Net 54 Secret Santa's Back - Are you in?
 

In an attempt to revive an old tradition … it’s time for the Net54 Secret Santa holiday exchange.

For those of you who have never participated in the Net54 Secret Santa exchange before, members who volunteer for the exchange are given the name of another Net54 participant and will anonymously mail that person a gift. On December 25th, everyone will open their gift and post the results.


Rules (the fine print)

1. Gifts should be in the $25 range. The best gifts are not usually the most expensive. Try to get creative.

2. Envelopes/packages should be clearly marked "do not open to Dec 25" or “Net54 SS” or the like.

3. Open your present on the morning of the 25th

4. Report your present on Net54.


How it works.

1. Reply to this thread and let everyone know you are in BEFORE November 24th (Sorry for the tight deadline – but to get a present, mail it, and get it there on time – we’re actually starting a bit late).

If you were one of the 10 people that already replied in the other thread that you're in - you're in. But please complete Step 2 below to help me out! (IrishDenny - from your response I couldn't tell if you were in or not, so please let me know if you want to be).

2. Also by November 24th … PM ME with your: 1) Full name (there are lots of you I don’t know!), 2) Full mailing address, 3) favorite team/player, 4)Collecting interest from the following categories: Pre-War, Post War, Modern, Non-baseball (FB, Basketball, hockey, nonsports), or any of the above

You will be matched to send something to someone who has the same collecting interest as you do. (So for example, if you have no Pre-War cards, it might not be the best idea to pick Pre-War.)

Feel free to add any addition details here if you wish. Many of us don’t know each other well enough to know each other’s full collections - so any info you give me will be passed on to Santa.

Note to the Santas: you are only expected to hit the CATEGORY the person picked. If you can do better than that – GREAT! Your recipient will love that. But in truth many of us don’t know each other well enough to find the perfect item – so recipients give Santa credit for trying.

3. I will PM you with your Secret Santa recipient’s information (the items above) by November 29th (and sooner if I can swing it).

4. Find something fun, wrap it, mark it "do not open" till the 25th, and SEND IT OUT NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 11th (sorry again for the tight deadline – but 2 weeks is not a lot of time for the Post Office at this time of year).

5. Post on NET54 (in a reply to this thread) that you have mailed the package. If you have not posted by December 14, you should expect that I will be publicly asking you if the package has been sent.


That’s it.

Let the exchange begin!

Patrick

Im In!

Count me in.

Awesome! Count me in!

You know I’m in. Thanks again for doing this.

I'm in-----

Great to have Secret Santa back and Thanks (smpep) for volunteering to do it.

I am definitely in. Thanks Patrick

Thanks again Patrick! I'm in.

Patrick, sounds like fun, I'm in

IN

As mentioned in the other thread, I am in, and requested info PM'ed.

Thanks Patrick

Brian

I'm in......ho ho ho
 

I'm in, thanks and info will be sent ASAP, thanks for organizing!

Peace, Mike

As mentioned in other thread-- I am in!!!!
Thanks for putting this together.
Sending my info very soon.

I'm in, and I already PM'd our Santa dude!

I’m in...Sending PM. Thanks for running with this!

I'm in!

This is just a bump to get this back to the top of the list.

If you want to be in - Please let me know by November 24th - that's this Sunday!

I will be getting names out to the Santas very shortly after that - so don't wait if you want to be in!

Cheers,
Patrick

im in

Im In - if not too late

i'm in...

I’m in
 

I’m in!

In!

Okay, Everyone has been sent the name of the person they should send a gift to.

If you did not receive it - please let me know ASAP!

And once you have mailed your gift - please post that here so I can check track that all gifts have been sent.

Thank you!
Patrick

Mailing today

Thanks Patrick!

Package in the mail! Merry Christmas!!

Package sent! :)

My package is ready to roll & will ship on Friday

My package is being processed & shipped.

Cards Pulled for my "victim" told the organizer what I'm sending so if more is needed there won't be an issue.

Rich

Received my Santa Gift today how exciting!!! saving until Christmas Morning per the instructions! :) Will be shipping mine in the next week or so as I am still getting it together.

David

My package has been shipped out for SS. Have a great holiday everyone!

Package sent!

Gone! Ho Ho Ho!
 

