Secret Santa 2023

[emckee]

fell off the face of the planet for a while...

climbed back.

and there was a package! (Mark me received)

and I finally managed to ship to my SS!

Yay!

now proceeding to fall off the other side...

 

[n3tjm]

List update. Everyone has reported as having ordered a gift.

 

[jazzviper1]

Mark me as Received X 2.

 

[frogglicker]

3...2...1 and LAUNCH!!!

Please mark me as Sent AND Received!


::So Excited::

 

[Stan]

Gifts received today!

 

[Glasspack]

Well as of today, there are two small packages for me that I did NOT order...….
I think they are from Amazon...….
Leads me to think, maybe I have a Secret Santa Gift


Oh, and did I mention; I mailed a Gift to another Santa to enjoy ?




Merry Christmas !!

 

[SkiesAreClear]

Mark me as received, please! Can’t wait to open this suspiciously long box

 

[AcadiaRockets]

Put me down as received as well. I got TWO boxes!!!

 

[mikewrt]

I got a mystery package from SANTA yesterday!
My wife immediately confiscated it, wouldn't even let me touch it.
Please mark me received! Merry Christmas and THANK YOU Santa!

 

[n3tjm]

I mailed a Gift to another Santa to enjoy ?

I was thinking to myself I wonder if the other santa was me... but then I realized he said "Santa" and not "Elf." Oh Well.

List Updated. More than Half have received their gifts already! Note, some participants will recieve gifts from vendors that are backlogged on orders or can't garuntee Christmas delivery, so if you don't get something before Christmas, that is probabily the case.

There are a couple recipients that say they they are traveling so they may not be able to report they received their gift or report what they got until they get back. I don't report Received on the list until the Recipient reports it, not the sender (although its good to know from the sender when the tracking says it was delivered, so continue doing that)

I am hoping to get the Papa Elf Special mailed Monday, Everything that I was expecting to be shipped to me for it has arrived, but I just hadn't had time or energy to make the cookies yet. One of the donors has already shipped their donations directly to the winner so he should be getting that anytime soon. I will be contacting the people who pledged to pay for shipping the estimated shipping cost shortly and let them know their share.

Also, there is a disturbing lack of photos of Secret Santa packages (Or presents if box is marked safe to open because gifts are wrapped) under the tree

 

[mooser]

I too received a mysterious box. It was delivered yesterday by UPS. It originated from Seattle and It was nothing that I ordered. Upon closer examination after making sure that it wasn't ticking or meowing, I noticed that in green marker, "Secret Santa" and " Do Not Open Till 12/12". Thank you Secret Santa! My OCD curiosity will increase until I open it on Christmas.

 

[sriegel]

Also, there is a disturbing lack of photos of Secret Santa packages (Or presents if box is marked safe to open because gifts are wrapped) under the tree

Ok, here you go.

 

[Tractionengines]

Mark me as received.

 

[n3tjm]

When you see LOC tape on it, you know its something GOOD .

I miss the days of being LOC vendor at CMASS launches. Barry Lynch ran the show back then and we worked on a couple projects together. For example, he sent me a prototype of the 5.5" Phoenix. I loved that rocket and flew it many times till it lawn darted after a complete electrical failure.

When I knew I was moving to PA, I never reordered stock and paid off my outstanding balance, and once my inventory sold out that was it.

 

[Tractionengines]

Received a shipping notice. So pkg is on way, and enough time to get there...

 

[0011001100]

I have received a package and it was wrapped by my fiancé before I even got home from work. All I know is it was in a Wildman box (always a good thing).

 

[Tobor]

I received notice that my recipient's package has shipped and should arrive before Christmas.

 

[n3tjm]

Took a couple screen grabs from the live stream my wife did with my phone.


Mmmm. COOKIES. Even without frosting these things are GOOOOOOoooooOOOOOooooD.

 

[Co-leader of the LRP]

My pasta order has arrived!
The tree hasn’t been decorated yet (we just got it) so it’s the first gift here too.

 

[mikewrt]

Finally had a minute to post a picture and found the elves have been busy with the wrapping paper!
Merry Christmas and thank you Santa!

 

[NTP2]

Finally had a minute to post a picture and found the elves have been busy with the wrapping paper!

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So there are 2 Santa’s? A regular Santa and a rocket Santa?

I am referring to the tag.

 

[dr wogz]

@Co-leader of the LRP is it from Fragile, Italie?! [Fra-geee-leh]

 

[Co-leader of the LRP]

Package has been shipped, hopefully they send it by rocket-powered sleigh so it gets there on time.

 

[gdjsky01]

I show my assignment was delivered days ago. Just sayin'.
Also received my gift.

 

[jqavins]

One of the donors has already shipped their donations directly to the winner so he should be getting that anytime soon.

I received what I assume is that one today. If it isn't, then two other people have sent me rocket things I wasn't expecting.

 

[n3tjm]

Finished the Papa Elf Special Cookies tonight.


First mixed up a batch of white lightning... Er.... I mean my famous vanilla frosting.


Got the frostings divided up and colors mixed in.


Everything all decorated.

If Papa Elf ever retires or expires, he had big boots to fill (Papa needed a new pair of shoes today )

 

[TheBru]

Mark me received! (Also shipped)

 

[Kallahan11]

Package just arrived from Wildman that I did not order. If it is what I think it is, don't think I cheated when I upload a video to my youtube channel today, I ordered that one for myself.

 

[n3tjm]

Papa Elf Special will be shipped tomorrow. Mrs Elf wrapped all the donations so it's safe to open the box to gain access to the cookies!

I Already got something from wildman. Another package is due to arrive on the 20th.

The inlaws are doing their gift exchange on Tuesday (minus Grandma Cooley, whom we just attended her funeral yesterday). We are when leaving for Tennessee on the 21st and my side of the family will have our gift exchange on the 23rd. I am not sure if I'll bring my gift along to open on the 25th or wait till I am back home on the 27th.

 

[n3vqw]

Found something on my porch yesterday evening when I got home from a rocket launch.