With Christmas fast approaching, I thought that now might be a good time to present an event being hosted here on the forum, the first ever Brickset Secret Santa!
Just in case anybody is not sure exactly what a Secret Santa is, here is a quick definition:
A system whereby each participant is randomly assigned another participant for whom to buy a Christmas present at an agreed cost, so that each member buys one present and receives one present.
The rules of the Brickset Secret Santa are as follows:
- The guide price for the cost of a gift is £15 or $20 (USD and CAD).
- Wish lists are welcome, so please send that with your initial message if you would like to include one, or simply make your Brickset 'wanted list' public.
- Please ensure that your gift is sent in time for Christmas, final posting dates for each country are available online.
To be a part of it is very simple:
- Sign up to be included by sending a PM with your username and mailing address to the organiser in your country.
- Your Brickset ID will then be entered into a draw.
- On the 26th of November names will be drawn.
- Within a day or two of the draw, 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.
- If all goes according to plan, everybody will receive their gift before Christmas!
The closing date for signing up to the Brickset Secret Santa 2013 is the 25th of November at 23:59 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
For the sake of simplicity, it is probably best to keep each Secret Santa within the same country. So far, the event is taking place in the US (where @rocao is the contact), Canada (where @rancorbait is the contact) and the UK (where I am the contact). If anybody else wishes to sign up in another country, feel free to message either @rocao, @rancorbait or I, and hopefully we can get you in contact with some other people from close to you, or include you in the event of another country.
So, if you would like to be a part of the 2013 Brickset Secret Santa contact:
US - @rocao
Canada - @rancorbait
UK - @CapnRex101
If anybody has any problems, please contact us.
Thanks for reading!
Just in case anybody is not sure exactly what a Secret Santa is, here is a quick definition:
A system whereby each participant is randomly assigned another participant for whom to buy a Christmas present at an agreed cost, so that each member buys one present and receives one present.
The rules of the Brickset Secret Santa are as follows:
- The guide price for the cost of a gift is £15 or $20 (USD and CAD).
- Wish lists are welcome, so please send that with your initial message if you would like to include one, or simply make your Brickset 'wanted list' public.
- Please ensure that your gift is sent in time for Christmas, final posting dates for each country are available online.
To be a part of it is very simple:
- Sign up to be included by sending a PM with your username and mailing address to the organiser in your country.
- Your Brickset ID will then be entered into a draw.
- On the 26th of November names will be drawn.
- Within a day or two of the draw, 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.
- If all goes according to plan, everybody will receive their gift before Christmas!
The closing date for signing up to the Brickset Secret Santa 2013 is the 25th of November at 23:59 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).
For the sake of simplicity, it is probably best to keep each Secret Santa within the same country. So far, the event is taking place in the US (where @rocao is the contact), Canada (where @rancorbait is the contact) and the UK (where I am the contact). If anybody else wishes to sign up in another country, feel free to message either @rocao, @rancorbait or I, and hopefully we can get you in contact with some other people from close to you, or include you in the event of another country.
So, if you would like to be a part of the 2013 Brickset Secret Santa contact:
US - @rocao
Canada - @rancorbait
UK - @CapnRex101
If anybody has any problems, please contact us.
Thanks for reading!