Secret Santa, to name or not?

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Im getting ready to send my gift out, and wondering what others are doing, are you putting your name in the return address so that the reciever knows who sent it, or leaving it a mystery. Also, are you guys opening up early?

Are you addressing the package so that the reciever knows that its from klov?

Just curious to your thoughts, i am putting my name for return address, and the addressing it to

(real name), KLOV SS
address..
 
Kinda the point behind secret santa is, well, to be secret. I'm putting 'KLOV SS' for the return name.
 
i don't know how i'll do it this year. i accidentally put my name and address on last years, but am probably not going to do it this time.
 
I understand the "secret" part, But in my opinion, the secret part is that you dont know who drew your name or what they will get you, but i think that its only polite to thank the person that gets you something, and if you dont know who got you something, then you dont know who to thank

Troy
 
I see no problem with the person knowing who got them the gift. I also assumed the whole point was to not know who was getting you what...until you got it.
 
Yeah, make sure that you mention somewhere on the package or slip that it's KLOV Secret Santa!

I'm pretty sure I just received my gift yesterday, but since it's not directly arcade related (but still great, No More Heroes for Wii, amazing timing as I was just thinking of getting ahold of it), I have to assume it's KLOV as I didn't recognize the sender. :]
 
You have to use your address in case it gets returned. Name part you can put whatever you want :)

Kevin

good point, kev, i didn't think of that. i will do it on mine then.

edit - plus, my santa from last year got me some kick-ass gear but left the package nameless, and i would've liked to thank him or her for it.
 
I never thought about leaving it anonymous. I guess if that's what everyone is doing then I can join the crowd. If people what to thank their Santa, couldn't there be a thread? Something like I got my SS present thank you who ever you are.

I would kind of like to know who sent me a package to give them a personal thank you, but I guess a general thank you is sufficient.
 
I just Hope Dan (descrentl) doesn't get "some arcade manuals" LOL I was LMAO last year at his dead pan response to "what did you get?"
 
Santa is supposed to be "Secret".
If you want to thank the person who sent yours then a thread could be started so everyone can post what they received and thank their Secret Santa without knowing their name.
 
wow, after reading all these responses, I don't know where I stand on the subject now.

Definitely a return address would be in order so the stuff doesn't get lost.

I suppose if you kept it secret initially, you could always change your mind and give your name at the end.

I would certainly like the thank the person that gives me a gift, if I get one, lol.
Guess I could do that without knowing who it is though.
 
Though I'm not participating in Secret Santa this year, I would probably put my name on the package... I think that's like a double surprise in addition to opening up the gift itself.
 
My $0.02.....

Secret Santa is secret. That's pretty much the entire point.

For those who want to know who sent them what, you can look up the address on people's profile and compare them to klov'ers and figure it out. If you WANT someone to know who sent them a gift, then SS is kind of the wrong avenue for you, just buy them a gift and send it to them.

The point to SS's in general is to send a gift anonymously and basking in the fact that someone sent you a gift who doesn't know you and doesn't need to hear thanks. (Well not so much that they don't hear a thanks but that they're happy and don't know who was nice to them.)

If you can't stand the recipient not knowing what you got them, then put your name on there. If you want to keep it 'secret', put KLOV SS.

I do think that there should be a thread where we can put what we got and say thanks there. I make sure and post pics of what I got to make sure the gift giver knows I got it. Also, I always look for posts from my recipient to see if they liked what I sent. Didn't get one last year, so not sure if the guy hated my gifts, was pissed that they were late or is just a complete heathen. Quite possibly a combo. ;)
 
I think...

I am sending mine with my return address, but putting the KLOV SS as the name...

If you want to thank the person than just set up a forum where you can say THANK YOU..

The person who got your gift will see your username and KNOW who you are because we sent you the gift...that way we know you got it and said thanks...I don't need you to send me a personal thank you..if I did it wouldn't be a secret Santa (as many have already mentioned)...

Anyway..that's what I am doing!!

Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Jess
 
Secret Santa gift purchased. Wait for it to arrive to me then it will be shipped to my person. Hopefully the seller is a fast shipper (after rwading ebar rant). My person will know who it came from since I have something to ship to him already, lol.

Kevin
 
I won't put my name on the box, but will include my return address.

They recipient could probably figure out who sent it, but blatantly telling them isn't the point of Secret Santa.

As for thanking your sender, when I get something, I'll post in the thread and thank Santa for my gift. My gift should be going out today once I find the right size box.
 
Just an FYI. I just shipped my Secret Santa package today and the USPS MADE me put a return address. I didnt put a name, just an address. They said after 9/11, this became maditory.
 
Mine was sent today. I have mine being shipped from two different locations so my person will probably get two packages...One comapny two packages. One I was able to gift, the other not so much. If my name is revealed, two tears in a bucket...fucket
 
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