2023 Secret Santa Thread

[potentpotables]

Hey yinz, it's Secret Santa time again!  I have sort of appointed myself as the Secret Santa every year from now until forever, but if you'd like to do it, please feel free to contact me; I don't want to ruin it for anyone.  I've been kind of down recently, so I needed something to cheer me up. This is to answer all questions about why it's going up three weeks before Halloween (though I will note that it went up before Halloween last year too - what can I say, I love the holidays).

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Send an email to joshuajgrubbs(at)gmail.com with the following information:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
SCREENNAME:

Please answer the following questions in the email as well:

A. Are you willing to ship outside the US?
B. Is there anyone you do NOT want to be assigned to?
C. Do you plan on sending anonymously?

I will randomly assign a Secret Santa to everyone using a number generator. If there are special requests, I may make tweaks as necessary. If you wish to remain anonymous when sending, please let me know so you don't end up with my name.

2. Answer the questions below in a reply to this thread. Your Secret Santa once assigned will review those answers to determine what to give you. If you would rather not list your answers here in the thread, please do so in your email. We can make that work. And if you know of members on here who might not see this thread, tell them about it. The more the merrier!

3. Secret Santas will be given out on (or around) Sunday, November 20th. Once you've been assigned a person, check this thread, but PLEASE, DO NOT reveal who you have. OK? Deal. If you need me to fish for some ideas for your person, just let me know.

4. Please, let's try to ship all gifts by Friday, December 16th. Gifts DO NOT have to be purchased. Feel free to be creative and create or craft a gift. If you do intend on purchasing a gift, let’s try to keep it in the $20 range. Inflation has not come to inforoo dot com.

5. Don't be "that person". If you participate and are assigned as someone's Secret Santa, don't leave them without a gift. Please be prepared to participate if you e-mail me. That being said, bad things do happen, so if you have to drop out for some reason, please let me know so arrangements can be made.

6. Registration requirements: With personal information being handed out, there is no choice but to keep this somewhat secure. The threshold that was decided on in years past was a minimum of 500 posts AND/OR 2 years account activity. Should you not meet these requirements but still want to participate, please post in this thread and have someone vouch for you. In addition, participants must be in good standing with the moderator team.

QUESTIONS: (Copy & Paste into a reply to this thread)

1. What is your favorite genre of music?

2. What is your favorite musical artist?

3. What is your t-shirt size?

4. What is your favorite sports team?

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby?

6. What is your favorite color?

7. What is your favorite animal?

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies?

9. What is your favorite book?

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint?

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"?

12. Are you a collector of anything?

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you?

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat?

15. Is there anything people should not get you?

Feel free to suggest more questions in a reply below.

[garageland]

[jorgeandthekraken]

[Vieux]

Even though it isn't my birthday/Halloween yet.

[NothingButFlowers]

1. What is your favorite genre of music? I don’t understand the question, and I won’t respond to it

2. What is your favorite musical artist? David Byrne. Also love Kate Bush, Guns N’ Roses (really just Appetite for Destruction), Beastie Boys, Dead Milkmen, and other things as well

3. What is your t-shirt size? L or XL depending on cut

4. What is your favorite sports team? Nope

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Knitting, baking, reading, strength training, walking outdoors, painting little colorful dots on mugs, sewing

6. What is your favorite color? Purple

7. What is your favorite animal? Omar (my dog), but I also like owls

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? I love many TV shows and movies

9. What is your favorite book? The Stand, maybe, or Player Piano. I just read Demon Copperhead, and it was pretty great

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? A Mexican place in Maryville, TN, but I eat at Mellow Mushroom, Chili’s, and Culver’s quite a bit

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Trail mix with chocolate

12. Are you a collector of anything? Yarn

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I dunno. I like stickers and coffee mugs

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Peppermint bark

15. Is there anything people should not get you? Tacos, that would be messy

Feel free to suggest more questions in a reply below.

[LD]

What it do

[potentpotables]

Bump.

Don't make me start tagging people.

[potentpotables]

First tagging people who participated last year.  Only two emails received thus far!

Vieux
Siggy
NothingButFlowers (email received)
Jaz
Rummy 500
shuck
LD
garageland
abrakapokus
rebelbrad
stlallison
jorgeandthekraken (email received)
bonzai  
Ellie

[shuck]

I thought I had sent an email already but I only had a draft. I’ll get it in later today!

