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Fill out the form below to join up! You’ll need to send it to sweetsecretsanta@santasquad.moeHere’s a link:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r3u5FrDzwWmM2FLE9ZcgcMwOKRtjRXKA/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104410068841135939823&rtpof=true&sd=true///Form FAQs///>Santa, I can’t edit the form!Select “File”, “Download as”, “Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)” and save a copy for yourself. Fill it out and send it to us as an attachment>But Santa, I don’t have Excel!If you have a Google account, you can also create a copy on your Google Drive.Just click “File”, “Make a copy” and send us a link sharing the document with us in your email.If you choose to use Google Drive, set the spreadsheet to allow anyone with the link to edit. This speeds up the processing time on our end.>Santa! I’m /g/ as fuck and I don’t want to use Excel or the Google Botnet!k///General FAQs///>What is Secret S/a/nta?A chance to give, receive and post gifts and be a part of an experience with other /a/nons locally, nationally, or even globally with a bit of X-mas spirit!>Who is hosting this event?Your friendly hosts and helpers are now Santa Loli, Santafaggot, and also yours truly, Initiated santa>How do I join the gift exchange?Correctly fill out the signup form and email it to us as an attachment or link before the deadline. Once we process it, you’ll receive a confirmation sometime later.>Deadline to join?October 31st 12:01 AM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME!!!Dōshite!? Because we need time to
>Why should I trust this?It's up to you. We’ve had multiple successful SS events hosted by us for the past few years.Although the average amount of people not receiving gifts is low, the risk still exists. Please be aware that your mileage will vary. However, we do provide a grinched protection program which allows people to send gifts to those who didn't receive anything at all... even after X-mas!>Can I give you guys stuff?Please send us your Christmas cheer only!>I ALREADY JOINED, HOW DO I FIX SOMETHING?If you need to make changes to your wishlist or address, or anything else:please RE-SEND the application with the changes made as a REPLY to your first e-mail!Having the email thread history allows us to keep track and provide a timely response!Let us know what specific changes were made.///More FAQ///>Is the price of shipping included in the price tier?No shipping costs are NOT included in the tier. Make sure to budget in not only shipping/hidden handling costs but the time and effort it takes to create cards and package the gift.>What tier should I join?Pick whichever tier you feel most comfortable with, however please be aware that we may switch it depending on our ability to match you.>When are the threads going to be?Threads are created only on Fridays/weekends until we get closer to X-mas. The Santas will create them.>What’s a handmade gift?Take a look around in the threads. You’ll see plenty of examples of knitting, laser cut wood, horrifying waifu masks, and much much more. People bake cookies/brownies or buy snacks and supply booze local to their country.
OTHER THINGS FOR THIS YEAR>handmadewe now have a specific handmade tier. we've combined the tiers so now there is a handmade specific tier and a $25-50 tier. >emailsMake sure to use a normal email address with a standard TLD. Emails from odd or new domains and TLD's may get sent to the shadow realm by Microsoft. if you sent us an email and didn't get a response and you think it may have been due to this, try using an alternate address.>mail serviceThe quality of global postal services seems to have declined a lot over the last few years and a lot of people had missing cards last year that they sent but were not received. We highly recommend this year to either get tracking when you send your cards or to take pictures of them before you send them in case the postal service loses/steals them.>banned countrieswe are not taking new participants from Canada this year (entirely), if you've already participated in previous years and are whitelisted you're all good.
if you have any list revisions feel free to send us an email and we can update your list on our end ahead of matching next weekend.
Looking for your initials? I have them herehttps://www.fattycontest.com/santa/
questionI'm making a stained glass piece for whatever anon I get this year, but I'm not really sure how big to go with it. I'd like to make something big but I dunno.Would someone want something smaller that's easier to find a spot for/hang in a window or would you be happy getting something pretty big? I don't wanna make something that ends up being a pain for someone to find a place for, ya knowFor reference the piece I've been working on and off for months now is like 28in tall and 22in-ish wide. Also heavy as shit.
>>291809178That is a question for your anon. I personally would want something smaller.
>>291809178we can relay a question to your giftee once we have assignments set if you'd like
>>291809394Then he wouldn't be able to show off his craft itt.
