Well, most of you probably haven't even started thinking about it yet but, having been on the go for the last 8 months, let me tell you, Christmas isn't that far away! Unfortunately, owing to the unique way the BBC is funded Mrs Santa spends my money, I haven't been able to pay the elves their overtime for the last couple of months, so they are currently out on strike in the car park. Their picket line can't actually be seen due to the 3 feet of snow, but that's another story Unless you all want to receive a rather sorry looking clay ash tray painted and glazed in 'Sleigh Brown' (I never really paid attention in Art & Craft classes at school), I'm going to need your help. As such, I need as many of you as possible to sign up for this year's TP Secret Santa and do me a huge favour. Please! We'll do the same again this year as in previous years, whereby everyone who signs up buys one randomly selected fellow member a surprise Christmas present. In return they receive a surprise present themselves (from another randomly selected member). Ideally, the presents should cost somewhere around £10 not including postage/packaging/wrapping paper. Although most of you played nicely last year, I need to make sure that those taking part have made over 100 posts on here and have been a member for more than 4 months so that I know you will help me out. Hopefully you'll all have understood what this place is about by then and will make sure you take part in the spirit (don't mind if I do, thanks ) of the whole process. Unfortunately Secret Santa is only open to members who reside in the UK You'll send the parcels to the recipient through Royal Mail probably and, as they'll likely all be sat in the sorting office watching the share prices rather than out delivering, history suggests this should be viewed as a mainly 'giving' exercise. Hopefully you'll all get the added bonus of 'getting' too, but please don't join in just to get a big box of shiny new camera bits (you could well be disappointed if you do!). If you would like to be part of this fantastic and joyous experience please post in this thread stating that you're in , and also send me a PM including your real name and address at the same time (that way I can match the name and address to the TP username without any hassle). (For those who aren't reading the whole post...) Once you've posted in the thread AND I've got your PM with your real name and address I'll update this post with a list of those taking part. Once we get to the 4 of December the list will close and I'll PM everyone on the list to make sure they are still in, and begin to randomly allocate Secret Santa buddies. You'll then get a separate PM with your recipient's name and address (and their forum name so you can do some research on what they like) so that you can go shopping. Gifts don't have to be photography related, but it would be good if it was linked somehow (this is a photography forum after all!). As we'll be using Royal Mail we'll need to have the parcels posted by the 12th December please (even better if you can find the spare cash to send it Special Delivery) and then everything should run smoothly, and hopefully avoid the Christmas Royal Mail chaos. Right, them's the rules, join in if you want to have some fun giving a fellow TP member a surprise present, and let's get the community spirit (oooh, go on then ) flowing this Christmas! There's also a sexy signature logo for you to use to spread the word and get more people involved. Let's make this year's the biggest yet! Simply paste the following in the 'Edit signature' section of your 'My TP': Code: [CENTER][URL="https://www.talkphotography.co.uk/threads/tp-secret-santa-2017-sign-up-here.666922"][img]http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/tp_secret_santa.jpg[/img][/URL][/CENTER] Right, I'm off to go and fire up the potter's wheel... Those on the "Good" list for this year: OldCarlos tijuana taxi Keith W Steep Stupar Stumac Norkie robmac Byker28i posiview kendo1 jakeblu Joeturner11 drounding nandbytes keef32 Ros Downton Mini MrDrizz shotokan101 Stu Meech Michael Little BigJohn Mark twiglet den Dark Knight Fatheadedlizard mattd85 newbie1 SEPkent Dangermouse1964 Babytiger
I'm in, Santa. We're moving house next week (or at least SHOULD be) so could be offline for a few days, i'll pm you our new address.
Yo Ho Ho! Many thanks to those who have signed up so far. Don't forget you need to send me your real name and address as well. Right must dash, reindeer to feed
I know you are busy, Santa, but you need to up date your signature, it links back to a previous one The current one is the link at the bottom of your post
♪♪♫ Jingle bells, jingle bells... ♫♪♪ The elves will not know where to send your gifts if they do not have your name and address @Byker28i @kendo1 Now where did I leave that mince pie?
I would leica to join in. Can't WATE to receive my present. If you still haven't got the hint, I am hoping you'll send the gift around 16-18-21st I'll send the PM when I get home
Mrs Santa is all excited, I thought it was because the Secret Santa list is filling up nicely but one of the Elves recon it's because she has found some batteries. Not sure what he means. Anyway, must dash. Ho! Ho! Ho!
Just a little note for you guys, in the festive spirit, my attempt to save you pennies. If you have Amazon prime I'm pretty sure you can gift an item. If not choose a different delivery address. You won't have to pay postage. The item is tracked and you can leave delivery instructions so your giftees have to go to the sorting office a week before Christmas.
I have Amazon prime and I have had things delivered on free next Day delivery to a different address as gift in the past. But for the purpose of this event doesn't it seem a bit impersonal?
Well if santa would like to pay for the new engine for my car... But I've found you some Leica storage http://www.leicabiosystems.com/hist...rage-systems/products/cardboard-storage-file/ Or theres room to write Leica on this. No-one would ever know http://www.anmm.gov.au/~/media/Files/kids/5_Cardbard_Camera.pdf
I'm in... I don't know how many posts I have so might have to edit this and post some more... haha Edit: Its all good I'm in the market for a 10-20mm lens
Mrs Santa and I have decided that Ireland is close enough should you still wish to take part. Please let us know
♪♪♫ We wish you a merry Christmas, we wish you a merry Christmas... ♫♪♪ Many thanks to all those who have signed up so far. There is still plenty of time for some more. Right, off to walk the reindeer
Go on then I'm in! I'm assuming that it is preferable for the present to be photography related PM on it's way Santa Ps I hope I'm on your good list this year.......
Not necessarily, sometimes its fun to stalk the person through the threads and try to make it personal.
♪♪♫ Ding dong merrily on high... ♪♪♫ Mrs Santa and I are very pleased to see all these lovely boys and girls signing up for Secret Santa this year Mrs Santa is not so pleased with me though, she made a load of mince pies and asked if I would like to test them, apparently that was not an invitation to eat them all. Ho! Ho! Ho!
