ESKMAS 2007 - Deadline Nov 25

[borneoman]

THE ESKIMO SECRET SANTA CHRISTMAS PRESENT EXCHANGE 2007 is here!!!!!!!!!!!! I talked with Penguin and he passed me the batton to organize this!!!!!!!!!!!! No restrictions, anybody can join, new eskimos, old eskimos, eskimos from all over the world
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DEADLINE TO REGISTER: NOV 25

Important. Looks like last year the exchange didn't work for some. We can always blame the post office but looks like some Eskimos also forgot about sending the presents. So I'd encourage people to sign in only if you're determined to do so, be responsible and commited, otherwise someone else who put in effort will suffer.



RULES

1. you must make sure ur parcel arrives before christmas day, so I'd say mail in early December
2. even if you get the present earlier... you may not open ur own present until christmas day
3. you must spend more than £5 (or the equivalents: about €7.50 or $10)


TO ENTER

Now to enter you must first make a decision of whether or not you'd like to send abroad. there are only 2 options

1/international - this will mean you will prefer to (and most probably will) send abroad.

2/national (regional)- this will mean that you will only send to people in your country/zone. If you sign for national but no one else from your country signs up, you'll be asked if it's ok to be moved to international.


an e-mail address has been set up specifically for the purpose of entering.

eskimochristmas@gmail.com

not only can you use it for entering, but you can also use it for enquiries. If you're worried about anything then use the address we'll work things out.

WHAT TO DO:

you must send an e-mail entitled either "national" or "international" (according to ur preference! see the options above) to eskimochristmas@gmail.com.
Copy & Paste the following form/questionaire into the e-mail, fill in the answers and send it:

Igloo Name:
Real Name:
Full address including Country:


When it comes to sending the present, pay attention in writing the full addy correctly including postal code and country. Please be aware that different countries have different policies for customs charges, please check that of your own and the other countries. When sending international you'll probably have to fill in/attach a customs form.

SO SIGN UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYBODY WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Yetzirah]

Sorry, I can't agree with the Christmas Day Policy. In Austria (and I think in Germany as well - maybe even some other countries, who knows) the "big party" is at Christmas Eve, that's where all the family comes together, celebrates and openes the presents... I don't want to have to wait until the day after...

[Nine]

YAY! I'm in.

also, about the xmas day thing in the post above - it doesn't matter, there's no post on Christmas day anyway, so if something is to reach you by xmas day, it will reach you by xmas eve. :)

[borneoman]

Answering a question I got via pm, if you don't have a permanent address or in the process of moving or similar... you can always choose your parents address or a friend, family... no problem...

and course you can open your present whenever you want to, in Spain most people we give the presents on Jan 6 with the Three Kings ;) But don't open it on Dec 15 wait a bit ;)

[Tommy]

Yay, I was annoyed I missed this last year so im in this year :)

[mariaoran]

ok so this is the first time i'd be doing this... yaaay!!! :icon_sant

questions... so i sign up and then what? how is it chosen ? who does it? and, when do we get to know who we buy presents for!? :)

sorri if this is not the place to ask!! :S :smiley9:

[borneoman]

Maria, you sign up by sending me an e-mail via the addy on the #1 post:
eskimochristmas@gmail.com

Then after the deadline (25 Nov) I'll e-mail you back with the details of the person you have been assigned at random to send a present to...

[Yetzirah]

in greece it's the same as in spain... i think those differences in the traditions are really interesting...

i really hope there are a lot of people participating this year again. it's always good fun!

[PenguinBoy]

Hooorah,
hail borneoman!

If the cash can be spared, i'd definitely reccomend anyone upgrading the postage, as parcels do seem to go astraaay.

[borneoman]

Well, certainly the post office has lots of options... you can take insurance, use registered mail...

not sure how 'secret' you wanna make your present... the thing is that if you don't put in the sender's details, you double the chances of the package being lost. I mean, if the package has the address wrong, it will bounce back to the sender, and the person can correct it/send again... but if the sender's addy is missing there is no way to return it...