I want to try the experience once but I'm also scared about dissapointing the anon on the other end, my imagination for a handmade gift is zero. though maybe this is the year where I actually participate instead of just lurk
>>291809869Worst case just include a $100 bill with your handmade gift and I am sure your anon won't be disappointed.
>>291809869I mean, there's a certain charm in the scuffed handmade things
>>291809869I'm also debating whether or not I should do handmade this year.It's not a lack of ideas, but of skill, that makes me hesitant.
>>291809869you can always just do another tier and also throw in something you tried to hand-make along with the actual gift.
I signed up!
>>291809178did you make the char one the other year? that one was really cool.
>>291809869You will disappoint, so no worries there.
>>291809178If I got this I swear to any diety ever even half conceived I would break a wall in my house to properly place it.
>>291809178Very beautiful
>>291809869I'm kinda in the same boat but also I might be moving soon, idk, it's kinda up in the air. Not sure if I'd have the time to do what I want and wouldn't want to fugg up someone's delivery if I end up moving to a different place suddenly... next year for sure...
>>291808731I still can't find mine
>>291814122I’m moving this January, so I gotta be all packed in December. And I have a vacation coming up in November to the motherland for two weeks. Still 100% determined to pump out quality (enough) cards for my Santas
shit. so do I have to learn some sort of craft in 2 months?
>>291815122Not really, you can send money instead
>>291809178As large as you can make it while still be willing to pay for the shipping.
I will be baking cookies again this year. been a few years since I actually sent them with cards/gifts
>>291816369How much love did you use?
>>291816369>that poor top-right oneLoveless...
>>291809869It seems like we all lack handmade skills this year so its ok if we all disappoint each other
>>291816369If you're the anon I'm thinking of, I tried your cookie recipe a few years ago and my whole family loved em. Been making them every year since.
>>291816761With or without cum?
>>291816663that one was mine because I (personally) like these with minimal chips because they're cream cheese almond cookies
>>291817009>cream cheeseAnon what am I even gonna do with thatIs it good
>>291817185they're absolutely delicious. I'll post the recipe when I can find it tomorrowit's basic chocolate chip cookies but made with>almond extract>cream cheese>dark chocolate chips>rolled in rice crispie cereal before baking for an extra crunch texture
>>291816978Half a batch with, half without so I can account for all tastes
>>291817363Ok that does sound yummy with everything else involved, so I'll trust you on the taste. The furthest I've enjoyed cream cheese is with salmon sushi, but it's not like I've been lurking on the cream cheese general on /ck/ to know how it tastes like in baked goodstfw we never bake though... but maybe this will be the year!
Why is it so dead this year? Real answers requested, not funny shit posts.
I'm gonna use those instead of glitter this year
>>291818696Its still Halloween month
>>291818696It is not the secret s/a/nta that is dead/dying. It is 4chan
>>291818696Threads will move faster once we get our assignments. Right now there's nothing to talk about.
>>291818863But if 4chan is dying, that means all the autistic manchildren who liked to argue about Evangelion 24/7 have migrated. Where did they go?
>>291816684the real handmade gift is the anxiety we cultivated along the way
>>291820261I'd love to join handmade tier, but the last time I tried to do something with my own hands it went so horribly wrong that I decided not to touch clay ever again.
>>291819312Everyone guess your own initials
Post my cards dammit
>>291820565Your cards are too ugly to post, sorry.
>>291820499Well, unless we get a lot of new participants from my region, I can almost tell to which anons I'll have to send cards. It's the same people almost every year.
I bough cheap chinese acrylic paint set. the card will still look terrible, but at least flashy.
>>291820565
>>291818696As much as anons want to deny it, these threads are mostly the same people for the last few years. They already know what to expect, they know how the event works, so there’s nothing to do until it actually starts except for making the thread look alive so potential new participants join. Which, given the state of 4chan, will be fewer and fewer and they don’t post in the threads except to ask stupid questions or to announce that they might participate. The last few threads were mostly shitposting about Canada being banned.The threads will pick up in week’s time but it’s hard to be hopeful about it.
>>291820634Remember to add glitter for extra flashy points.
