PH Secret Santa 2022 - Times are hard!

[Captain Raymond Holt]

PH Secret Santa 2022 - Times are hard. The heating is off and I’m eating cold beans from the tin

How things have changed over the years:

Covid - been and gone
The Queen - been and gone
Interest rates and costs in general - only going one way
PHSS - Ever resilient!

An important note: Brexit might have fked us One thing to be mindful of now is the potential for duty costs when receiving internationally (ohhh er). So… a new question has been added, whether you are happy to receive from an international PH’er. When it comes to matching I’ll aim not to match someone from say Germany with someone from Grimsby if a French PH’er is available.


As it seems is traditional, I'll copy & paste parts of last years thread opener + rules, robbed from previous threads as it worked well (credit Geeks 2018) ..

Basic Format:

• Starting from right now, register your interest by sending me a PM with your details on (summary of required details is in the rules below)
• Closing date for entry is 10pm on Thursday 3rd November 2022
• Within short order you'll receive an email with your victim "gift recipient's" details
• Start stalking your victim recipient. Checking through post history, getting to know your target, learning about them, researching Facebook, disguising yourself to follow closely etc are all part of the fun. Use your newly gained info wisely to decide on the perfect gift for your target.
• Once purchased, wrap your gift and post to your target. Target spend is £10 plus P&P (Feel free to spend more if you wish but there is no pressure here!)
• Drop me an email to let me know it's been dispatched
• Sit back and wait until Christmas Day when you can open your gift!

If you need to get a message to either your Secret Santa or victim giftee (got to stop doing that!), send me a PM.

Every now and again I will type out a list of anonymous messages and list who they are for. This will save people giving away their identity and revealing themselves to their SS. I will endeavour to do this on a daily basis, rest assured I will post up messages wherever and whenever possible!

PH Secret Santa 2022 Rules:

• Secret Santa, add your name to the list and then pop me a PM with your username, real name, address, a small list of likes/dislikes and whether NSFW things are acceptable (apparently nobody wants to open a box containing a dildo in front of little Johnny on Xmas morning). If you don't supply information, it'll be assumed you're happy with whatever you get!
• Anybody with allergies or things, please mention in the email
• Target spend is £10 + postage (Spending more is at the senders discretion)
• There will likely be a few international PH'ers involved. If you don't want to pay that little extra for postage please say in your email. If you are a kind hearted soul and actually want an international PH'er then please say this (there is, I believe, one or two PHers around the 'Ring/Spa etc). Any secret Santas without a preference will be used in the case there are not enough people volunteering to do it
• Closing date for entry is 10pm on 3rd November 2022. During the following week I will issue everyone an email with the details of your Secret Santa. This is a strict cut off date - if you snooze you lose I'm afraid.
• Non-senders of gifts will be named and shamed & potentially suffer VBRJ - anyone have a can of red bull or some frozen sausages handy?
• If a person has specifically requested NOT to receive a certain gift (a common example being a dildo), please do not send them it - that's just not cricket
• Also, if you haven't received a gift near to Christmas let me know. Christmas mail is busy and some of the post to international PH'ers may take longer
• All record of addresses will be destroyed after secret santa is completed
• Photographs of received gifts to be posted on this thread upon opening

Use this template when emailing me your details

PH nom de plume:
Real name:
Address:
Likes:
Dislikes:
NSFW Allowed? (Y/N):
Ok to send to our International PH'ers? (Y/N):
Ok to receive from our International PH’ers? (Y/N):

There may be occasional updates to the rules above, please keep an eye on them - I will update this post if needed.

The Santae's decision is final. If you don't play ball, I will find you.

If there are any issues, PM me and I'll do my best to sort it out.

Let the games begin!





Wrapping Paper

Bear-n said:

ETA: 50% ink saving version

A wiki will be set up once matching is complete.

Wiki Here

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Glade]

[The Rotrex Kid]

Huzzah!

[pidsy]

The only present I got last year.

[andburg]

That’ll do cap’ that’ll do

[Captain Raymond Holt]

PH Secret Santa 2022 Victims List

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	???	No	No

[indigochim]

Cheers for holding the reins again this year Captain. Hopefully I'll not be the 1st to screw up the table. I'll mail details shortly.


PH Secret Santa 2022 Victims List

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	???	No	No

[Mallard126]

PH Secret Santa 2022 Victims List

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	???	No	No

I think I put 2023 in the header of my DM, Captain. I may be in a straight jacket by Christmas!

Edited by Mallard126 on Tuesday 27th September 21:48

[RacingPete]

PH Secret Santa 2022 Victims List

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	???	No	No

[morgs_]

PH Secret Santa 2022 Victims List

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	???	No	No
11.	???	No	No
12.	???	No	No
13.	???	No	No
14.	???	No	No
15.	???	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

Haven't missed one yet!

Apologies to my Santa, I've been even less active than usual due to new job. I'll try and post a bit more over the coming months.

[K77 CTR]

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	???	No	No
12.	???	No	No
13.	???	No	No
14.	???	No	No
15.	???	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

[Bear-n]

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	Bear-n	No	No
12.	???	No	No
13.	???	No	No
14.	???	No	No
15.	???	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

[bristolbaron]

Yay! Genuine excitement to be going again, I bloody love PHSS. Thank you Captain, I think you’re two years into retirement and still working hard - it’s very appreciated!

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	Bear-n	No	No
12.	bristolbaron	No	No
13.	???	No	No
14.	???	No	No
15.	???	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

Edited by bristolbaron on Tuesday 27th September 23:26

[eltax91]

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	Bear-n	No	No
12.	bristolbaron	No	No
13.	Eltax91	No	No
14.	???	No	No
15.	???	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

[Benni]

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	Bear-n	No	No
12.	bristolbaron	No	No
13.	Eltax91	No	No
14.	Benni	No	No
15.	???	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

Times may be hard but we are harder, like a Krupp teaspoon,

BIG thanx to the Captain for entering the bridge and boxing the binnacle again.

Edited by Benni on Wednesday 28th September 00:28

[Bathroom_Security]

Can we get Yipper involved?

[vixen1700]

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	Bear-n	No	No
12.	bristolbaron	No	No
13.	Eltax91	No	No
14.	Benni	No	No
15.	vixen1700	No	No
16.	???	No	No
17.	???	No	No

Been in since the start, so rude to miss out.

Been good with my pressies since the mice bookends, so may be a bit more daring this year.

[Captain Raymond Holt]

Bugger me… 15 victims and no one has broken the table yet!!

[Tango13]

Captain Raymond Holt said:

Bugger me… 15 victims and no one has broken the table yet!!

I'm in but I'll send an email and add my name to the table when I'm home on my laptop, if I try from my phone I'll be the one to fk up the table

[geeks]

PH Secret Santa 2022 Victims List

No.	Username	Present Sent?	Present Received?
1.	Captain Raymond Holt	No	No
2.	Glade	No	No
3.	The Rotrex Kid	No	No
4.	pidsy	No	No
5.	andburg	No	No
6.	indigochim	No	No
7.	Mallard126	No	No
8.	RacingPete	No	No
9.	morgs_	No	No
10.	K77 CTR	No	No
11.	Bear-n	No	No
12.	bristolbaron	No	No
13.	Eltax91	No	No
14.	Benni	No	No
15.	vixen1700	No	No
16.	geeks	No	No
17.	Tango13	No	No
18.	???	No	No
19.	???	No	No
20.	???	No	No

ETA in Tango13