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Secret Santa 2022
MaffyD
Member Posts: 3,575
Hello fellow Bricksetters!
It is that time of year again, and it is my great pleasure to announce the 10th Annual Big Brickset Secret Santa! A whole decade of gift exchanging! Wow!
Santa has been gearing up all summer, and is now ready to start preparing for the upcoming holiday season. He will be getting help from myself and two excellent elves @lowlead and @Switchfoot55 !
The rules of the Brickset Secret Santa are as follows:
- The guide price for the cost of a gift is £20, €20 or $20 (USD, CAD, AUD, NZD) - postage excluded.
- Wish lists are welcome, so please send that with your initial message if you would like to include one, or add a link to your Brickset 'wanted list' and make sure it is set to public. If you are happy with whatever please add a line to that effect, just so we know you didn't forget to add any info.
- MOCs are also welcome as long as the total part value roughly corresponds to the guide prices given above.
- Please either wrap the gift before packaging it or indicate on the box that the contents are not wrapped.
- Please ensure that your gift is sent in time for Christmas (final posting dates for each country are available online). However, please don't leave it until the last minute as shipping delays are likely to be an issue.
- When you open the gift on Christmas day, post a picture or a description when you get the time (I know holidays are frantic).
What exactly do you have to do to take part?
- Sign up to be included by sending a PM with your username, email address, mailing address and wanted list to the relevant organiser (see below). The deadline for this is 1st November.
- Your Brickset ID will then be entered into a draw.
- Names will be drawn during the first week of November.
- Everyone who entered will be PMed with the name and address of the person they have been assigned to buy a gift for.
- Purchase a gift, adhering to the cost guidelines.
- Send the gift, keeping in mind that it should arrive in time for Christmas. Please send your gift with plenty of extra time to account for shipping delays. If all goes according to plan, everybody will receive their gift before Christmas!
- Post a picture or a message after you’ve opened the gift.
The closing date for signing up to the 2022 Brickset Secret Santa is midnight (GMT+1) on the 1st of November.
The exchange is divided between the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and North America/Canada in the hope of keeping postage costs to a minimum. Do let us know if you would like to join in but are elsewhere in the world as we will try and accommodate everyone if possible.
Here's the list of the relevant organisers:
- United Kingdom @lowlead
- North America @MaffyD
- Continental Europe and Republic of Ireland @Switchfoot55
- If there is any interest from elsewhere, please contact @MaffyD and we'll see what we can do!
If you are new to forums and you are not sure if this is for you, check out last year’s thread to get some inspiration. If you are not new, you might want to anyway, just to get 'in the mood'!
If there are any questions, post them here or send the organiser of your area a PM.
A couple of FAQ from previous years to start...
- How to share a wishlist: When you share your wishlist, don't just copy and paste the weblink when you are looking at it, because that will show 'my collection', e.g. https://brickset.com/sets/mycollection-wanted The way to go about it is you go to 'my sets', then to 'sets wanted' and then click 'share', this will give you a link to send to the organiser, e.g.
- How to make sure your wishlist is public: You go to https://brickset.com/profile/edit and you make sure to tick this box at the bottom: Yes, allow Brickset users to view my collection.
- Do I need a wishlist? A wanted list is not necessary, it's more to give people ideas than an actual 'wishlist' per se. You could say you are after bricks more than actual sets and maybe add a colour scheme or tell what you are building. You can add a Bricklink parts list as a guideline (maybe this person has lots of something you want and they don't) but part of the fun is to be surprised a bit too ;)
- Is it really Secret? Most people do keep their identity a total secret, every year there is a lot of misdirection on the thread (people posting that they've send the gift etc. You are of course allowed to give the game away afterwards, but it seems like most people enjoy the total mystery/trying to guess who it was from. If you want to try and hide your identity even more but you want to put in a return address when you send your parcel off (better safe than sorry), you can always use a friend/work/family's details as a return address.
- What if I'm traveling to relatives at Xmas time? Please let us know either the address where you will be spending Christmas (if they will keep your parcel safe off course) or let us know when you will be leaving so your Santa can try and make sure the parcel gets to your home early.
Whew, that was a lot of information, but it should cover everything…
I can now declare the Brickset Secret Santa officially open for business!!!
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Thanks to all of our past hosts as well! @snowhitie, @stlux, @kiki180703, @cmrt1014 , @CapnRex101, @piratemania7, and @KungFuKenny!!! My apologies for any other previous hosts I haven't listed. But you all have been instrumental the past handful of years in making this happen. We'll work hard to keep the tradition alive and thriving!
You still have a month to get out there are start dropping some hints for your future Santa!
***Really looking forward to that surprise UCS Y-Wing in my BSSS gift this year...
Huzzah!
Looks like you made a great introduction with all the rules and FAQ @MaffyD , if you do come across a problem and wonder if we had it before and what we did to solve it, feel free to shoot me a PM! Even though I'm not a very active member ATM, I'm still into Lego and have lots of warm feelings for loads of members here, so feel free to hit me up.
Best wishes to @KungFuKenny as well, hope things turn around for you!
Now, let the merriment continue!!
We've had a good batch of names so far, but would love to see many many more participating and spreading that Christmas Cheer!
Only 75 more days until Christmas!!!
DON'T DELAY, SIGN UP TODAY!!!
As they said in the 2000s hacker movies... I'm in.
It's shaping up to be really really fun for everyone!
As most of my Winter Village is tucked away in storage this year, I'm grasping at any straws possible for ways to fill that void in my life. You better believe BSSS is top on that list.
Maybe you're on the fence? Perhaps you've participated in the past, but are unsure if you want to again? Could it be that you've always followed the gift exchange, seen people post their wonderful gifts, and thought it might be fun to participate as well, but have never pulled the trigger? Then this year is the year for you!
Hope everyone has as much fun with this as I have previously as it's a great way to spread the joy with complete strangers.
Excited to join this amazing tradition again!
Let's see this out with a bang - there are dozens of people registered from (nearly) all over the world. You'd be mad to miss out on this last one!
That really is too sad! Though I don't frequent the forums as much as I once did, I look forward to this event every year. Hopefully we are able to establish ourselves in one new place without losing too many members.
Sign up, quick! Entries will close at the end of the day today and names will be drawn, wanted lists shared, sleuthing initiated, and misdirection given. We don't want YOU to miss out!
Scroll up to get details on your regions host and how to enter. It's looking like a great group thus far, but there is always room for more!
Only 55 days to go until you can open your gifts!