>>291821288In spite of everything, last year we had four more participants than in 2024.But I wonder what the stats will look like this year. It's probably true we've been getting mostly the same participants the last few years, but it really seems more dead than last year around the same time.
>>291821492What are the stats so far for this year? I know they said there were already like 12 people who signed up for the handmade only tier this year, right? Thats certainly something new
>>291821819They aren’t going to share that until the event ends.
THAT guy isn't joining this year right?
>>291821865I am
>>291812839Ah yeah that was me. I was thinking maybe something that size would be more reasonable for whatever anon I get. I'll be honest with you. I don't actually have a place to put that youmu anyway, even I have no idea what I'm going to do with it and I made it...
>>291821865Sorry, but I have indeed joined. I hope you like holiday cheer and melliment.
>>291821865Unless you specify I’m going to assume this is a shitty bait post to keep the thread bumped
>>291821985You know...THAT anon...
>>291822004Okay retard
>>291821865Sorry, I'm still here.
>>291821865I'm sure Jebus is still participating under a fake name and a new address.
>>291821865Geh, it's Anon. That guy stinks
>>291822260Very rude. I don't stink, I took a shower two days ago.
What's your favorite thing you've gotten from /ss/?
>>291822176He doesn’t come to this board anymore outside of the r/a/dio threads. You’re obsessed.
>>291823012My favourite thing came from an anon that is no longer with us.
>>291823115Him leaving?
>>291823135Died, caught aids from christmas cookies he received.
>>291823135He participated on Secret Santa for at least four years, and then he disappeared. Not only from 4chan, but from the internet in general. I hope he's still alive and just decided to erase his presence from the internet for whatever reason.
>>291823546Why are you aware of that? This is an anonymous secret Santa.
>>291823751Because we became internet friends after we exchanged a couple of Christmas cards. Happens sometimes.
Only one week left for homocards sign-ups.>What's homocards?A smaller cards-only exchange that runs parallel to Secret S/a/nta, dedicated to anons who are partial to the male anime aesthetic.To participate, just fill out the form below and send it to homocards.santa.mugen@gmail.comSignups are open until October 31st, 12 PM. If you have any special request, let me know in your email.After some deliberation, this year I have decided to limit the maximum amount of cards to 5 in order to avoid repeat assignments due to the small pool of participants.Name:Country:FULL Address (check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address for the correct format to use):How many cards do you want to exchange (0-5): I want to send my cards (choose ONE - I don't recommend picking c if you're not from the US or Canada, most likely I won't be able to match you):a) anywhereb) to my continent onlyc) to my country only Card Wishlist (this is what will be sent to the anon(s) who get assigned to send a card to you. Describe here what you'd like to see in your card, e.g. you're husbando, OTP, favorite shows/manga...only MALE characters allowed.):Lewd is okay? (Y/N):
>>291824237Sounds like you’re not friends anymore lol
>>291824589Exactly.
With the postal service getting shittier every year, we should really get our assignments earlier. I didn't even get my whitelist card last year and one of my cards got returned to me in July for no reason.
Although Canada is now banned, to anyone interested in receiving a holiday card from /a/toronto this year, you can still email viscountgreystoke@proton.me with your details. We already received emails from anons last year, so they'll be getting this years card. Of course, we'll still be signing up and getting addresses from the Santas as well, but if you don't want to leave it up to chance, this will guarantee a card. You can include your wishlist but there's no guarantee it'll be part of the card (unless we like it). Frohe Weihnachten!
>>291824716The postal service is the same level of shitty every year. Any inability to send cards or gifts on time is on the person doing it, which means you’re unfortunate enough to get matched with incompetents.
>>291824865So I get a card from you but I don't have to make one? Can I send one back?
>>291824933The whitelist card was shipped on time. It just didn't make it to me.
>>291824991Then they should have used a tracking service.
>>291824865>/a/torontoThe ones with the autistic christmas party if I recall
>>291824865Can you send to the middle eastIf so I’ll sign up
>>291825163>autisticyou mistyped 'cool'
>>291825163If it’s the same people, they’ve been here longer than most. Not a good thing.
>>291823115>an anon that is no longer with us.I...is he among the living?