[Cali]

Sorry, I can't agree with the Christmas Day Policy. In Austria (and I think in Germany as well - maybe even some other countries, who knows) the "big party" is at Christmas Eve, that's where all the family comes together, celebrates and openes the presents... I don't want to have to wait until the day after...

... as if that has stopped us before ;)

i'm in, but i don't think the "all eskimos are welcome" is such a good idea. what if someone signs up just to get a 10 buck present. it could happen :confused:

[borneoman]

Ok so let's say you have to have signed up before Nov 2007

[srahman24]

Thanks for the PM Marti, I'm definitely signing up this year! :D

[borneoman]

Come on come on!!!!!! We need more Eskimos!!!!!!!!!

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[Cali]

yeah!!! do sign up

[Aisling]

i'm sceptical this yeah. and i've barely been here. but i have my own computer again so there'll be no getting rid ofme

[borneoman]

Sign in Aisling!!!!!!!! Today is the last day ;)

And I did send sign-in confirmation e-mails, so if you didn't get one, let me know cos it means your e-mail didn't arrive...

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[Cali]

how many people have signed up so far marti?

[gomezxico]

I'm sending an email right now...hope its not tooooooo late!!!!!i'm sceptical this yeah. and i've barely been here. but i have my own computer again so there'll be no getting rid ofme

I still have a gift to send to you, wonderful lady! from what, a couple years ago?.....:oops: :oops: :oops:

Edit: It is still November 25 where I'm at, so its not late at all! :s

[borneoman]

^Don't worry, still Nov 25 here too!!!

I think we're about 15 people...

[Cali]

Joder! like you people say http://eskimofriends.com/forum/images/smilies/biggrin.gif i love that word

[borneoman]

^He he but you have to say it with a very very strong "J", JJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJoder ;) I guess that's Spanish from Spain...

I'll send you guys the details about who you're sending the present to later today!!!

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[Aisling]

i'm too lateamnt i? probably better off

[borneoman]

Aisling, I haven't done the hat thing yet... so you're welcome to join in... send e-mail NOW!! :smiley32: :smiley32: :smiley32:

[Yetzirah]

how many people have joined anyway?

[Aisling]

i'm in!!!

[borneoman]

Ok, great!!!! I think we're like between 15-20 people!!!!

HAT THING DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! E-MAILS SENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[mariaoran]

:director: :director:E-mail received!!!!!!!! ;)

This is sooo exiting!!!! anybody else reeeeeally exited??!! :hello2: ...I looooove christmas but now Igloo cristmas is even better!!!!!!

Thanks Santa!! :) ... i mean Marti! ;)


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[srahman24]

Got your e-mail! :D

So how does this work, exactly? Does the gift have to be Damien-related? Do we get hints as to what the person would like?

[borneoman]

I think it doesn't have to be Damien-related... that would be too hard...

And no hints... I guess that if the person has a myspace you can check it...

(I see I'm not helping much sorri)

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[Aisling]

got mine thanks! i get the best people every year.

[misty]

Missed it again this year! :sad10: Have the best Eskmas y'all!

[MacrossGirl]

DANG IT!! I can NOT believe I missed it this year!! That is what I get for going outta town. Hmph

xoxo

[MacrossGirl]

Ok I am in!! WOOT! Should I start a post so maybe people could leave little "lists" for Santa? Like I dont know, shirt size, fav color or whatever? I am shopping tomorrow!!

[Aisling]

does anyone here like earrings?

[Cali]

JIC, no

[Cali]

just realized that i haven't received my eskimas present :(

[Yetzirah]

impatient, girl? it's not christmas day yet. i haven't received mine yet either. but i don't mind if it's a few days late as i won't be back in vienna until the thursday, i'm going home on sunday. can't wait.

i sent my thingy on monday, so i don't know if it will be there on time. if luck is on my side it will be, though. :icon_scra

[srahman24]

Got mine a few days ago - THANKS, again :D (I'm dying to open it, but I shall be good and actually wait for xmas)

P.S. If you know that the gift you'll be sending will be late (late, but awesome)... is proper etiquette here to break the secret-santa secrecy and let your gift getter know? I know it ruins the surprise - but I don't want my person to think that I forgot about them!

