HAPPY (LATE) HEARTH'S WARMING AND MERRY (LATE) CHRISTMAS!!Ho Ho Holy smokes, my friends! It’s already been that time again!Welcome to the official /mlp/ Secret Santa 2025 GET POSTING YOUR GIFTS AND CARDS thread!Celebrate Horsemas with your fellow anons; spill your horrid desires to an internet stranger, and spend a few months being a little less awful than we usually are.>How’s this thing work?Read the FAQ!The short form:Gifts are given Round Robin style (A gives to B gives to C who gives to A) while cards are exchanged traditionally (whomever you give a card to should send one back to you). You will be randomly assigned anons by email after the signups are over so please keep an eye out!Sign-ups are CLOSED! Ya took too long!Latecomers' signups are CLOSED! If you're late to latecomers you really should actually post on this boardHorsemas Day is CLOSED!Schedule of events and deadlines:Oct 11th-31st: Signup doc went live. Confirmation emails sent out.Oct 31st at 11:59pm CST: Signups closed. NO EXCEPTIONS.Nov 1st onwards: Gift assignments were given out. Card assignments are out too!Dec 1st - 10th is the latest suggested mailing period. Consider mailing on the early side if you’re shipping internationally.TODAY - OPEN PRESENTS! If Derpy has dropped them offFAQ here: https://fag.anonfilly.com/Coordinator email for comments/concerns/general inquiries: ponyclausmlp@gmail.com (RIP)Card Ambassador and assistant dragon supreme: thecardslut@gmail.comLatecomers email: kiwilatecomers@gmail.com (address grinch rescue here for now)>IT'S NOT EVEN VALENTINES YET REEEEEEEEWell, it's the tail end of the holiday season! Gifts are showing up now, and it is the time to get hype! Share stories from years gone by; say hello to your fellow horsefuckers; talk about your plans for the year; maybe write a song or poem to pass the time while we wait for signups together. Draw some Chrimbus OC art. Run a giveaway. It’s that time of year, and we’re so happy you’re here to join us. One more big party for the new year! Let's see the event off with a bang!It's Horsemas Season, so it's time to post those presents and cards! You wouldn't want to make your Santa sad by not posting the cool things they got you in the thread, now would you? Ghosting is not neato at all.And remember:DON'T take the bait, lurk moar, be creative, and git opening folks!Previous Thread: >>42965110
>>42987780Not Pony Claus or Kiei, but I saw the thread burnt on page 10, so I figured Id bake a new one because I was available. Hope thats okay and that I did it correctly.>>42985210Say Fiestaware, did you send tracking info to Pony Claus?
This sliding is getting ridiculous
it's cold
>>42987318See ya at EHM!
>Pony Claus abandons us mid event>threads keep dying>get grinched>try to sign in for rescue>get ghostedYeah there is no saving anymore
Just for the record, reply to this post if you have been grinched (not if you are sure the package is just late/delayed).
Hello from Secret Santa 2024, a card showed up today. Thanks, Maplecakes and Crabapple!>>42988566We need to take it into our own hands to do rescues this year.
>>42988879that is such a cute mare
Fluster Dust, your card arrived (a few days ago)! Thank you for the kind words and this very cute drawing of a wintery Twi and yeah, that looks about right for what you'd find in that book. I hope you'll eventually see a card from me as well and see you around!
>>42979253thanks for the pic anon!
>Vocaloid VamoosGood news and bad news about your grinch rescue box... good news first, the item from China is in the USA! Will be here shortly and then all your items will be ready! Well except one, which brings me to bad news...I jus broke and displaced my right wrist SO BADLY that I need repair surgery on Friday. Picrel. Cannot drawfag. Cannot paint. Cannot finish your art. Gonna be in a full body wing and hoof cast drinking through a straw.I still feel like everything in this box is well over the minimum value and could make a good gift, even if the art is omitted, but would lack that extra personal touch. I would offer to send it even later but i feel bad that you already extended your PO box once for grinch rescue.Could also enlist the help of an artsy friend who lives close by to help me finish up the painting, if you don't mind it being a collaborative effort. Just wanted to inform you what happened.
>>42989171>Gonna be in a full body wing and hoof cast drinking through a straw. Hehe, I love spibquotesAnd hey, my gift ended up being art via the help of a friend, call that collaboration the friendship of magic!No, wait, flip that around. I'm tired.
>>42988781Confirmed grinched. Pony claus confirmed it but now he is missing in action and I have no idea if he ever put me on the grinched list. What a bummer. Hope everything is going well for him but I'm boned it would seem
>>42989667Grinched Maud Anon, I think I've seen you post about this in a previous thread. May I ask what country you are from? And am I correct to assume that Maud is in fact your favorite pony? I've done a bit more research on shipping to outside the EU since then, but I don't want to promise anything yet.