>>291825573Bait post for bumps or uneducated and illiterate?
Found the recipieYou'll want to x2 these ingredients because the batch size is pretty small for this recipie despite what it says
>>291824865signed up, don't send me any weird shit my parents will see
>>291825950he's right, I wouldn't call us living
you will receive coal and you will like it
>>291825950This is /a/, both things can be true at the same time.
For someone new would you anons recommend or not recommend being open to doing a gift for someone internationally
>>291827231I sent coal to an anon once. He never said if he liked it or not. That ungrateful son of a bitch.
>>291827253you'll suffer but it'll be worth
>>291827253>internationallyAbsolutely not, unless you genuinely enjoy being raped by customs.
>>291827253don't post non-/a/-related reaction pics on /a/
>>291827253depends on our country, if you're in the us/uk it might be better to just do within your country the first year since international shipping can be pretty expensive.
>>291827361Nick and Lever is /a/, anon.
>>291827361I hope I get you so I can send your gift like this
>>291827964I see. I didn't know. I thought it was George Floyd or something. I apologize
>>291827253Too many rules for each country and even if it passes, you still required personal information like taxes to comply with international laws.
>>291827964isn't one of those characters based on the pro wrestler nick nemmeth/dolph ziggler?
>>291827303>>291827321>>291828106Gotcha understoodWould a card be a pain in the ass too or no since it's just a card
>>291828200That's definitely been something people have noted, but I can't remember if the author ever said anything about it.
>>291828211A single card is fine as long as you don't include anything suspicious inside the envelope. Some countries will immediately assume that you're sending drugs.
>>291828211I think with the EU at least it's pretty cheep international as long as it's just a card and is under like 1 ounce
>>291825530>not a good thingThat is in fact a good thing, and you can leave if you think otherwise you newfag zoomer retard.Too few people left on this site that are able to maintain some sense of the original culture
Gonna be my first one so I'm pretty excited. You anons have any favorite treats you've received in the past?
>>291829793Please send me alcohol from your country. Thank you.
All signed up and ready for christmas
>>291829793Not eating your cum filled cookies
>>291829793Totally eating your cun filled cookies
>>291829793I will give your cum filled cookies to my grandma.
>>291827253What are these retarded questions? Even worse than the usual each year.
>>291829441>muh oldfaggotryFuck off. I’ll take someone whose been here for two weeks over someone that thinks being here for longer is better.
>>291829793Do NOT send me stroopwafels.
>>291829793I have a least favorite, these fucking horrible things. Taste is ok but the texture is awful, it's like biting into a compressed block of powdered sugar or flour. Had to throw them awayI pretended to like them in the thread at the time of course
>>291831208Lmao, who sent you those? And what did you do in your previous life to deserve such hate?
>>291829793Some of the nicest foods I've received off the top of my head are fancier than usual chocolates and yokan. However, it honestly feels good to receive anything. Even if I could have bought a packet of hot chocolate myself, it still ends up being more enjoyable knowing someone else send it to me. Also, not a food, but the pencil I got last year as an extra with one of my cards has been put to good use throughout the year.
>>291829793Anons are always so generous. I've gotten some pretty good homemade cookies, also chocolate is always good. I think anything is fine. I got these last year and the were very memorable cus they included local goodies.
>>291831086Yea no, you fuck off and kill yourself while you're at it you dumb niggerThere's dozens of other places for your kind
>>291831086>whoseNo one cares what you prefer, illiterate zoom zoom
Hi CB from GAI received your card just a few days after the last January thread died. I intended to send a thank you card but suddenly 10 months passed and now we are here again… Thanks for the lovely Kumiko card! Her fluffy hair is indeed a fundamental feature of this character, it just looks really nice and I had always wanted to get a card with her on it. I appreciate the extra busy CITY card protector too! Did you manage to watch it? I had mixed feelings about it, but ultimately, I’m thankful this show existed at all. I doubt we’ll have anything like it in a really long time, so that’s why I was insisting on having this show on last year’s cards. Also, I can’t just ignore a cute Sher when I see it, lovely detail!I’m 95% sure I won’t be participating this year, but I hope (you) and everyone else have fun with this event, please keep it alive so we can see each other next year!My IP is range has been range banned to upload images since last year… the card is here: https://i.imgur.com/AEpIBh5.jpeg
>>291824377>After some deliberation, this year I have decided to limit the maximum amount of cards to 5 in order to avoid repeat assignments due to the small pool of participants.