[stlallison]

I've been garbage about posting on the board this year, but I'm in if y'all will allow it.

[Siggy]

I forgot it was already that time of year again. I'll get that email sent asap

[LD]

I'm in, I've just been lazy

[garageland]

I'll get it in the morning and send an email your way.

Thanks again for setting this up.

[Vieux]

I almost backed out because I was so down about my break and was worried about my ortho appt.

Ortho appt is Monday, that stress is over. I'll do this in the morning when I get on my computer.

[Vieux]

1. What is your favorite genre of music? indie rock stuff

2. What is your favorite musical artist? MMJ, TV on the Radio, Girl in Red, Tool, Pinbank

3. What is your t-shirt size? depending on the shirt xsmall to small, small would probably be the safer bet

4. What is your favorite sports team? Saints, LSU, Pelicans, Big Easy Roller Derby

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Roller skating, smoking weed, d&d and crafting

6. What is your favorite color? Purple (or black)

7. What is your favorite animal? Zebras are the best, but I love unicorns and dinosaurs too.

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Right now I am really into Critical Role and Dimension 20. But nerdy shit too. Buffy, Gilmore Girls, Firefly, Doctor Who...

9. What is your favorite book? The Fever Series, Brave New World, Dresden Files

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Wendy's if I have to choose

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? mega stuffed oreos, thin dark chocolate Reese's cups, ice cream

12. Are you a collector of anything? unique zebras, nerdy cute stuff

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I don't like butterfingers. And I am pretty easy. I love homemade stuff.

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? little debbie christmas trees

15. Is there anything people should not get you? coal or poop

DONE.

[shuck]

1. What is your favorite genre of music?

Earlier this summer, my dad inadvertently roasted the shit out of me by saying "you really like songs with guys talking over beats, don't you?" when I was playing Arab Strap. However, as irritating of an answer as it is, I do try and listen to a lot of different things, but my musical preferences tend to go towards the danceable, loud, and lyrical. 

2. What is your favorite musical artist?

Daft Punk. 

3. What is your t-shirt size?

XL

4. What is your favorite sports team?

Chicago Cubs

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby?

I bake/cook, dick around in Photoshop, do trivia, drink beer, play Dance Dance Revolution, and take long walks to nowhere in particular.

6. What is your favorite color?

Orange. I've answered this question quite a lot and I'm not sure it's helpful. I don't even think I own anything orange currently.

7. What is your favorite animal?

Dogs? idk. (I do not currently have a dog.)

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies?

I have an encyclopedic knowledge of The Amazing Race and in general like other CBS reality shows. As far as movie goes, I like culty/weird stuff, Satoshi Kon, and screwball comedies. 

9. What is your favorite book?

Douglas Coupland's Life After God. 

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint?

I rarely eat out. But my favorite fast food is definitely Culver's. 

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"?

The amount of times I've been drunk and made macaroni and cheese is kind of absurd. I've recently been trying to get more into Trader Joe's 

12. Are you a collector of anything?

Pretty much just records. I own a lot of band t-shirts but I'm trying to cut down.

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you?

I always get sort of nervous about these since I feel like I'm being vague but then I get to this question and my mind also goes blank. Please know: you can do no wrong.

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat?

Chocolate covered caramel corn.

15. Is there anything people should not get you?

Rabies.

[Vieux]

shuck: my favorite color is orange but I don't own anything that color
All Secret Santas: why would you want to wear anything orange? buys Shuck stuff in any other color.

[jorgeandthekraken]

1. What is your favorite genre of music?
Mainly an indie rock guy, but I’ve also been leaning more into psychedelic stuff these days, as well as some disco and house. Generally speaking, there’s not a genre of music of which I won’t find at least something to like.

2. What is your favorite musical artist?
Pearl Jam is and will always be #1. Also: My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem, TV on the Radio, King Gizz, Radiohead, St. Vincent, Sylvan Esso, Black Angels...I’ll stop.

