C4cecret Santa
Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:55 pm
Hey People.
I/Ben had an idea (sorry for stealing your catchphrase Jason), and it’s probably really lame but I thought I’d see what you all think of it. Others may have thought of it, but then told themselves, “Don’t be silly! Why would I want to send a present to a Countdown freak who I know from the internet?”.
As the subject title suggests, I think we should run a “C4cecret Santa” (Genius name courtesy of Mr B Wilson). If you’re up for it, this is how it will work;
1. PM me with the subject title “Ho ho ho!” by 7pm Sunday 12th December let me know whether you’d like to take part.
2. I’ll message on here at 7ish on Sunday saying how many people (but not who, to make it even more C4cecretive) want to take part, and confirm whether the idea is actually going ahead or not. I don’t see any point in doing it if less than 15 people want to take part.
3. Message me your home address by 7pm on Tuesday 14th December to confirm that you are taking part. This should give everyone enough time to have checked the thread and see whether it’s going ahead or not. Any longer and we’d risk people not getting their presents in time (which is probably gonna happen anyway if overseas people are involved).
4. I’ll perform “the draw” with an independent adjudicator (one of my housemates) present after 7pm on Tuesday.
5. I’ll send PMs to all those involved, with the name and address of the person to whom they will send a gift, shortly after the draw has taken place. If there are a lot of people, this may take me a while (like an hour or so because I’m really unskilled at typing and shit), but you should all have PMs with who your recipient is by late Tuesday evening.
6. Go out and purchase a gift in the price range of £5-£10, depending on how generous you are (remember you’ll be receiving one of comparable value! Also remember that you’ll have to pay postage too, so unless you wanna be a mega big spender, get something small). Handmade gifts are also welcome, but they can’t be shit.
7. Send said gift in the post with sufficient time for it to arrive before 25th December. This is the key factor really. Don’t enter if you don’t think you’ll be able to go and get a good gift and send it within a few days. Enclose a note too, just so that the recipient knows that it’s part of the "C4cecret Santa gifts for the lonely" charity.
8. Mail me when you’ve sent your gift, just so that I know how it’s all going.
9. Receive your presents before 25th December.
10. 25th December, 6.30am. Run downstairs (or across the corridor if you’re like Ben and live in a bungalow or flat) and open your “C4cecret Santa” present before all others. Take a picture immediately and post it on here. This may prove difficult for some people, as I myself don’t even know how to post pictures on here despite using the forum for well over a year (but I am the stoopid brother after all). I’m sure you’ll all find somehow between now and then.
11. Look at the pictures of the presents that everyone received, and laugh whilst stuffing your faces with dry, limp meat.
12. Eat your Christmas dinner, spend some time with humans, and don’t mention this to anyone outside of the Countdown realm (They’ll think you’re even more pathetic than they do now, as your only gift will be from someone from the internet who slagged you off/you slagged off on a C4cecret forum).
Obviously, I don’t actually expect you to open the Countdown C4cecret Santa gifts first, and I ESPECIALLY don’t expect you to upload pictures on here on Christmas day. But the aim is to be able to see all the gifts dished out and probably do some sort of poll on who received the best gift. The sender of this gift will then be announced as the Winner of C4cecret Santa 2010, and they can then organise it next year, if they are comfortable with doing so. We’ll probably do a poll of worst gift, and the sender will be banned from future C4cecret Santa events. Also, with the weather being what it is atm, it’s unlikely that all gifts will arrive on time, so we’ll have to be a bit patient I imagine.
Some people will clearly feel uneasy about giving their address to me, and then me sending it on to another. If you are at all concerned, I advise that you just don’t bother taking part. If some people want to take part who to my knowledge have had conflicts with others who want to take part, then I’ll make sure that those people will not be sending gifts to each other, so won’t know each others addresses.
I don’t want to be patronising here, but everyone taking part should be aware that they will be giving away their address to a stranger. This whole concept is based on trust. I’d like to think that with everything that’s happened on here recently, we can use something like this to reconcile our differences and do something nice for each other. If you do want to take part, please don’t send horrible or offensive gifts unless you really think you understand the sense of humour of your recipient. If you do behave irresponsibly, be aware that I’ll know who you are, and I’ll have your address (that isn’t a forewarning of a potential death threat btw). I’m sure that nothing bad is going to happen, and it’s all going to be friendly and fun for everyone involved.
SO, over to you guys.
Also, apologies for the chode-like nature of this post. I wanted it to be long and thin, but can't be bothered to make that happen.
