Secret Santa 2024: Sign-Ups

Iggy · 2024-12-12T18:51:52Z

:santa: S E C R E T S A N T A : 2 0 2 4 :santa: https://gallery.yopriceville.com/downloadfullsize/send/11755 Deadline for signups: 12/18/2024 8:00 GMT Deadline for submitting gifts: 1/7/2025 8:00 GMT Hello everyone! Once again, we are hosting Secret Santa for the community to participate in! If you don't know what that is, Secret Santa is an event where participants fill out a form with their interests and after some time, the host will put all the names of the participants into a "hat" and start assigning people an anonymous (Secret) Santa! The Secret Santa will use the form to create a gift for their recipient and they will send it to me, and I will send it to the recipient for them. After everyone has received their gifts, then the Santas will be allowed to come forward and reveal themselves. It's all very fun and exciting and I hope you all will consider joining in! Before we begin, there are some rules that must be stated. Violation of these rules will result in your disqualification from the event so please do your absolute best to follow them. 01: You are to keep the name of your recipient anonymous . Please do not reveal who you got to anyone. When I announce in this thread that the event is over, I will also state that members can reveal themselves to their recipients if they wish to, but until then, please keep it anonymous. 02: Please do not join this event if you cannot commit to providing a gift for your recipient. If you know you are going to be super busy this holiday and will not have a free night where you can sit down and create a gift, then please don't join. However, I understand that life happens and that things can happen unintentionally. We have Elves that will be ready to fulfill any missing gifts once the deadline has occurred, so if you end up entirely unable to fulfill your gift, then your recipient will still be covered. If you still plan on doing your gift but need more time, PM me right away . 03: All gifts must be handmade and cannot involve any sort of off-site transaction, such as shipping addresses or emails. You may create physical gifts, such as a drawing, and take a picture for your recipient. You may also gift recordings of yourself playing a song, reading a poem, etc. Remember that all gifts must be sent to me so that I may send them out anonymously. 04: Please do your absolute best to create a gift for your recipient based on the interests they listed in their Secret Santa form. You don't have to be the most talented artist ever, but it will definitely be noticeable if you try your hardest. Your gift can including writing, singing, drawing, painting, collages, gifs, videos, etc. If you feel that your recipient's form isn't very information, then you are allowed to snoop around their profile and see what else you can find. If you are familiar with them then you can talk casually with them, but don't make them suspicious! I believe that's everything important. Basically, keep yourself anonymous and get creative with your gift. I promise that you will have a good time! Before we get to the form, I want to remind everyone that no questions are allowed in this thread. This thread is only for the Secret Santa forms. Please post your questions here . The Form: [b]Username:[/b] [b]Name/Alias:[/b] [b]Interests:[/b] [b]Color Preferences:[/b] [b]Where do you spend most of your time on YWS?:[/b] [b]Favorite Artists/Songs/Shows/etc.:[/b] [b]Favorite Books/Authors/Fandoms:[/b] [b]Preferred Type of Gift:[/b] Writing, drawing, tumblr gifs, etc. [b]What Do You NOT Want to Get?:[/b] As in, disliked fandoms/ships, colors you don't like, etc. [b]Other:[/b] Please fill out your form and post it in this thread only to be included in the Secret Santa drawing. Have fun, everyone, and have a great holiday!!

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Sun Dec 15, 2024 7:12 pm

Valkyria says... · Sun Dec 15, 2024 7:12 pm

Username: Valkyria
Name/Alias: Valkyria, Val
Interests: Reading, writing, fanfiction, drawing, learning history and languages, crochet, wolves, flowers, butterflies, Islamic studies, Canva
Color Preferences: dark pink, blue, green, grey
Where do you spend most of your time on YWS?: people's tab, randomosity
Favorite Artists/Songs/Shows/etc.: The Owl House, Demon Slayer, Happy Hare, Espresso, Billie Eilish, the Simpsons, the Office, Heathers musical
Favorite Books/Authors/Fandoms: The Hunger Games, The Princess Bride, LOTR, the Hobbit, Neil Gaimon, Agatha Christie, Harry Potter
Preferred Type of Gift: any writing, drawing/art, collages, banners
What Do You NOT Want to Get?: the color orange and neons, gifs, emojis, toilet humor, no marvel or dc, no AI-generated stuff
Other: Have fun! I'm so excited to see what you make!