>>42989718UsaI would say Maud and rainbow dash are my fav. And yes I believe I have spoken about this last month so that was probably me lol
>>42988418It is. Stay warm fren.
bump
>>42989759>UsaOk, not ideal. I have figured out the necessary forms and restrictions for shipping, so the item I'd like to send I probably could, just have to make sure to keep the box small enough (in regards to other stuff I might add) to not cause issues with the international shipment.I'm currently a bit busy with other projects. But know what: if we don't find you a US rescue soon (which would be much easier for shipping) I'll try to get you something. I don't have a good throwaway e-mail to post in the thread right now. So maybe we could do it via some third party like Kiwi.Or Fluffy Feathers since you asked for anons who have been grinched, I could mail you (you're gonna figure out who I am anyways once I do) and maybe that way me and Maud Anon clould exchange contact. I don't want to randomly drag you into some contact exchange though.
>>42990084No problem, I would gladly help.I always sign up to rescue grinch anyway.I will have to set up a trip if this is getting more serious...I don't have any contact tho.Well, all the people I mailed of course, but that's not something I will share. So Maud anon, please, use your festive name, and email me too if you want to do it that way.
>>42990065A cutie, and kind at that.Good mare.
>>42990110i know at least some of us fellas who signed up for the grinch sheet kiwi provided dont want to post our festive names in the thread. he has all our info, though.
>>42989780Wow hes so cool
What thread was it where that one guy kept raging about totally natural and organic bumps? Anyway this is one of those
>>42990764Finding this fucking spike pufferfish plush has been my goal since the movie came out. I still cant find it.
>>42991119Wtf that's a real official plush? Well now I want one
>>42991339I saw it for sale at walmart about a week after the movie was released. No glasses or gold chain, but those are easy to get.
>>42991456Damn, I'd still get one, I bet I have some sunglasses for the guy
what's kiwis email?
>>42988879I recognize that Terri Softmare
We killed Pony Claus, and we killed horsemasChuckles if you're still here please let us know
>>42991879are we really just down to kiwi and cookie kiln
>>42991907I want to offer to help with cards at least
>>42990110meganwalker.lakeshore@gmail.comIs my throwaway
>>42991907>KiwiYeah I don't think so anymore, pretty sure he is awol too
>>42991987he's always got 9 misfortunes every holiday, so I genuinely don't think he's in a position to manage an event like this
Wanted Wossail, thank you for the drawing!
>>42992287im sorry i introduced moony to trains she keeps comandeering them now with total disregard for the passengers
>>42991907I am still here, just less active as I am waiting on an item to arrive for a grinch rescue
>>42991907Nope, I'm here too
Isn't the board fast today?>>42992674That ponk is a cutie!
>>42994081aww dude, so cute! I hope you wrapped them in a nice warm blanket later
>>42994081snowmaresI love them:)
>>42991829See the OP.
>>42994081Quick! Hide you fish!
>>42994207Finally, the man himself can get married too.
So since I've got grinched and Kiwi is not really running the rescue, do I just accept the fact that I sent out a gift worth close to $600 and got nothing in return?
>>42991962>>42990084
>>42994554Yes.But also, >>42990110Wait a bit longer Anon, things will be sorted out.Even if it's a shitshow, "Anon always delivers"
>>42994571I saw, I wrote you an e-mail yesterday (unless I fucked something up and didn't send it) (the one with the weird domain name, in case you got multiple), just took me a bit as I wasn't home when I saw it. In case you have responded I won't be home to check until later today. Haven't set up the e-mail I messaged you from on my phone.
I don't mind helping next year.
>>42994608next Christmas I mean, I could set it up to automatically allocate everyone. like algorithm I can figure out pretty easily
Came to think of one thing. Did we finish filling out the bingo card this year?
>>42994612I thought about this too. But there's probably way more stuff that requires a human in the loop. According to Pony Claus, beyond assignments that avoid repeats and are within shipping restrictions, assignments try to follow special requests where possible or are made on how much anons seem like they'd get along from what they mention in the form.After that there is all the effort of relaying communication and dealing with questions by participants.Whatever custom software one might develop, would only make sense in close cooperation with experienced organizers. Otherwise, we'd likely just blindly develop into a direction where it really isn't worth the effort.
>>42994612You won't do shit, and if you do it will be as terrible as the website we had a couple of years ago.But it would be interesting to have a fake dataset of signups (with detailed preferences, autism and errors) and see if anyone can actually come up with a software solution.
>>42994612The whole point is to pair up people in such a way that santas can fulfill their santee's wishes, so like, giving me a santa who's capable of making a huge cookie kiln plush, for example :3cJokes aside, I don't like the idea of an algorithm, would make the event feel kinda artificial. Now, automating the event in such a way that it automatically sends out emails between the people you choose? Well, I don't see an issue with that.>>42994613Oh dang, I'd love to see the status of the bingo card!
>>42994785You mean you don't have your own programs to manage your mass mailing?Also, the website was nice, it would be cool to have it back.What did you hate about it?
>>42994929It was trash obviously written by some noob student.You tell me what was good about it, what problem did it actually solve?
>>42994554from what i recall, the grinch form doesnt even close until tomorrow. give it some time anon
>>42994554>guys look at me I spent $600For that faggottry alone you deserve a grinching
>>42994554>in returnThat's not what gift giving is about
>>42994988It allowed to talk to tour cardee/giftee without sharing mails. It also listed tracking number if I recall correctly.Lastly, it was a nice thing to have a little bit of the interweb dedicated to this event, while keeping the threads alive (because it solved problems that the threads on 4chan can't do by design).And you, what do you dislike about it? Juste the coding?