I/Ben had an idea (sorry for stealing your catchphrase Jason), and it’s probably really lame but I thought I’d see what you all think of it. Others may have thought of it, but then told themselves, “Don’t be silly! Why would I want to send a present to a Countdown freak who I know from the internet?”.
As the subject title suggests, I think we should run a “C4cecret Santa” (Genius name courtesy of Mr B Wilson). If you’re up for it, this is how it will work;
1. PM me with the subject title “Ho ho ho!” by 7pm Sunday 12th December let me know whether you’d like to take part.
2. I’ll message on here at 7ish on Sunday saying how many people (but not who, to make it even more C4cecretive) want to take part, and confirm whether the idea is actually going ahead or not. I don’t see any point in doing it if less than 15 people want to take part.
3. Message me your home address by 7pm on Tuesday 14th December to confirm that you are taking part. This should give everyone enough time to have checked the thread and see whether it’s going ahead or not. Any longer and we’d risk people not getting their presents in time (which is probably gonna happen anyway if overseas people are involved).
4. I’ll perform “the draw” with an independent adjudicator (one of my housemates) present after 7pm on Tuesday.
5. I’ll send PMs to all those involved, with the name and address of the person to whom they will send a gift, shortly after the draw has taken place. If there are a lot of people, this may take me a while (like an hour or so because I’m really unskilled at typing and shit), but you should all have PMs with who your recipient is by late Tuesday evening.
6. Go out and purchase a gift in the price range of £5-£10, depending on how generous you are (remember you’ll be receiving one of comparable value! Also remember that you’ll have to pay postage too, so unless you wanna be a mega big spender, get something small). Handmade gifts are also welcome, but they can’t be shit.
7. Send said gift in the post with sufficient time for it to arrive before 25th December. This is the key factor really. Don’t enter if you don’t think you’ll be able to go and get a good gift and send it within a few days. Enclose a note too, just so that the recipient knows that it’s part of the "C4cecret Santa gifts for the lonely" charity.
8. Mail me when you’ve sent your gift, just so that I know how it’s all going.
9. Receive your presents before 25th December.
10. 25th December, 6.30am. Run downstairs (or across the corridor if you’re like Ben and live in a bungalow or flat) and open your “C4cecret Santa” present before all others. Take a picture immediately and post it on here. This may prove difficult for some people, as I myself don’t even know how to post pictures on here despite using the forum for well over a year (but I am the stoopid brother after all). I’m sure you’ll all find somehow between now and then.
11. Look at the pictures of the presents that everyone received, and laugh whilst stuffing your faces with dry, limp meat.
12. Eat your Christmas dinner, spend some time with humans, and don’t mention this to anyone outside of the Countdown realm (They’ll think you’re even more pathetic than they do now, as your only gift will be from someone from the internet who slagged you off/you slagged off on a C4cecret forum).
Obviously, I don’t actually expect you to open the Countdown C4cecret Santa gifts first, and I ESPECIALLY don’t expect you to upload pictures on here on Christmas day. But the aim is to be able to see all the gifts dished out and probably do some sort of poll on who received the best gift. The sender of this gift will then be announced as the Winner of C4cecret Santa 2010, and they can then organise it next year, if they are comfortable with doing so. We’ll probably do a poll of worst gift, and the sender will be banned from future C4cecret Santa events. Also, with the weather being what it is atm, it’s unlikely that all gifts will arrive on time, so we’ll have to be a bit patient I imagine.
Some people will clearly feel uneasy about giving their address to me, and then me sending it on to another. If you are at all concerned, I advise that you just don’t bother taking part. If some people want to take part who to my knowledge have had conflicts with others who want to take part, then I’ll make sure that those people will not be sending gifts to each other, so won’t know each others addresses.
I don’t want to be patronising here, but everyone taking part should be aware that they will be giving away their address to a stranger. This whole concept is based on trust. I’d like to think that with everything that’s happened on here recently, we can use something like this to reconcile our differences and do something nice for each other. If you do want to take part, please don’t send horrible or offensive gifts unless you really think you understand the sense of humour of your recipient. If you do behave irresponsibly, be aware that I’ll know who you are, and I’ll have your address (that isn’t a forewarning of a potential death threat btw). I’m sure that nothing bad is going to happen, and it’s all going to be friendly and fun for everyone involved.
SO, over to you guys.
Also, apologies for the chode-like nature of this post. I wanted it to be long and thin, but can't be bothered to make that happen.
