don't be a grinch, being such may result in your inability to participate in future years (it will also give Santa a mad headache). 7. Try to be prompt, especially with international shipping. Keep in mind that this time of year is rather difficult on postal workers, try to get stuff in before the massive rush. 8. It is REALLY not recommended to do drop shipping. It can be confusing to the person receiving the gift and they may just open it up early. On top of that, if the wrong thing is shipped or gets damaged due to bad seller packing, it can lead to a bummer of a Christmas gift. 9. Also we STRONLY ask that you post in the reveal thread, to share what you received and express gratitude to your Santa for their efforts to send you something nice. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or send me a message.
  14. It’sh been sheveral weeksh and Shanta hash notiched that a few of you have not poshted the giftsh that your fellow VGShers took painsh to get you. Unleshsh you had an ishshue you raished with Shanta (and there wash one), Shanta is dishappointed the lack of shpirit and may well remember who didn’t shhare if you try to shign up nexht year.
  15. Anyone shtill want to gueshsh who wash Shanta thish sheason?
  16. Whatsh getting out of hand ish your critishchishm of Shanta!!
  17. Well I can shafely shay that everyone'sh preshentsh are on route if not under your reshpechtive treesh! I have been watshing your town carefully. If anyone hashn't resheived their packagesh by Thurshay, pleash PM me and I shhall give you your tracking numbersh. I haven't otherwishe given them to you sho you can have a nish shurprish when they found their way to your mailboxsh.
  18. Keep the guesshhesh coming! Shanta will passhh the time at home, brewing shome eggnog
  19. Ho ho ho! All you good little boysh and girlsh shhould be shtarting to get your preshents. Shanta ish very exchited that you all will have a Meeeeerrrryy Chrishtmas! I look forward to hearing confirmationsh that you resheived your gifts. Pleash shhare your reveal on or right after Chrishtmas sho Shanta and we all can shee what you resheived, along with your gueshshesh for who Shanta ish thish year. Thish avatar and acshent are two cluesh in themshelvesh.
  20. Now that ish pasht Thankshgiving, we are knee-deep in the holidaysh! Sho I'm shending out a quick reminder to check in. Make shure to shend Shanta your tracking numbersh sho he can feel shafe in hish choice in delegating hish Shanta dutiesh. Ho ho ho...dutiesh.
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