We (Katja, Shantell, Meg) have been looking through the comments posted on the last note about Secret Santas, and we have come to the conclusion that this is how it will work - -
$20 minimum, $50 maximum - seen as a majority consensus as of last post
Presents to be relevant to the person chosen - All people to post by 15th November on comments here for things that would interest them, but presents are not limited to these ideas (this gives us an idea and people will not all receive soap from people who do not know them very well.)
Presents not to be recycled (that is, need to be new), but can be swapped as long as the other person is willing.
If someone pulls their partner's name, or their own, the name is to be returned and another chosen. A couple will need to supply two presents. Names can be changed to some extent during the picking time without telling who has been put back in.
Post a comment here by 20th October whether you will be involved so that we have time (while on University Prac) to
a - save up between $20 - $50
b - put things on layby as alternative saving
c - get ideas together
d - put $2 minimum aside per week
and importantly...
gives us all time to get a date to organise a day to get together at Jerry's to exchange names. This will be facilitated on a weekend in early November (approximately 14th/15th November - to be confirmed)
The Exchange - - will happen at Sizzler's on the 17th of December (Friday)
All gifts will have to be wrapped in the same paper (supplied at Jerry's in November) This is because we will all be together and need some anonymity in the gifts. These need to be clearly marked with computer written tags (typed up paper).
So, on the 14th/15th November, when we all are at Jerry's we will give you all some paper, and we will need to get $1 for paper from you
SO - NOW -
we have 5 months notice on the day at Jerry's (not sure 14th or 15th - watch this space) This needs to be free if you are participating or you will get the name left over.
We have 6 months notice on the dinner at Sizzler's. This gives us 6 months to keep this space clear and to save the approximate minimum of $40 (for each person)
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I'm in
ok cool im in on that, yes katty the wrapping can be pink. :)
i like pink
Yeah, ok I'll be in on that
lol
Just quickly, what time on the Friday will you be thinking about meeting up? Trav and I can probably make it around 7:30pm as we will both be working till 5-530pm.
I think you mean the weekend on the 13-14th november cus the 15th is a monday. And in my opnion, the matching wrapping paper and computer printed label thingys are a little overboard but thats just me. As long as all these little get together things are on the weekend then they should be fine. Um... can the dinner be on a saturday instead of a friday? Will just make it easier for me and others who work. (i finish at 5 too) So yeah
yeah i think the matching wrapping paper and typed up cards are a bit overboard too.
there also quite pointless as I personally wont be able to keep it a secret and not tell my secret santa that i got them the pressie... and i know people would also like to know who they got the pressies from. and also knowing me, the wrapping paper and tag will be distroyed somehow by the time i need to use it anyway.
Yeah. Secret santas dont have to be THAT anonymous. And i'd want to know who got my thing just out of curiosity's sake. Just leave it at we buy stuff, wrap it and give it to the person. Oh, and if harrison is taking part in this secret santa.. im not. Just making that clear.
can the wrapping paper theme still be pink, it will make the table of pressies look so pretty... hehe my pressie is gonna be so obvious and pretty...
AND IF HE WANTS TO TAKE PART AND PUT NAMES BACK OF PEOPLE HE DOESNT LIKE THEN HE SHOULD JUST BUY PRESENTS FOR PEOPLE HE LIKES AND BE DONE WITH IT. PICKING A NAME AND PUTTING IT BACK JUST DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF SECRET SANTA AND PICKING A RANDOM PERSON CUS HE'S PICKING IT HIMSELF.
i do agree with nat on the putting names back thing.. but id also rather do the secret santa thing with nat than harrison... so then in that sense having harison putting names back then isnt gonna be that bad cause hes only gonna chose either phil, ryan, jerry or meg...
but then putting names back kinda defeats the purpose of the randomness and also the whole idea of doing these things is for friends to get together to do something nice, and when someone wants to put names back, its really mean and shows that they are not a friend...