>>291832887Uploading anon's gift here for archive >CB from GA
>>291833242Oh fuck, now all the card maxxers can only make 18 cards instead of 23. Very sad.
>>291833361Cute 'miko
>>291833664I'm glad, I'm very bad at limiting myself.
61 days!
Is there an actual blacklist or is that a meme?
>>291831202The superior Dutch snack is jodekoek
I haven't been on this board in many moon so a quick question kind sirs. Is Santa Yui still a thing or did it die off?
>>291835732Santa Yui is immortal
>>291835837I loved these threads.
>>291808731One of my card anons from last year never posted their card... now I'm wondering if they ever got it at all
>>291824865What were the previous years cards like?
>>291835358There’s a blacklist but the enforcement of it is haphazard. Last year or the year before that, the Toronto shitposters apparently signed up with the same email, name and address and still received wishlists and addresses from the Santas. It’s likely what prompted the Canada ban more than there being an abnormal number of grinches.
>>291824865>>291836791>>274815645>>284686505
>>291832887>>291833361I once got Kumiko as the card protector, now she's on the main card, nice
>>291836957Hahahaha what the fuckI want one
>>291835732Santa Yui got kicked off this board over a decade ago for being a shitty daily thread. You haven’t been here for that long?
I might try out this year. I was wondering if anyone gotta an game system?Trying to get a PS5
>>291837369yeah bro I'll definitely be getting you a $1000+ console+games+shipping for a random anon( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
>>291837388Hell, I was willing to pay half
>>291837369A few years ago, an anon got a PS4 game. Doesn’t hurt to sign up and try, not like you have to send anything yourself if you only want to get something out of others goodwill.
>>291837369But the PS5 has no games!
>>291836988email us then anonI can guarantee none of the posters complaining about grinching have actually interacted with us directly. It's not like we're expecting anything in return either, but ultimately it's up to you which side you wanna listen to
>>291836853It was last year, and receiving the mailing information despite the supposed blacklist was entirely because of jannies fucking up. We did nothing to cause that mistake, nor did we actually do anything malicious with the leaked information.Now they're doubling down and punishing the whole country to stick it to us (for their mistake)
>>291824377How small a pool of participants is it?
>>291838343I've seen it be about 20ish more or less
>>29183834315 to 25ish
>>291839930Most obvious Initiated post to bump the thread
>>291837216Nigga I cant even remember when the Cracky-Merkatur wars were. The chans are a blur for me.
>>291829793I've gotten chocolate before from several people from Europe and it was all really good. Especially some of the truffle type ones I got last year.
>>291824716they're relying more and more on temp workers during the holiday season for deliveries and the postal quality in general gets even worse than it normally is because of it
>>291832665What did Malort do to deserve such slander?
>>291838140This is why these threads and nu-santas are terrible.If they don't like your gift, your card, your country etc, then blacklist. If you didn't write your wishlist in a way that appeases them, blacklist.
>>291829793Got a chocolate bar with german all over the packaging, needed to google translate it. Tasted good as per my brother, who I gave it to because I have a shit life with allergies.
>>291841588They were bad! I'm a sucker for tin containers, so at least I kept that cute one
>>291841628If you want to be an ass, claim your Santa grinched every time. The most Santa’s do is email them to see if they had tracking to prove otherwise. If your address is confusing or they didn’t get tracking for any reason, it’s a free pass to get a second gift and get someone blacklisted for fun. If they did, you can make an excuse like you found out your building manager had it for safekeeping or your mail system fucked up and got it to you late despite what tracking said. No negatives for yourself.
>>291841803yeah but who would do that? isn't that against the spirit of christmas?
>>291842991Christmas is dead
>>291842991If the santas are being faggots then the people will match
Haven't monitored the threads due to overwork. I'm still missing info on the whereabouts of two cards I sent last year- DED from Russia- MM from Romania>t.FV
>>291843076my dog ate them
>>291843005Christmas as we know it will never die as long as capitalism exists.