[Yetzirah]

you could ask someone to let them know instead of you so that you stay anonymous... mine shouldn't too much too late, though, so i hope it'll get there before the new year anyway.

it was so funny (well, at least it was for me. i can be mean, i know), when i was at the post office i had to wait about 20 mins or something and everyone was overly stressed. and this clerk asked me if i wanted to send it regular or priority (as much as i would've loved to send it priority, i can't afford it...) and i said regular. she answered: so, it shouldn't get there. and i said: oh, it would be nice if it would. that's why i'm here, actually. paying you money.
she got a bit pissed off with me, overly stressed and everything - how can i even think of tanking her by the word and not just assuming, that she meant 'before christmas', anyway? - stupid customers, these days, aren't they? horrible... :director:

[Nine]

Marti, i've send you an email at the eskmas gmail account - please go read as it is urgent! :D

[verenita]

my eskmas gift has arrived!...
thanks to you, my eskmas friend ;)

and i hope the eskmas gift i had sent comes to its home very soon!

[MacrossGirl]

My eskimos pressie's are on the way, but not in time for Santa day. Soon enough, and hopefully they will love their goodies.. hehe

Merry Christmas Gang!

[gomezxico]

Happy Holidayz Eskimos!

I got my present a few days ago...from a secret Eskimo! So...thanks you, secret Eskimo! I got a copy of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockigbird, which I loved when I read it 3 or 4 years ago...books are my very favoritest (sp?!) gift to receive! :smiley32: I also got a copy of the soundtrack to the musical "Wicked"...I've never heard of it before, but I'll take a listen to it...oh, and some MEGA M&M's which will be shared with those around me.

Thank you for everything, but especially the book images/smilies/july%202006/hello2.gif

P.S. Nice job with the "wrapping:" tons of sparkly glitter and string and a couple snowflakes...loved it!

[Cali]

^ nice! a book's always better when it's a gift
i'm gonna have to wait a few more days for my gift but i know it's on its way

[gomezxico]

^you said it!

Has no one else gotten their gift?

[Yetzirah]

well, not yet. and i sent mine only a week before christmas myself... so that might take another few days as well, i don't know...

[Yetzirah]

i just received my eskmas present! it's great! "the frames-behind the glass" - i nearly got it before i left ireland, but in the end i didn't... that's a brilliant present!

[verenita]

i´m a little worried about eskimas gift i had sent!
i had not any news about it... hope it coming home very soon!

[Nine]

haven't had mine yet! :(

[mariaoran]

i haven't gotten mine either but the mail in Venezuela sucks!!!!! so i'll get it ... but probably veeeeeeeeery late! :)

Soo... only gomezxico and Yetzirah have gotten their presents???

[Nine]

awwww YAY MINE ARRIVED!!

thank you so much Aisling - it was really really thoughtful - i love the leprechaun so much!! chocolate was yummy - and i loved all the messages from your friends - especially 'hollie the bush kangaroo' !

thanks so much sweetheart, it was just lovely.
xxxxxxx

[Yetzirah]

well, when i sent my eskmas gift, i sent one to ireland as well and as far as i know that hasn't arrived either yet... i hope they will, though... :smiley23:

[Aisling]

i sent mine to nine and i was promised it would get there before christmas.. and it arrived yesterday.. so i guess everything may just be running a little slow this year. i want it now though! and i'm moving house at the end of the month so it better get here quick!

[buddy]

I haven't received mine yet, either.

Then again, even though I promised I was sending mine about a week and a half ago, I'm not going to make it to the post office until tomorrow afternoon. The presents have been wrapped for weeks, I've just been busy with work and the holidays. :smiley11:

[Cali]

hi j. i'm still waitin for mine too

[borneoman]

I didn't get mine either... I blame the Spanish Post Office :director: most people working there, including my postman, took 2 weeks off, so we haven't had any mail delivered since late Dec... hopefully today...

I hope mine arrived but the person I was ssending is not around that much anymore... I did send it in Nov though...

[Cali]

what?? can he do that. i mean, is he the only postman in town?

I didn't get mine either... I blame the Spanish Post Office :director: most people working there, including my postman, took 2 weeks off, so we haven't had any mail delivered since late Dec... hopefully today...