3. What is your t-shirt size?
Generally XL, although I sometimes land in L territory depending on the fit.

4. What is your favorite sports team?
The New York Knicks

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby?
If playing music (I play guitar, bass, and drums, and am learning piano/keys) and DJing/mixing records doesn’t count, then: Surfing, playing D&D, reading, and yoga. I used to collect hobbies like crazy but I haven’t had as much time for all of it since my daughter was born.

6. What is your favorite color?
Black.

7. What is your favorite animal?
My dog, Disco. Whales are also cool.

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies?
TV, current/recent: For All Mankind, What We Do in the Shadows, Top Chef, other cooking competition shows in which the people are nice to each other, The Bear, The Last of Us, Abbott Elementary, Mrs. Davis, Cunk on Earth, Andor, Jury Duty, Invincible. I’ve also been falling asleep on the couch to Suits for the past month – I’m somehow in Season 4 but only know some of what’s happened since I’ve slept through a lot of episodes.
TV, all-time: The Wire, Star Treks other than Voyager or Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica, Mr. Show, Mr. Robot, The Americans
Movies: Star Wars Eps. 4-8 + Rogue One, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, anything directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sleeping With Other People, High Fidelity, Everything Everywhere All at Once, 2/3 of Nolan’s Batman movies (Begins and Dark Knight), Labyrinth, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Once...this list could go on forever.

9. What is your favorite book?
I re-read The Lord of the Rings every couple years, so it’d probably be that. I also love really good books about music/bands – Meet Me in the Bathroom, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation, Everybody Loves Our Town, etc.

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint?
Mighty Oak Roasters in Astoria, Queens gets all my money for coffee, all the time. I don’t really do fast food – but I order on Seamless from local places all the time.

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"?
I am a cookie monster, but only if chocolate in some form is involved. I’ve also been big on popcorn, lately.

12. Are you a collector of anything?
Vinyl, musical instruments and guitar effects pedals, ambitious creative projects that I’ll never finish, books, cool (by my definition, anyway) band t-shirts.

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you?
Most of my life the past couple of years has been dominated by dad-ing it up to my daughter, Emma, who will be 2 years old this December and is an amazing little maniac.

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat?
I don’t really have a Christmas-specific treat I love. Candy canes are alright, I s’pose.

15. Is there anything people should not get you?
Can’t think of anything – I’m happy with whatever Santa delivers!

[NothingButFlowers]

Nov 9, 2023 11:29:00 GMT -5 jorgeandthekraken said:

Whales are also cool.

When I was in sixth grade, we did a session in class where we watched The Voyage of the Mimi in which a crew of a ship goes out and studies humpback whales. That kicked off my marine biologist phase. My family took note of my interest in whales, and my grandfather told me that when I was a senior in high school, he’d take me to Hawaii to go whale watching. I feel like that promise might have gone the way of my mom’s pony and my little brother’s jet ski, but my dad died in the summer before my junior year, and I think they felt sorry for me, so he actually took me to Hawaii for a week my senior year. Bonus because whale watching season and school breaks did not coincide, so I got to miss school for it. (He also took me to Mexico that year.)

Side note, in addition to the humpback whales, the Voyage of the Mimi also featured a very young Ben Affleck.

[rebelbrad]

I am in!

1. What is your favorite genre of music? I don’t really have a favorite but maybe indie rock

2. What is your favorite musical artist? Zach Bryan, Radiohead, Manchester Orchestra, The National, Future Islands, TSwift, Bey, Kendrick Lamar, Tyler the Creator, Frank O, etc.

3. What is your t-shirt size? xl

4. What is your favorite sports team? Ole Miss and Mississippi State

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Reading, video games (Dark Souls)

6. What is your favorite color? Charcoal

7. What is your favorite animal? My goldendoodle

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Anything scary or well-written

9. What is your favorite book? Windup Bird Chronicle, Still Life of Woodpecker, anything by Stephen King, Tom Robbins, or Murakami

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Sonic or Starbucks (Basic B)

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Twizzlers, Hot Tamales candy, dark chocolate or nuts

12. Are you a collector of anything? Vinyl

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I am very easy to please…

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Starbucks Peppermint Mocha

15. Is there anything people should not get you? Anything religious or political (even though I am spiritual and political) lol

[Siggy]