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Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:43 am

LuminescentAnt says... · Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:43 am

Username: LuminescentAnt
Name/Alias: Ant/Lum/Lumi
Interests: Reading, writing, origami, DnD sometimes, drawing
Color Preferences: Red, purple, dark cyan or turquoise
Where do you spend most of your time on YWS?: People tab or forums
Favorite Artists/Songs/Shows/etc.: Olivia Rodrigo, lacy by Olivia Rodrigo, Of Monsters and Men, Noah Kahan,
Favorite Books/Authors/Fandoms: The Girl Who Drank the Moon, The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, Scythe, Harry Potter, Marvel
Preferred Type of Gift: Writing, drawing, tumblr gifs, etc. Anything!!
What Do You NOT Want to Get?: As in, disliked fandoms/ships, colors you don't like, etc. Sabrina Carpenter, brainrot I guess, AI stuff,
Other: Thank you so much!! No pressure, anything is fine!

Good is not a thing you are. It's a thing you do.

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Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:31 am

Ranger says... · Wed Dec 18, 2024 4:31 am

Username: RangerofIthilien
Name/Alias: Ranger
Interests: roleplaying, archery, hiking, camping, identifying wild plants and animals and rocks and constellations, reading, writing, rockclimbing, playing skyrim or minecraft, drinking tea, worldbuilding. basically just about anything that has to do with the wild.
Color Preferences: Rich greens as well as most earthy colors
Where do you spend most of your time on YWS?: Roleplaying tab and WFPs
Favorite Artists/Songs/Shows/etc.: well LOTR of course as well as it's associated music, the skyrim soundtrack, Adrian von Zeigler, any sort of chill fantasy music that I can let my mind wander to really.
Favorite Books/Authors/Fandoms: LOTR, Swiss Family Robinson, hunger games, divergent, eragon and the inheritance cycle, and Hatchet. I know there's more but that's all I can think of for now.
Preferred Type of Gift: I would love anything! Feel free to get creative!
What Do You NOT Want to Get?: While I do enjoy sci-f, I'm not a big fan of star wars or anything like that. PLEASE do not include any spoilers for the last book of the inheritance cycle, I have not read it yet. Also, I'm not a huge fan of neons or other unnatural colors.
Other: Have fun creating and I am excited to see what you come up with!

Not all who wander are lost; some are just looking for their arrows.

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Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:46 pm

Iggy says... · Wed Dec 18, 2024 8:46 pm

Sign-Ups Closed

Sign-ups are closed. Leaving the topic unlocked so members can edit their posts if needed be. I'll be sending out PMs to everyone here soon!

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Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:40 pm

Iggy says... · Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:40 pm

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PMs were sent out. If for some reason, I forgot someone and they did not receive a PM, then PM me immediately. :santa:

“I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
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Fri Jan 03, 2025 7:11 pm

Iggy says... · Fri Jan 03, 2025 7:11 pm

Update

Please remember that no one is allowed to reveal themselves until after the event is over! The event is only over when everyone has received a gift, and the only way to know is by me announcing it. The deadline has been extended to January 15th but it could take longer, depending on if the Elves need to make backup gifts or not, so please just stay patient and watch this thread for future updates!

“I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
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Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:04 pm

Iggy says... · Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:04 pm

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Sorry for the long wait, everyone! Unfortunately, I had 3 participants who did not fulfill their end of the gift exchange and so I had to ask the Elves to make backup gifts. Right now, we are still waiting on one last gift, but I figure it's time to allow everyone to reveal themselves if they wish to. So please, feel free to comment here or privately PM your recipient if you wish to. :santa:

“I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then."
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