[Cali]

got mine. the 3-heffa green shirt and the heim/hvarf cds that i really really wanted. thanks j

[Aisling]

3rd year in a row and i still have nothing...i think itmay be time to give up

[srahman24]

Aw, I'm sorry it didn't work out for you guys!

Maria was great with mine: The Stranger (by Camus), which I really wanted (and loved reading), and plenty of other goodies (including the best lip gloss I've ever tried). There was an adorable (homemade!) card and everything - thanks again :D

Johanna, I'm glad the gift got there before New Years! (Aren't the photos just breathtakingly awesome?)

[Cali]

3rd year in a row and i still have nothing...i think itmay be time to give up

that is really bad luck ais, i'm really sorry. maybe your postman has it against you or something

[borneoman]

Looks like mine arrived!!!!!! Just got this notice from the postman that I can pick it up tomorrow at the post office!! :hello2:

EDIT: Got it now!!!!!!!! Thanks Joanna!!!!!!!!!!

[mariaoran]

Verenita Thanks!!!!! :hello2:

I got my gift today and I luv luv luv it, but i especially luved your message...
you are the sweetest!!!!!!! :smiley31: :smiley31: :smiley31:


ps... si conozco el personaje y hasta formo gran parte de mi infancia!!!! :) :) :)

[borneoman]

So how did things work in the end?? Did everybody get it?????????

[verenita]

finally!... i´m so (!!!) glado you get your eskimas gift... i was worried about it...
and i´m glad you like it...
about the message... it´s not bout what i´ve written... it´s what you inspired me to write that... so, thanks to you, `my friend!...

anyway... i hope this gift could be your partner through this year...

ps: it worked for me, marti... i get mine and maria (my eskimas friend) get yours...

[gomezxico]

The one I sent should have arrived by now...:crybaby2:

[buddy]

Apparently mine arrived awhile ago. I moved over the last month though, and saw my ex-roommate for the first time last night. Thanks Ana, I'm going to use the pillowcase tonight and the candy is already long gone. The model car is awesome, too. Rock!

[Cerque]

finally!... i´m so (!!!) glado you get your eskimas gift... i was worried about it...
and i´m glad you like it...
about the message... it´s not bout what i´ve written... it´s what you inspired me to write that... so, thanks to you, `my friend!...

anyway... i hope this gift could be your partner through this year...

ps: it worked for me, marti... i get mine and maria (my eskimas friend) get yours...

Your avatar is adorable

[verenita]

it´s funny you say that in this ooollldddddd thread, lol. thanks, anyway :)
i´ll try to take a pic of meself and the irish bear before it leaves buenos aires.

[Cerque]

it´s funny you say that in this ooollldddddd thread, lol. thanks, anyway :)
i´ll try to take a pic of meself and the irish bear before it leaves buenos aires.

You have an Irish bear!!!!???? I didn't even know we had any :smiley5: wait.......

[verenita]

let´s put this thing clear :)

United Buddy Bears (http://www.united-buddy-bears.com/)
current exhibition: buenos aires (http://www.buddy-baer.com/united-buddy-bears/world-tour/buenos-aires-2009.html) (where i live) til april 13th.

[srahman24]

^ That is adorable. We once had a Scottish moose (http://www.toronto.ca/moose/moose_081.htm) in the city, but never an Irish one :(

[verenita]

^so cute :)
actually, most of buddy bears are pretty interesting. i couldn´t find a good picture of argentinian one (i sould say porteño, from buenos aires): carlos gardel (tango singer icon) and tango dancers are in it.

here´s the only one i could find:
http://www.buddy-baer.com/united-buddy-bears/world-tour/buenos-aires-2009.html?tx_bbgallery_pi1[activated]=1538&cHash=94aed6b834
you need to skip pictures til number 6 of 7.

so sorry for these posts so out of topic, lol.

[Cerque]

let´s put this thing clear :)

United Buddy Bears (http://www.united-buddy-bears.com/)
current exhibition: buenos aires (http://www.buddy-baer.com/united-buddy-bears/world-tour/buenos-aires-2009.html) (where i live) til april 13th.

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