1. What is your favorite genre of music?  - Rock, Americana, 


2. What is your favorite musical artist?  - MMJ, Queen


3. What is your t-shirt size?  - XL


4. What is your favorite sports team? - Clemson Tigers


5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? - what's a hobby?  I like nerd stuff like video games and learning about nerdy lore stuff from various franchises 


6. What is your favorite color? - orange   


7. What is your favorite animal? - Dog


8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? - the starwar 


9. What is your favorite book? - no current favorite but it was always to kill a mockingbird when i was a kid    


10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? - Grind house


11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? - cheez-it or most anything cheesy including just cheese


12. Are you a collector of anything? - bottle openers from places i visit 


13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? - just that I hope they have a great holiday season 


14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? - ginger cookies,  christmas tree cakes


15. Is there anything people should not get you? - i have too many hats already so dont need a hat

[Vieux]

Yay!! It's all coming together.

[dollypaяton]

someone vouch for me

[dollypaяton]

1. What is your favorite genre of music? indie pop

2. What is your favorite musical artist? Julien Baker (solo) or The National (band). Also Mitski, Chappell Roan

3. What is your t-shirt size? XL

4. What is your favorite sports team? Ole Miss (college), Philly Eagles (NFL), Cubbies (baseball)

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby? Going to the movies (Malco)

6. What is your favorite color? Pink

7. What is your favorite animal? Sharks

8. What are your favorite TV Shows/Movies? Yellowjackets (TV) or Silence of the Lambs (movie)

Weird theme there

9. What is your favorite book? The complete and annotated grateful dead lyrics lol

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint? Will include in email so i don’t dox myself lol

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"? Salt and vinegar chips

12. Are you a collector of anything? Faux collector of vinyl - currently pining for cuttin' grass vol 2 to complete my sturgill discography 

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you? I’m allergic to coffee and pears. And penicillin

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat? Gingerbread men

15. Is there anything people should not get you? Coffee or pears lol. Blankets (have too many). Anything toxic to cats or strongly scented

[potentpotables]

Nov 11, 2023 14:31:20 GMT -5 dollypaяton said:

someone vouch for me

You are fine, you have more than 500 posts.  

[dollypaяton]

Nov 11, 2023 14:47:51 GMT -5 potentpotables said:

Nov 11, 2023 14:31:20 GMT -5 dollypaяton said:

someone vouch for me

You are fine, you have more than 500 posts.  

when the hell did that happen.

[LD]

Nov 11, 2023 14:31:20 GMT -5 dollypaяton said:

someone vouch for me

Ana's cool

[dollypaяton]

Nov 11, 2023 15:36:02 GMT -5 LD said:

Nov 11, 2023 14:31:20 GMT -5 dollypaяton said:

someone vouch for me

Ana's cool

omg my government name???

[LD]

Nov 11, 2023 15:39:56 GMT -5 dollypaяton said:

Nov 11, 2023 15:36:02 GMT -5 LD said:

Ana's cool

omg my government name???

Did I just blow up your spot?

[LD]

1. What is your favorite genre of music?
Hip-hop, indie rock, yacht rock, 80s

2. What is your favorite musical artist?
My Morning Jacket

3. What is your t-shirt size?
XL

4. What is your favorite sports team?
Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins

5. What is your favorite non-music related hobby?
beer, traveling, watching sports, trivia night, fantasy football/baseball

6. What is your favorite color?
Green

7. What is your favorite animal?


8. What is your favorite TV Shows/Movies?
TV: American Dad, The Simpsons, Archer, Rick & Morty
Movies: Don't really watch that many. Mostly comedies or action movies.

9. What is your favorite book?
I read a lot of non-fiction stuff. Mostly related to politics, music, or beer. I really don't give myself enough time for reading though.

10. What is your favorite restaurant/fast food joint?
Popeye's or Wendy's

11. What is your favorite "Munchies"?
Reese's, soft caramels, Australian red licorice or Red Vines, fancy popcorn

12. Are you a collector of anything?
I've been trying to be cut out on collections in favor of more practical things.

13. What else do you want "Santa" to know about you?
I dunno. Surprise me.

14. What is your favorite Christmas candy/treat?
Reese's count for Christmas, right?

15. Is there anything people should not get you?
Black licorice, vinyl records, bro country albums, anything related to cats or dogs, anything religious or MAGA, hot or spicy stuff