Giftmas sign-ups will be available Thursday, 10/1 and will close at noon CDT on Friday, 10/9. Continue reading Giftmas 2020 – THE PREGAME

GIFTMAS GALLERY Couple of guidelines for this thread: PICTURES UPDATE: This year, we have this nifty gallery plug-in to easily peruse everyone’s pictures! To facilitate this, please a) include your Disqus name somewhere in the first picture you take, and … Continue reading MERRY GIFTMAS EVERYONE! 2019 Edition

Heads up Avocados – only ONE FRICKIN’ WEEK until Giftmas!! Okay, yes, this is a little early, but folks: if you ship TODAY (Thursday 11/21), you only have five shipping days (11/22, 11/25, 11/26, 11/27, 11/29) left for your gift to be … Continue reading GIFTMAS: T minus ONE WEEK!!!

Welcome to Giftmas! By the end of the day (10/11), you should know who you’re getting a gift for this year, and an idea of when it should be shipped by (depending on where it’s going). Which means it’s on … Continue reading Gift Brainstorming!

Holy crap this is year 4 of Giftmas we’re all old. IT’S GIFTMASIVERSARY Y’ALL!! The anniversary of The Avocado is 12/4 – since Sunday tends to work better for the actual unwrapping, we’ll be celebrating on Sunday, 12/1. General reminders/suggestions: … Continue reading Giftmasiversary IV: Giftmas Is Magic

This is intended for a) previous participants to discuss what they enjoyed or struggled with in either Giftmas: Origins, Giftmas II: Electric Boogaloo, or Son Of Giftmas, and b) folks considering participating for the first time to ask questions. I’ll … Continue reading Giftmas 2019 – THE PREGAME

It’s here! It’s finally here!   Couple of guidelines for this thread: EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Even if your gift is going to be late or you didn’t participate in the exchange at all, join us for some holiday/anniversary fun! Sleffos … Continue reading MERRY GIFTMAS EVERYONE! 2018 Edition

Heads up Avocados – only six (and a half) days until Giftmas! There’s a subthread for shouting into the void that you got your present that you should go comment in (it helps your gifter not to freak out, and me to make … Continue reading GIFTMAS: T minus ONE WEEK!

Welcome to Giftmas! By the end of the day (10/12), you should know who you’re getting a gift for this year, and an idea of when it should be shipped by (depending on where it’s going). Which means it’s on … Continue reading Gift Brainstorming!

We’ve managed to successfully pull off Giftmas for two years running – let’s see if we can go 3 for 3! Note: PLEASE DO NOT SHIP LIVE ANIMALS IT’S GIFTMASIVERSARY Y’ALL!! The anniversary of The Avocado is 12/4 – since … Continue reading Giftmasiversary III: Return of the Magi

This is intended for a) previous participants to discuss what they enjoyed or struggled with in either Giftmas: Origins or Giftmas II: Electric Boogaloo, and b) folks considering participating for the first time to ask questions. I’ll update this header’s … Continue reading Giftmas 2018 – THE PREGAME

It’s here! It’s finally here! Couple of guidelines for this thread: 🎁 EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Even if your gift is going to be late or you didn’t participate in the exchange at all, join us for some holiday/anniversary fun! 🎁 … Continue reading MERRY GIFTMAS EVERYONE! 2017 Edition

I sincerely hope you get the title reference. We’ve only got one week here people! Please let me know in the comments or via email if you’ve sent/received your gift. HOW NEXT SUNDAY’S GONNA GO DOWN: I’m gonna schedule a Giftmas … Continue reading After all there’s only ONE MORE WEEK ’til Giftmas…

Heads up Avocados – only one month (and three days) until Giftmas! Have another general discussion/troubleshooting thread. I know some of you have already gotten your gifts – remember, don’t open them until December 3rd! (Please, do not ship live … Continue reading GIFTMAS: Welcome to November!

Since we don’t wanna spam the OTs with Giftmas talk, let’s take all the strategizing and troubleshooting over here. Now that you’ve been sent your names and have had a chance to read through the Introductions thread, feel free to … Continue reading Giftmas discussion thread

We managed to pull this together last year, so why don’t we take what we learned and give it another shot? Note: PLEASE DO NOT SHIP LIVE ANIMALS IT’S GIFTMASIVERSARY Y’ALL!! Last year we did this on the one-year anniversary … Continue reading Giftmasiversary II: Son of Santa