HO HO HO, Merry Cultie Christmas: Secret Santa 2010

Well, since he told me he wouldn't stop me from overspending and didn't even chide me for my desire to do so, I don't think its a very strict rule.

I'd say it's all "suggested guidelines".

I believe Matt will be assassinating all people who go over. Just a warning.

Exactly. Thank you.

Melody, spend as much as you like, just know you may recieve a present of considerably less value. Of course, that's not what it's about. It's just to make it fair. But, like I said, do what pleases you.

i'm not on the list

I'mma give whatever I want. It will contain something(s) at least as cool as suggested by M. O'D. It will, however, most likely be late. That's how I roll.

Someone must've given him The Day of the Jackal last year.

I'm in!
Thanks for being this year's helper Matty!

Edit: Ooops. That was meant for PA.

I laughed out loud.

I wanna get in on the Secret Santa action! I'm down with international as well. I love sending mail to foreign countries!

STILL WAITING ON ADDRESS INFO FROM:

Sarah

Mena

Tuffy

Mirka

It's only a few days until cut-off, guys, so hurry the fuck up. I want to get everyone their giftee's details as soon as possible so we've still got plenty of time.

Thanks.

I just realised it won't be a secret for me and it made me kind of sad because I won't get all excited wondering how I'll get a package from.

unless you give me the info and i'll choose and then everyone gets surprised! i'll just do the good ol' pick the name out of a hat trick or something.

That was the plot of an Office episode.
I'm looking forward to finding the right book to send!

It's all good, Jazz. I don't mind. I'll still be surprised by it's content. Also, Natalie offered to do it, and send out the PMs for me.

So I noticed you only have usernames listed for some of the people on the list. Sadly, I have no idea who some of the people listed only by name are. Think you could add usernames for everyone?

Geeeez, woman. If it's not one thing it's another with you. I'll remedy the situation now.

We need one more, or three more people to make it an even number. Who're we missing?

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Hmm?

I'm really not sure.. I gotta be honest.. Ima little drunk, not blasted... but definitly enough to not have a clue what that DOT was about.

I think I must've edited something I've already forgoten about.

Hey Matt, it doesn't really matter if it's an even number does it?

I'm not very good with math, but if it's not an even number won't that mean someone will miss out? Either that or someone will have to send double, which won't happen. Right?

Nope. For example, say you have seven people:

Joe
John
Bob
Eve
Rob
Penny
Mark

Joe gets John
John gets Bob
Bob gets Eve
Eve gets Rob
Rob gets Penny
Penny gets Mark
Mark gets Joe.

It all works out.

Nope. Think of it this way:

Put all the names of the participants in a hat. Randomly pick them out one at a time, and write them down in the order that they come out. Each person gives a gift to the person below them on that list, and the person on the bottom gives a gift to the person on the top. This works with any number of people.

Dammit, Rosie beat me to it.

Ha! Perfect. Thanks Sarah, Isaac and Amber (via PM). I'm a dunce.

Haha, sorry Matt, maybe I should have pm'd you!

I had the exact same question about odd/even numbers for our secret santas at work.

It simply didn't make sense in my head. But having it written out like that makes it obvious. Therefore, makes me feel like an ass. Ha.

Fingers crossed I pull this off, guys.

Okay. I've got everyone's details now. 17 people in total.

There's still a couple of days until I wrap it up. So, stragglers get in here while you can.

YOO-HOO! Stragglers!

this is random, but i want in

not a forum regular, but i assure y'all that i'll live up to the secret santa code

I'm a fan of your bottled water.

I know I've not been around for a bit, but I'm back and I'm in.

Sorry, Dasani. I'm gonna have to say no, mate. But, hey, stick around and maybe next year.

Steve, great to see you here, mate. Where've you been? I've missed your sexy nigga lips.

You in, Frank?

No, because your pulling a Levi by excluding Dasani.

Really?

I can't just let anyone do it, man. Last gift exchange Gooch took off and left someone presentless. It's important that we all recognize each other, and can rely on each other.

You're not serious, right?

I'm absolutely serious. Dasani is not Gooch. I think it says something about him/her that s/he wants to take part in this and be more involved in the community. I think by excluding him/her would be doing a disservice to the Cult.

That's pretty unreasonable, don't you think, Frank?

I simply prefer to not have to chase up some new member, that no one knows, because they got hazed and decided to leave, not tell anyone or whatever.

I don't think it's that horrible. You don't just let someone walk off the street, into your workplace, and be part of secret Santa, so why should we here?

Yes, I think sometimes Levi went about it in a pretty alienating and nasty way, but that was his style. He was always like that to newbs. And I think I was pretty tactful about it, really.

I'm interested in where you're coming from here.

Sorry, read above. I edited it possibly while you were posting that.

Agreed.

Make Dasani my Secret Santa if you're worried about them coming through on things. Or whatever.

Then it's not a secret, is it?

Half the fun of secret Santa is finding things you'll know the person will like because you know the person.

Now, I'm the bad guy, and I honestly don't think I'm being unreasonable. But you guys are making me look like a prick, when the fact is, if I didn't step up and say if do this this year it probably wouldn't have been done. So, how, by not allowing newbs in, am I disservicing the cult community?

I refuse to feel bad about this.

Noob? She's five years your senior.

I'm calling bullshit.

Fuck off, Ritt.

Look. Am I completely in the wrong here? How would everyone else feel about letting everyone do it?

I'm getting mod-bashed down here. Speak up, scoundrels.

Sure, Levi.

She has nine posts.

Please don't assign her to me or vice versa.