Well, my friends, it's that time of year again! Hope you're having a fantastic holiday season!
For those of you who are brand new to this, allow me to explain the basic rules, and update the old hats on some new rules!
The basic format of Secret Santa remains as it always has been. If you want to make and receive a gift this year, please add your name to link. Until November thirtieth, that's all you need to worry about, is getting your name on that list.
But when November thirtieth comes along, I will pair you up with another Fanpop user. I will then send you a private message with that user's name. You have from that point until December 25th to create a gift for that person.
Please keep in mind that you should MAKE the gift yourself. We had some confusion on that last year with people just finding YouTube videos and the like and posting it in "dedication" to the user. That's... nice, and all, but it'll mean more if you make the gift yourself.
"But how do I make a gift?" you may ask. That's simple enough to answer. Anyway you want. If you're strapped for ideas, I gave several in link. You can make a video, image, eCard, poem, short story, collage, song-- anything you want!
Here are a few examples from last year!
Images
link
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Video
link
link
link
Writing
link
link
link
Other Ideas
link
For more examples, just search the spot for "Secret Santa" and you'll find all sorts of interesting things!
Just as last year, I'm calling for some Secret Elf volunteers. Secret Elves make gifts for people who, for whatever reason, didn't receive a gift this year. That means if your Secret Santa doesn't follow through on her promise, you have the Elves to help you out! If you're interested in being a Secret Elf, message me privately.
Now, for the new stuff this year! I had to keep track of Secret Santa gifts being added so I knew who to harass for being late on the job! In order to make my life a little easier, I would love it if, after you've added your gift to the spot, you could link to it on this article. OR, if you've sent your gift privately, just drop me a line and let me know so I don't bother you about not getting your gift in on time.
Once again, in case you're only skimming this article, PLEASE LINK TO YOUR GIFT IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE!
Wondering what else you can do this holiday season? Check out link!
So this is your Secret Santa 2009 Coordinator, signing off!
For those of you who are brand new to this, allow me to explain the basic rules, and update the old hats on some new rules!
The basic format of Secret Santa remains as it always has been. If you want to make and receive a gift this year, please add your name to link. Until November thirtieth, that's all you need to worry about, is getting your name on that list.
But when November thirtieth comes along, I will pair you up with another Fanpop user. I will then send you a private message with that user's name. You have from that point until December 25th to create a gift for that person.
Please keep in mind that you should MAKE the gift yourself. We had some confusion on that last year with people just finding YouTube videos and the like and posting it in "dedication" to the user. That's... nice, and all, but it'll mean more if you make the gift yourself.
"But how do I make a gift?" you may ask. That's simple enough to answer. Anyway you want. If you're strapped for ideas, I gave several in link. You can make a video, image, eCard, poem, short story, collage, song-- anything you want!
Here are a few examples from last year!
Images
link
link
link
Video
link
link
link
Writing
link
link
link
Other Ideas
link
For more examples, just search the spot for "Secret Santa" and you'll find all sorts of interesting things!
Just as last year, I'm calling for some Secret Elf volunteers. Secret Elves make gifts for people who, for whatever reason, didn't receive a gift this year. That means if your Secret Santa doesn't follow through on her promise, you have the Elves to help you out! If you're interested in being a Secret Elf, message me privately.
Now, for the new stuff this year! I had to keep track of Secret Santa gifts being added so I knew who to harass for being late on the job! In order to make my life a little easier, I would love it if, after you've added your gift to the spot, you could link to it on this article. OR, if you've sent your gift privately, just drop me a line and let me know so I don't bother you about not getting your gift in on time.
Once again, in case you're only skimming this article, PLEASE LINK TO YOUR GIFT IN THE COMMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE!
Wondering what else you can do this holiday season? Check out link!
So this is your Secret Santa 2009 Coordinator, signing off!