Secret Santa Holiday Exchange (6th Annual) 2017

[Sean1125]

Hi guys!

Welcome to the sixth Annual Net 54 Secret Santa holiday exchange!

Here are the rules and timeline:

1. Dec 5th is the cutoff to enter.

2. Gifts should be sent on or before December 10th (Make sure it gets there on time!!!!!!!)

3. Gifts should be valued at $25 or greater. I will do my best to give each SS their interests for both giving and receiving.

4. When sending the gift add "N54SS" somewhere visible so it is not opened early! Please open gifts on or after the 25th.

If you would like to participate please PM me your info, it should include:

E-mail Address
Real Name
User Name
Address

Pick one of the following categories and include your "want" from that category. Ex: 1920 and earlier "T206".
1920 and earlier
1921-1940
1941-1949
1950-1967
1968-1979
Modern
Memorabilia

What you can give should be fairly similar to what you would like to receive. There are no guarantees you will get exactly what you want but I will do my best to match up individuals with similar interests.

Here is an example entry:

Personal info-
James.Bond@JamesBond.com
James Bond
19996 Goldeneye Avenue
Los Angeles California 93334

Card info-
1950-1967, 1966 Topps Sandy Koufax
or
Memorabilia, Autographed Baseball Kris Bryant

[Sean1125]

Username
1 39special
2 Bliggity
3 sycks22
4 bbcard1
5 angolajones
6 T205_GB
7 TUM301
8 gnaz01
9 gemmint77
10 gocubsgo32
11 jonron42
12 Kelleys1
13 x2drich2000
14 njdunkin1
15 brianp-beme
16 STL1944
17 tlwise12
18 SMPEP
19 kmac32
20 bpm0014
21 nebboy
22 bnorth
23 stat192
24 mattsey9
25 jenx34
26 shernan30
*No new entries

[Sean1125]

Reserved

[kmac32]

Kmac32

Ken McMillan

I’m in. Thanks Sean PM sent

[39special]

PM sent

[Bliggity]

Thanks Sean. PM sent.

[sycks22]

Game on

[angolajones]

Thank you for taking on this endeavor. PM sent.

[Vintagevault13]

PM sent. Looking forward to participating for the first time instead of watching the fun for the past few years.


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[TUM301]

Back again, thanx Sean. P M sent !!

[njdunkin1]

Had to log in after a hiatus to partake in Sean's fantastic SS. Please count me in, brother!

[gnaz01]

I'm in

[gemmint77]

I would like to be in the Secret Santa again this year. PM Sent
Thanks

[shernan30]

PM Sent this morning.

[Jenx34]

PM sent last night/early this morning. Let me know if you need anything else.
Chris

[Sean1125]

To all participating and previous participants of the Net54 Secret Santa Holiday Exchange,

All active participants in post 2 are being sent an email with their secret Santa's information. This task will be accomplished in the next 60 minutes.

If you have not received that email by tomorrow morning, check your spam folder, if you are still unable to locate please email me.

It's been fun the last six years doing the exchange, we've seen some pretty incredible generosity and a few lumps of coal along the way. Even when a gift was skipped out or there was a small issue, the members of Net54 stepped up to assist and it was inspiring and reassuring to watch as the facilitating bystander.

Due to current commitments in life and of my time I am going to have to step down from assisting in the record keeping and maintenance of the secret Santa exchange for the next year. If anyone would like to step up I will be more than delighted to show you how I do the record keeping in excel and how I match everyone to their best match.

Happy holidays everyone. May peace and blessings be with your family.

Warmest regards,

Sean Bassik

[Kelleys1]

My package sent

[GoCubsGo32]

My package arrived and is now under the tree. Thanks NET54 SS!

[SMPEP]

Package arrived. Thanks Secret Santa!!!!!

Cheers,
Patrick

[39special]

Bump

[brianp-beme]

I'm in, of course. PM will be on its way shortly. Thanks again Sean.

Brian

[stat192]

Im in thanks,

[tlwise12]

I'm in! PM sent Sean!

Thanks!

Travis

[brianp-beme]

Bumped to attract more secretive Santa types.

Brian

[nebboy]

I'm in - my last years SS was very nice to me. I hope to be as kind to someone this year and pay it forward.

[mayx2]

loud1219@hotmail.com
Lou DelPinto
Mayx2
150 Bobish farm Rd McClellandtown,Pa 15458

[bnorth]

PM sent. Thank you for doing this Sean and a big thanks to all that participate to make this fun.

