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Christmas/Holiday Card/Gift Exchange?? (Secret Santa Style)

posted 1 month ago in The Lounge
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  • poll: Would you like to do a Christmas/Holiday Gift Exchange (limit 5 for gift 5 for shipping)
    Yes : (25 votes)
    51 %
    No, I would rather do a card exchange : (12 votes)
    24 %
    I don't celebrate Christmas but I am not opposed to doing ______ (please post) : (0 votes)
    No, I don't want to do anything, sorry. : (12 votes)
    24 %
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    Hiya everyone!!

    Is anyone down to do a Christmas Card/Holiday exchange?  I would LOVE to start an exchange!! If anyone is interested they can pm me their names and addresses and we can pass it on from there, or I could designate one person.. .Or we could do a gift exchange (limiting the price to like 5-10 per person? We can also make it something small that fits in the new USPS flat rate box that ships for like 4.95 and up .. so let's say 5.00 for a gift (if we choose that option, and then we can do the 4.95 shipping option)....  We can do it Secret Santa style.

    Photo of Flat Rate Boxes

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    OMG am I the only one thinking this far in advance?!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    shameless bump!! it looks like myself and only one person will be exchanging!

     
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    FrugalistaBride2011     Wisconsin

    I'm totally loving this idea, seriously where else can I vent my wedding frustrations without people rolling their eyes at me and sighing in that "here she goes again" way...

     
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    LacyLust   May 21, 2011  Ohio

    I'm "Down" with this idea! lol I love it. I'll PM u my address if this is a go! Let us know!

     
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    Laylabelle   November 7, 2009  Atlanta, GA

    Well, I love this idea! But I am a poor bride (and a sick bride, at the moment) and can only do a card exchange. I'm in! 

     
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    MissAsB   June 6, 2009  Huntsville, AL

    I would love to do it!  Sort of sad that I'm more involved in weddingbee now that I'm married lol!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    cool!! i think a card exchange is fine and we can go down on the price of the gifts as well... perhaps we should have two lists one as a gift exchange and the other as a card exchange?  let me know what you think. i have already started a spreadsheet with the first person that signs up!

    i so totally see most of you ladies as my close friends, y'all are so funny and you get my obsession with weddings!!

     
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    MissHelen   November 20th, 2010  California

    Sounds neat!!!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    @laylabelle: feel better!!!

    so far we have 4-5 brides in and everyone is okay with the card exchange so perhaps we can start it off there first?  do you want to only send cards to one person or everyone on the list?

     
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    daydreamwanderer   January 2011?  live in NE China; wedding in West Michigan

    I would LOVE to, but unfortunately as an international bride, no one is going to be able to afford $5 shipping to me. rather, it doesn't exist. :(

    e-gift certificates maybe?

     
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    I would definitely participate in a card exchange. :)

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    @daydreamwanderer: yep that would be cool too!! i think it seems that a majority are okay with the card exchange, so i'm definitely okay with anything (including the online gift certificate as well)... perhaps we should do a card exchange starting out since this is our first go at this? i don't want to exclude anyone because of money (after all i'm the mocha frugalista, and that just doesn't sit well to me for anyone to be excluded!!) lol!!! so are card exchanges okay with everyone?  if you haven't already sent me your info please do so and i will randomly select everyone and i guess i'll have to select my person as well, or maybe i will have m select who everyone goes with so i won't know either...

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    okay cards are definitely the route that we are going.  can those of you that have sent me their info please send me email addresses as well so that i can notify of the person you'll be exchanging cards with?

     

    thx

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    okay we have totally decided to do a gift card exchange.  i am going to cut the card exchange list off a week before thanksgiving just so we can get everything out and i can do the list, etc.  if you are interested in the exchange and you haven't pm'd me, please go ahead and do so...

    yay!! i'm so excited about this!!! next will be a birthday exchange depending on the success of the christmas card exchange.

     
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    hcritton   09/06/09  Seattle, WA

    PM'd ya!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    hcritton: PM'd ya right back!!