>>291823012it's not anime at all but it was a bunch of photos a a trip in Japan with handwritten description of what was pictured, and a small wood carving of a sleeping bear. I still have it on my nightstand.Anime related, it was probably the A3 sized Fate card with every possible character drawn on it.
>>291843281my dog shipped them. It was a doggone christmas
>>291823012Once I received my gift only a few days after new year's, while my Christmas spirit was still alive
>>291823012Lot of great stuff, but I keep a hand-drawn calendar, keychain and snow globe I got out year-round.
>bumped the thread again awardYou’re not fooling anyone Initiated
>>291846489I LOVE SCHIZOPHRENIC VAGUEPOSTING
If I, hypothetically, gigantically fucked up last years presents and want to do right this year, would that be possible, or is it one chance and you're out?
>>291846529It would depend on whether or not your recipient reported your fuck up to the Santas or didn't care?
>>291846521There’s nothing vague about it but you knew that.
>>291846542He did and I got absolutely obliterated. Now, I got annihilated completely fairly, but I want to make up for it somehow.
>>291846556The Santas aren't going to give you a second chance.
>>291846573What if I post a REALLY cute image of Renge?
>>291846581Why don't you email the Santas instead of shitting up the thread?
>>291846556I think somebody asked something similar last year or the year before and the santas said "no".But don't take it from me. Contact them directly.
>>291846556>I want to make up for it somehow.How about righting your wrong and selflessly sending something to your last year's giftanon, then? You've got his address
>>291846556TThere's a 70% chance the Santas won't notice you've been banned, assuming there's actually a ban list.
>>291846856It’s automated, retard. They only notice on a second or third look at it assuming their automation doesn’t catch it. Last year had a number of anons matched to exactly the same anons as the year before, regardless of blacklisting or not. The system sucks.
Question, can videos be added to /ss/ albums?I made a request a long time ago to add a video link to the album because of what my anon sent me, but it wasn't added. I didn't insist further than that and on one hand I assumed the video length or file expiring meant it most likely couldn't be added. Or maybe because of its content but I doubt that.Anyhow, I wanted to double check with Santas for sure. It's from an old /ss/ and I didn't insist further than that desu cause regardless my anon's esoteric gift reached me and it's what matters most, but I also think considering how unique and bizarre it was that I'd like for it in the album even if it's years later.
>>291846905yeah, I got matched with the same anon four times already, I didn't mind the first two times, but he didn't change anything on his list over the years, so I gave up on him
>>291846905>it is automated lol, newfag
>>291846529Every damn year there's at least one person making this exact same post and you people are still falling for it. I no longer know if you guys have the memory of a fucking goldfish or I'm surrounded by newfags.
>>291847283They’ve said as much. Here’s your (You), you insipid retard.
>>291847512Every year is the same shit. Posters in these threads fall into three categories: bait posters who samefag, the extremely retarded, and passive observers who don’t engage with anything outside of the event itself. There’s no reason why half the awful posts in these threads get a response at all when it’s evident they’re shitposting.
>>291846996I once plan on sending a video card that you find in Aliexpress but the carrier never arrived in time. The local company in my area was selling it very expensive and wasn’t worth it.
>>291847025>didn’t change anything on his listFuckin zoomzoomz can’t imagine liking anything more than a year old.
Are you required to send a card with a gift, or are cards separate?When is matching finished? When should you ship your gift?Should Newfriends join Secret Santa? I do not want to end up grinching anyone, though I believe that'd be unlikely.
>>291848711You shouldn’t sign up if you’re too retarded to read the thread.
>>291848711- Yes.- Read the thread.- Yes, unless you're Canadian.
>>291847601And you sound like the same jaded faggot responsible for all the needlessly angry posts in this thread.
>>291850168Which ones are those?
>>291831048>>291848953>>291847601>>291847521>>291846905
Needlessly angry would suggest newfags deserve anything other than to be shamed
>>291850270I agree that anons that can't be assed to read shouldn't participate.
>>291846996Album anon here! I don't remember why I didn't add the video to the album, but maybe I overlooked it by mistake. Which year was this? I'l add it if you have a link.