Something really needs to be done... id preferr nat to be part of the secret santa and i dont like the idea of putting names back either, thats just to bitchy, cruel and mean.. just imagine if you were that name that people kept going urgh too and putting back.. we are all supposto be friends here and we have all known eachother for years and years and years and its really immature to go "urgh i got such and such.. oh i dont want this person"
So yeah, i hope my msg is understandable, i tried to put both sides of the argument forward however i am leaning towards the not putting names back part... if people are so picky and choosy about who they get then dont even bother taking a part in this thing, you can buy whoever you choose a present by yourself, you dont need this thing as an excuse. Choosing who to buy a present for totally defeats the purpose of this whole thing.
Plus making it completely anonymous is also pointless because i am gonna tell my secret santa i got their pressie (after theyve gotten it) i cannot keep something like that a secret...
lol ur so silly katty.
The actual purpose of the secret Santa is to guess who ur secret Santa is. It will be hard for us to do that. cos ur supposed to leave lil hints to the person without getting caught out etc... But cos we don’t see each other that much, it will be kinda hard to do that. The animosity of it is just a fun game.
If u want we could have everyone guess who is their secret Santa before they get their present, and then just tell them. I dunno.
I do think Harrison and Phil are both too immature, and should get over themselves about the "I don’t want to buy a present for Nat or Ben." I only came up with the idea of changing a name of a person u don’t like if they r in it. cos well. I don’t think Nat or Ben would want a present from them ne way. and I don’t think Nat and Ben wanna spend good money on them either.
But when I asked them I was actually wanting to see if everyone could get over their differences. It’s Christmas it’s not a war
But obviously some ppl just can’t put past grievances behind them and become better people for it.
They would rather stay cold heartless people who surround themselves with lots of pretty expensive things to try to hide the fact that they are pathetic hollow little people who will die lonely and without love.
Because they won’t learn to accept people for the way they are.
urgh its 5 months untill christmas and we have already had heaps of problems with this thing... debates about cost and name picking.
I really wanna do this thing cause it seems like fun... the last secret santa i did was in grade 6, and i never knew who i got the present from (although i really want to know) but i remember coming into class and finding a humongous bag of lollies (the old cool ones you used to be able to get a lollie shops) and i found the whole thing so cool!
If this thing is still to go through we really need to sort something out so that it will be something nice that we will do as friends and will remember as a really fun experience... and not something that we will want to forget due to fights, bitchness, rejection, and general unpleasentness.
We have now determined that the money is not an issue, 5 months is adequate time to save up --- END OF DISCUSSION
Now we have to do something about name swapping, my best solution will be, if ya wanna swap names then you dont participate, It's that simple.
This thing is for friends and swapping names is just petty, if you dont get along with people then fine, dont participate in this thing and get who you want a pressie on your own, dont use this thing as an excuse to get who you want a pressie and in the meantime make things unpleasant.
I think that anyone who has any more complaints, quierys or anything to say about this thing, say it now.. so that things can be organised nicely, and WONT be left till the very last minute.
btw, i am aware that i wrote about pink wrapping paper 2x... it wont let me delete the post...
the actual date and time of the sizzler dinner is not exact yet. we will have an exact time closer to the date. it may have to be on the saturday night or even a different weekend totally. i think some ppl have things on that weekend. so if it isnt a good time we will change it. i think it will have to be a saturday, seeing ppl work and cant make it till later in the evening. and i think we will be wanting to get there quite early. but we will have to disscuss this matter further.
i would be good if everyone can post if the dates previously stated are not possible for you, and which dates are possible, then it will make organising this thing alot easier. :)
nicely said shantell... i really hope people can get over their differences, cause i dont want to remember this experience as something really bad.
I also really do wish that everyone got along a lot better and that some of us didnt act like Fuckwits and make people hate them, and also hurt peoples feelings just for the sake of it... it really does make things hard, especially organising get togethers where you dont want to hurt peoples feelings, and stoop to the same levels as those who are petty and hatefull.
Omg did they actually say they didnt want to get mine or bens names? The only reason why they want to change names is cus of us??? COOL!
no they didnt mention names, i said "yeah u jsut dont want to get nat or ben" and they did a silent aggrement.
Trav and I have decided not to participate in the secret, nothing to do with you guys I promise.
love De
hahaha thats funny. Well, Bens not taking part anyway.
Fine
um.. ok
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