HF SECRET SANTA 2010 - Post your gift pictures!

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Kovac

Kovac

Sorry bout the jam

Being a sealed product it never occurred to me that it might leak

Barley sugar (or barley sugar candy) is a traditional variety of British boiled sweet, or hard candy, yellow or orange in colour with an extract of barley added as flavouring. It is similar to hard caramel candy in its texture and taste.
Barley sugars and other energy sweets are the only food allowed to be eaten in the New Zealand & Australian 40 Hour Famine, an annual event which draws attention to world hunger. A single barley sugar is allowed to be consumed once every 4 hours during the 40 Hour Famine. This applies to participants older than primary school age. [5]
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gargoyle_eva

gargoyle_eva

mmm barley sugar, Imma go nom on the pack I have in cupboard. Also NR, that mud soap will be amazing...I kinda "accidently" fell in a mud pool in rotorua when I went over to NZ. Not only was it super soft skin fro the next few days, but it cleared up my dermatitis I got over there.
 
Tress

Tress

What's this?? A package appears!



And inside we have...



Books! And not just any books, but some awesome novels by Neil Gaiman!

Along with it came this note written on an envelope:



Dear Strange Man-Creature,

I am writing to you from a bleak future where robotic conservatives banned same-species relationships. They've been hunting us ever since they took the "Color Neutral" House back in 2162. Our scientists have determined that point where things went south, so to speak. You, sir, are the key. Now, what you have to do is avoid, and I can't stress this enough... oh shit, out of envelope!
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Wow. I don't know what to say. You are both strange and awesomely generous at the same time. Thanks for the books! I've already plopped into my favorite chair and started digging into them!

(Who sent this? The note is unsigned and the only indication I got was the return address, which said it came from "The Thrill" in Texas.)
 
strawman

strawman

There are four people who have not received their gifts yet:

BErt
Kovac (Lost in mail, another one is being sent)
Shakey
Terrik

All their gifts have been sent, so I'm working with the various secret santas involved to find out where the gifts are. So far one has been lost, another appears to be a problem with the retailer, etc, etc, etc.

I'll let the recipients above know when they can expect their gift as I find out.
 
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BErt

I've been out all day, but one of the things I was doing was picking up my secret santa gift from the post office! Pictures tomorrow, I promise.

Ok, Pictures.

I has a box


Whats inside...



Sweet! Rocks! Wait, that's not right...



It's a decorative tealight holder!



Jay, thank you very much. A very empty fireplace mantle is now not so empty. :D

Also, those burns were there when we got the house, so don't judge me!
 
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BErt

Apparently editing doesn't bump the topic as having a new post, so pretend I put all of that here instead.
 
Jay

Jay

Hey! I hope you and your wife enjoyed the gift and thanks for understanding why it took so late. Hopefully it was worth it? I wanted to make sure it was of use even though I went above the budget. (goddamn shipping to the US!)

Regarding your fireplace, that's soot. Nothing a bit of Trisodium Phosphate can't handle. Though you'd want to research how to use it carefully.
 
Shakey

Shakey

I got my present today! I almost didn't notice it. My dad must have brought it inside when he stopped by to plow a bit of my driveway. I'm surprised it even showed up today, we had a ton of snow last night. Whoever delivered it must have had to walk up my driveway since it wasn't plowed yet.

Pictures! The ones I took of the box were horribly shaky and blurry, so I won't bother posting them.


First is Newfoundland Screech Rum flavored coffee. It smells really good, I'll have to try it out in the morning. I think I've heard people on this board talking about the rum before. I really want to find me a bottle of it sometime now. I also got a coffee crisp to snack on with it. I also got a crazy looking pink, green, and white coffee mug.

Oh wait, there's something on the bottom of the mug...



Very cool. It is an awesome present. Thank you very much secret Santa.
 
strawman

strawman

Hurray! We're down to two left, one was last seen in customs, and the other was reshipped after the shipper lost the original.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Okay guys. I have picture of my gift but for the life of me I can't seem to get them from my SD card to this goddamn laptop. I'm not sure where the fuck the problem lies so I'm just going to tell you what I got.

First of all: Terrik! Thank ye so much! This gift was a delightful package for a self professed Foodie to open.

Okay, so I open the box to see not one but TWO boxes of Fruity Pebbles. I must admit, when I asked for Fruity Pebbles it was not for me but for my husband, who loved this sugary treat when he was a child and is bitter now, as an adult, that it can no longer be found in Canada. His look of pure delight when I hauled the multicolored grain product was one that a camera could not capture. It came off him in waves and resonated in a high pitched 'SQUEE!' of delight. So...that was pretty cool.

I also received to bottles of pure vanilla extract which has been put to good use. :) You can NEVER have to much vanilla.

After that there was a bevy of spices. ^_^ I can't recall all of them but I remember getting cinnamon, oregano, parsley, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder.

All in all, it was pretty awesome!

Merry (belated) Christmas Secret Santa!
 
Gusto

Gusto

What is this!?

A wild PACKAGE appears!



Sweet! New paintbrushes and an awesome canvas carrier!





Thanks, Ms. Seej! :D
 
Kovac

Kovac

A surprise package arrives in the post :D





My secret santa has good taste and may have been stalking me at some point. A few weeks ago my brother asked me if I had a copy of 1984 that I could lend him and I sadly had to tell him that I did not. :D



And 1984 finds a good home next to my copy of Animal Farm
 
P

Philosopher B.

Man, Kovac's last picture makes me want to start a Post Your Bookshelf thread, except my books had to be moved into boxes for painting. :(

Hopefully I can participate in this next year!
 
Kovac

Kovac

A second gift arrived

Glee :D





I watched Metropolis a few years back in the cinema. Looking forward to seeing it again.

Many thanks
 
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Chibibar

Wow..... yay!!! finally arrive eh? ;)

Sad part is the the 1st package was ship 1 month (around that time) BEFORE the 2nd package and both arrive 1 day apart?
 
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