Tumblr Secret Santa Awesomefest

the sweetness.

emilyinternet:

I GOT MY SECRET SANTA PACKAGE AND IT’S AWESOME! some m+m’s, some toys, and a really awesome mixtape cd, with some songs i already know and love and others i cannot wait to listen to. this is great!

thank you thank you thank you!

Gifts are stillllllll rollin’ in around the world! Yay! :)

Also - to those of you who emailed me about being foster secret santas - I’m so sorry I haven’t replied! I’ve been slammed with a ton of other stuff but I most definitely want to work this out, and will be replying to you with details soon!

follow up...

emilyinternet:secretsanta:

i would also be totally happy to be someone’s foster santa. i got an email from mine today saying it was finally on it’s way (i really didn’t mind—i love an extension of the present season.) send me someone else if you need to!

emily - email me! (katrei626 at gmail)

also, anyone else who is interested in being a foster santa for those whose secret santa dropped the ball, email me and let me know! i’ve got a list going in my inbox of people who haven’t received anything yet.

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bakeurfaceoff:

carolinemartin:secretsanta:

I’m totally willing to be someone’s foster Secret Santa!

I’m not going to lie, because I didn’t get one, it’s been making me not care about sending mine out.  Granted I’m broke so that is also helping with the whole not sending it out.  I even took the time (a lot of time) to make a fancy card.

Caroline - email me if you are serious about that!

bakeurfaceoff - by not sending yours out…you are continuing the cycle of disappointed people :( i’m sorry you didn’t receive your gift yet, but that’s not your giftee’s fault, and it’s not really fair to ruin your draw’s experience just because your secret santa fell through!! the main point of this is to experience the joy of giving…so…ya know…give them your fancy card! i’m sure they will love it :)

follow up...

For the most part, it looks like the first Tumblr Secret Santa Exchange was a huge success! I got lots of happy emails from people who had a great time participating, and I’m so glad you all had a good time with it :)

However, I’m still getting some emails from people who are bummed because they haven’t received a gift yet. This makes me so sad!

If you signed up for the secret santa project, then you committed to sending someone a gift…and you should do it. At the very (VERY) least, send an email to your secret santa person telling them what’s going on. If you absolutely can’t spend ANY money, how about making a mix tape and emailing it to them?

Since so much time has elapsed since the exchange date, it looks like elfster has “resolved” the exchange or whatever, meaning I am no longer able to look up who drew whom. I’m going to email the guy who runs elfster to see if there is a way I can go back and check out who some people’s secret santas were, because I feel terrible that they missed out on the fun.

For the time being, sit tight and I’ll work on a solution for what to do for the people who didn’t receive anything. And try to remember that the real fun of this was giving a sweet gift to someone and making their Christmas brighter…so if you sent your gift, you got to participate the best part, and your lame secret santa missed out! And hopefully they will realize their mistake and rectify it soon :)