[stat192]

Sean I had send you a pm but i dont see my name on the list, i just resent it thanks,

[nebboy]

I resent my info also just to make sure - thanks

[mattsey9]

Originally Posted by stat192

Sean I had send you a pm but i dont see my name on the list, i just resent it thanks,

Same here. Resending now.

[gemmint77]

Looks like I am on the list. Thanks

[jonron42]

Sean,
I sent you an email and a PM
Thanks,
Ron Hanna

[sycks22]

Package arrived today

[gemmint77]

Still waiting...

[nebboy]

Package arrived on Chistmas eve just fine. Thanks you and to all
Merry Christmas, it's been a good year. I've got a lot to br thankful for in 2017.

[bnorth]

Opened my SS gift. It is awesome,thank you Secret Santa!

I believe it is a 1930 W554 of Robert "Lefty" Grove.

[njdunkin1]

Santa is so clutch!

Have always wanted a George Stovall portrait--it's perfect! Thank you Santa for your generosity!
Merry Christmas,
NJ

[GehrigFan]

I apologize, my short term memory has taken a big hit due to the brain cancer. If I try to keep one thing in my memory, it works best. But... God is good, and I remembered 3 things on this!!!

This is actually my favorite "web event" every year. I was not able to participate this year because, frankly, I am having the memory problem I just mentioned. Had I simply written it on scratch paper or even sent myself an email, it would have been done. But even *not* doing it, seeing the pics of what you guys got gives me a big stinkin' smile!

And while my short-term memory needs a little growth, I can say that the gifts I DID receive before were wonderful, plus about 3 years ago (?), Derek sent me a present *in addition* because he rocks! He sent several items that he knew I specifically wanted, and I again give him HUGE thanks.


So, here are the three things I remembered from this post:

1) There was someone who got 3 Cubs cards but couldn't remember the set. Those are from the 1936 S & S Game. I love that one, still own a set, and think it absolutely offers the best deals of any pre-war issue

2) One of you said you did not receive your gift. Did you yet? If Sean can let me know anyone who did NOT get a gift, what was on their wish list, and their address, I would be happy to send what I can. See #3 as to why.

3) Sean, I first want to thank you so incredibly much for arranging this. Just the few pics posted this far again remind me how generous every person on this board is. I know the rules state a $25 value, but to me they ALL look far above that! You are a class act. If no one stepped up yet to take this on next year, I would love to. No way in the past, but as the doctors have said I cannot work again, if they are right, I can certainly do this. There is a chance my brain could get worse, or honestly that the cancer returns quickly and God takes me home soon, but I am not living life like either of those will happen. So I would just say make sure I can still do it around Nov. 1st or so and teach me then. Also, Sean, I know it was three months ago you (quietly) offered to help sell my cards, as nine months of living in hospitals still costs literally millions of dollars, even with insurance. If you still want to, let me know. I can't go into all the reasons why I still haven't started this, but I pray that God helps me to finally be able to sell in January. And referring to #2 above, if I can give something to make sure everyone has their gift, I would be happy to do this.

Mark

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[Jenx34]

Here are my gifts from my Secret Santa. I typically collect and sell 50's and 60's cards, but was up for something different and "Santa" delivered. I've never owned a tobacco card and had only seen a couple in person. I don't have any idea what the "value" of these items are, but my reaction when opening was this is really cool stuff, and stuff I wouldn't normally seek out. So thanks Santa!

[brianp-beme]

Celebrated Christmas just in the Saint Nick of time on New Year's Eve, so a little sluggish on posting what I received. A bounty of issues, from a real nice Diamond Stars of Pie Traynor, a B18 blanket, a Diamond matchbook, a R311 premium of the 1935 AL All Star team, and a Carstens Hygrade instructional booklet. Because the booklet mentions 'Little, Junior, Midget, Babe Ruth players' I can literally state that I received items featuring both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig...can anyone top that?

Thanks SS Santa!

Brian

[rainier2004]

I absolutely love that Yogi exhibits Chris...and I only do pww1...that thing is so cool. I want your secret santa.

Brain - super nice haul...maybe Ill have to do this next year.

Mark - if you need any assists for next year LMK, Id be more than happy to help. This stuff is what the hobby is about and spreading cheer is always a good thing.