     
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    hcritton   09/06/09  Seattle, WA

    Got it, I answered back!:)

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    @hcritton: gotcha added!! woohoo!!!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    okay so far we have... and we've decided on a card exchange.  does anyone else want to participate? 

    snmcdowell

    miss helen

    corgitales

    crebre80 (yours truly :D)

    daydream wanderer

    marigold

    missab

    hcritton

    eta

    Beav1279

    pmerr

     
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    daydreamwanderer   January 2011?  live in NE China; wedding in West Michigan

    what? KMSkull isn't in on this?? girl is obsessed with WB, I thought she'd be all over the real life interaction... ;)

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    lol!!! nope not yet!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    okay i have another question, do you just want to send a card to one person on the list or everyone on the list? lemme know

     
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    pmerr   August 14, 2010  Rochester, NY

    I'm about to PM you! This sounds fun!
    I'll do either everyone or just one person. Whatever majority wants! :)

     
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    CorgiTales   Winter 2010/2011?  Columbus, Ohio

    i think we could do it for all as long as it doesn't get out of hand (like if there is 50 ppl... that is too many. 10 or 20 would be fine) :)

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    sounds good pmerr!! i am really excited, some of the ladies have really great ideas about the types of cards they are sending.

     
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    pmerr   August 14, 2010  Rochester, NY

    This is pretty cool!! I have no idea what I would send! I guess it would depend on if we're doing multiple people or just one! 

     
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    Beav1279   12/27/09  Vegas wedding for a Vegas native - who now lives in Austin, TX

    If we keep it under 25 people, I'll send everyone a card.. if it gets more than that, then just one please.

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    @pmerr: we are just doing christmas cards!  okay so if we keep it under 20 folks a card per person, over 20 one per person it seems is winning so far...

     
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    Querida   10*10*10  Sugar Land, TX

    I"m in - I'll PM you

    My vote is one card for over 20, cards for everyone under 20.

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    @querida: sounds good!!! we are now at 11 ladies exchanging...

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    bump for my besties!!

     
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    alishaneva   May 2011  Lancaster, PA

    Definitely in - PMing you now - this is fun!

     
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    KMSull     Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    I'm in!

     

    @daydreamwanderer- ha ha ha ha ha! I was at work when this happened! I haven't been super active on WB for a few days. With my parents being in town and the drama of the topic I started, I've been lying low hoping no one hated me!

     
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    RecessionistaBride   July 10, 2010  

    I'm in for a card exchange!!

    KM had a busy weekend w/ her parents... :)

    She'll be in for sure though!

    *Edit: KM posted 1 minute before me haha. I'm not just repeating everything she wrote... I was just updating the girls wondering what happened to her! lol  

     
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    Laylabelle   November 7, 2009  Atlanta, GA

    Oooh oooh mee mee! PM'ing you right.now.

     
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    RecessionistaBride   July 10, 2010  

    haha KM u posted right before me!! I KNEW you'd be in!

     
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    crebre80     Baton Rouge, LA

    @RB: dear you have to pm me!!! lol!!!!

    here are the ladies that we have so far! if you're on the fence we've decided that it will be a card exchange, not a gift.  we will send a card to each person on the list as long as there aren't more than 20, if there are more than 20, we'll send a card to one person, although we could send cards to five people each or something like that if we're more than 20 (wheels turning in brain) lol we have a month to decide.

    snmcdowell

    miss helen

    corgitales

    crebre80 (yours truly :D)

    daydream wanderer

    marigold

    missab

    hcritton

    Beav1279

    pmerr

    querida

    alishaneva

    laylabelle

    kmsull

     
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    daydreamwanderer   January 2011?  live in NE China; wedding in West Michigan

    yeah, please don't make me send cards to more than 20 people! international postage adds up quickly... :)

    plus, 20 cards would take forEVER to make and write!

     
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    daydreamwanderer   January 2011?  live in NE China; wedding in West Michigan

    @kms - don't leave us ! I thought your topic was a good reminder, and people jsut read the wrong part of it too strongly :/

     

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