Santa has sent the package to TV in MD! That was fun!

Peace, Mike

package received and package sent, thank you,

Gift received mine going out tomorrow to my victim

Package sent in the Saint Nick of time.

Brian

Update at my end: The sparrow has left the nest.

My package has arrived from Oceanside Ca.
Is that close to the North Pole?

Package shipped out today from Florida

Santa's elves (dba Ebay) did their job. My package will be in tomorrow's mail on its way to my giftee.

Sending off my gift today. Received my package from my secret santa!

Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk

Dropped off items at my shippers on Tuesday (reminded him I needed tracking #'s) -- will follow up but everything taken care of on my end. Have alerted our host about this as well.

Rich

Mine arrived and will on my desk unopened (I'm afraid the dog will get it if I put it under the xmas tree) until Christmas.

Received my gift from Secret Santa this afternoon! Thanks again for arranging the event!

I received my Santa Package which is under my tree for Christmas!:)
and have also shipped my Santa package to it's recipient.

How fun!!!

My SS present will be mailed on Monday, plenty of time to be delivered by the Big Man himself.

I have put together a small SS package and shall mail it out on Monday.

Sent my package this morning. It is now being loaded on Santa’s USPS sleigh. :)

Secret Santa
 

Secret Santa package went out this A M. Looking forward to another fun event. Thanks again to Patrick for getting the ball rolling ! Cheers, Murph

Sent mine out this morning and received mine last week.

DJ

S.S.
 

I mailed my Secret Santa package out today. Should be there no later than Friday! :)

Received a package today - thank you Santa!

Put our tree up this weekend. Currently only one package under it and that’s from Secret Santa! Thanks!

Package received - Thanks to my SS in advance

Update: 22 of the 26 packages have been mailed. 10 of the 26 have been received to date. 3 of the 4 remaining packages are expected to be mailed this week. Still waiting to hear from 1 person.

Thanks,
Patrick

Santa is here! Received my package. Thank you!

Forgot to update, secret Santa arrived safe n sound Tuesday. Happy Holidays to all fellow 54`ers !

Have NOT got anything yet...maybe one of these late senders will come by this weekend.

Secret Santa
 

Secret Santa envelope mailed

Santa package sent today, expected arrival of 12/16...:)

Surprisingly the mail carrier delivered my gift via the chimney, perhaps because the package just seemed like it was from Santa.

Brian

Can now confirm, mine were sent and are scheduled for delivery on 12.16. SMPEP has been provided USPS tracking #'s

Rich

Confirming my SS has delivered my bomb-proof black duct tape box.
(Note: you may wanna use clear tape next time, i bet it raised some eyebrows at the PO)

Secret Santa package sent this morning.

Should arrive by Monday.

Hopefully the victim likes the goodies :)

Santa delivered a package to me. Can’t wait to find out what he brought. Happy holidays, everyone.

Secret Santa package has been mailed today :)

Rec'd my "SS" gift yesterday
Can't wait to rip er open

Got it!
 

Got my Secret Santa Package today! Thanks!

Peace, Mike

What is the weekly update on how many packages have been shipped and how many received?

Thanks!

My sent package has been delivered!

I did 2 Secret Santas and both have been delivered. So ENJOY!

Both shipped and received on my end

Ooops, received my package Saturday and it's under the tree. Many thanks Santa!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk

I know my Net 54 package was delivered so TY

S.S.
 

Has anyone else not received a Secret Santa present yet? :(

PM member SMPEP and see if he received a tracking # from the member that was supposed to send you something. With any luck it is a postal problem.

If it is deadbeat like there seems to be everytime we have done this PM me what you collect and your address. I will send you something like I have done for others in the past.

S.S.
 

Thanks Ben -

I PM'd Patrick and will wait to see what he says. Your offer is very generous, and I hope this is just a delay or misunderstanding.

Thanks,
Rich

Santa stopped by today on his trial run!

I sadly missed the deadline as I would have loved to be involved on both ends, esp TY.

That said I CANT WAIT TO SEE WHAT EVERYONE GETS!!!🎁

My Secret Santa delivered!

Along with a T206 Bill Bergen, I received a handful of Hall of Famers and Phillies cards. THANK YOU, Santa.

Happy holidays, everyone.