The Round Stable

Durandal wrote: Also, Dairy Milk is great and I'm bummed that it's not in the U.S.

In the US we get Dairy Milk, Caramello, Roasted Almond, and Fruit & Nut. We don't get any of the other ones.

I keep in touch with my parents, but no Santa yet.
It'll come eventually. And if it comes next Christmas , then I have 2 presents to open.

My package is there. Now the post only has to transfer it from my parent's place to mine.

Urk, I made a neat little video, but Youtube won't accept because :reasons:.

It always says "uploading error" - I wonder if it has something to do with my internet.

WHOOOPS my bad. I got my super sexy secret santa Celestia gift just in time for Orthodox Christmas but I forgot to post about it.

Without further ado:

ROCK FARM XMAS WISHES by brightmotor, on Flickr
yay topshirt

Also, I got copies of some underground indie game called "Saints Row 3", and some game called "Ys" which is an unfortunate name, but I still can't wait to play it (once my goddamn fucking desktop starts working).

All in all, pretty sweet xmas for me

Hey guys! I just got back from El Salvador and how is everybody do-

What's this?



I received a package!

What could it be?



Well that sure is unhelpful... Hmmm...



OH GOD IT'S A BOMB Oh wait it's just a bit of paper.

But not just any bit of paper!



It's a magnificent picture of me-eerrrrrrrr I mean Fatkid! Sitting in a comfy chair! Reading a Dungeons and Dragons handbook! Surely planning out some fun and death filled dastardly adventures for the band of would-be-adventurers he DMs for! How amazing!

Wow! Time to figure out a place to hang it up!

I suspect I know who my Secret Santa is but I'm not sure, but I'd be totally fine if he or she stepped right up to receive his rightful applause for this fantastic bit of work. Certainly made my day! Many thanks.

fucking finally!!!

Glad you like it duder

Holy shit that poster. I would pay actual money for that. And I'd even frame it.

Is that Lily Blossom in the picture, nice.

He even keeps his dice in a used Crown Royal bag just like i do....

At long last it's time to reveal what trinkets may have arrived to me in December.

What is this? A package?



Oh dear, it seems to come from colder climes...



A veritable treasure trove of gifts! from my "assigned secret santa"!



Quite a few things in here...



Evidently containing "something I wanted" (which is also Canadian), "something I am desired to want"...



"something I might want"...



"something stolen from work"...



and "something local, something book, and something horsie all in one"



Well, let's take a look at present 1: a fine outing from Mr. Young indeed. It's also the 2009 Neil Young Archives remaster, too.



Present 2 is one which comes with great recommendations from my brother (when I told him about it; he knows about all these slightly obscure 1970s artists, and even recommended these guys to me once for my radio show)



Present 3 is a fine piece that I should be glad to add to my collection. Even though I haven't had much so far, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Mr. Cash.



Present 4 is a curious one, from one ScotiaBank. Perhaps the santa works in Calgary's Chinatown?



Finally, Present 5 is an altogether wonderful curiosity that is indeed full of "horsie":



In so doing, I want to thank my fantastic Santa for this wonderful set of presents.

"Van Der Graaf Generator" sounds intriguing. I'm looking that up tonight.

And Artificer's gift now closes a second circle in the daisy chain, with a whopping 4 members!

Cosmo, if you like that Van der Graaf Generator album, the next one you should try is Pawn Hearts. It's amazing. Also Harvest is a great album too.

Nothing for me still but that's okay. Shit happens and maybe the next Secret Santa will be even more awesome than this one was! I know stuff can get messed up for people sometimes and they can't always get things done.

ComradeCosmobot wrote:In so doing, I want to thank my fantastic Santa for this wonderful set of presents.

You're very welcome Cosmo, I'm so glad you're happy and I hope you enjoy.

This was my first internet Secret Santa and I was a bit nervous being paired up with The Big Boss. Especially a santee with such... specific tastes.
That right there is some of my most favorite music in all the world. I wanted to get you something you'd like, while still being a surprise. I'm glad I chose wisely!

The calendar was a throw in - something they were handing out at where I used to work. It's from a Canadian bank, we're fairly multicultural around here, it was a lot nicer than the calendar for white people, and I thought you'd enjoy the sentiment. Comrade.

Lastly, the book had a lot of beautiful and colourful pictures of where I've gone hiking a few times. As well, it would have been a crime to let you get away without the minimum amount of horsie :3

It was a ton of fun putting it all together for you and I look forward to next year!

Davyinatoga wrote:"Van Der Graaf Generator" sounds intriguing. I'm looking that up tonight.

Gather round everyone. Let's all sample some Van Der Graaf Generator.

Ehh, this just in: the letter I sent to my santee was returned I gotta hurry before my santa's package is returned too

reidransom wrote:
I cheated and opened it up before I left down to my folks' place Monday, and that turned out pretty great. I love me some jazz and Coltrane is one of the masters. Thanks again Artificer!

You're very welcome! Yes I know this is very late but I was away most of the time!

Is the thread going to stay open a while longer? Just curious.

I hope I'm not the one who had things returned on them, everyone here knew I was supposed to get a package and the post office flat-out told me that they weren't holding any mail for me. If someone lied to me I'll be furious. I wouldn't want my Santa to have gotten screwed around either because that would be massively unfair for them (and according to the rules they would have the right to not send me anything, either).

Before the thread goes away, can we see the chain of all the santas and santees?

Ugh, I finally need a camera. Hmm, I should consider turning my video into screenshots.

I have literally no idea whether my Santee ever got theirs, or if it's in the process of being returned, or if it's stuck somewhere in limbo in one of the postal systems. I wish I'd paid for tracking, and feel incredibly guilty about not doing that.

Mine's deliverance was confirmed by Amazon, but my santee never posted anything and I'm worried. I also need to call the guys delivering my present, I think it's still stuck in their deposit without ever trying to deliver it. On the other side though, my santa gifted me Borderlands 2 through Steam, and it's very appreciated. Thanks a lot, AnotherBrickInTheStall!

The thread isn't going away; it's just being un-globaled.

Octavia wrote:Before the thread goes away, can we see the chain of all the santas and santees?

Ask and you shall receive! Don't assume this is 100% though, what with all the excess non-SS gifts mentioned here too.
And the Excess non-SS gifts (that I could determine)

That's a lot of question marks.

I was Diribigal's santa, I was just being cute about it earlier.

I have the hunch that Davy is my secret santa, but I'm not sure. Gonna post those picture soon .

Aramek wrote:That's a lot of question marks.

That's a lot of people content with not knowing who their Secret Santa is, is all. I don't hold it against them if they don't get any enjoyment out of finding out.

MetalSonic wrote:I have the hunch that Davy is my secret santa, but I'm not sure.

NOPE

Um, oops. I knew I was forgetting to do something.

A smaller package also came a little after my WeLoveFine package that contained the shirt I wanted!

Inside, I found...



A whole bunch of confetti? And a googly eye?



pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff hahaha

It had a nice Christmas wish inside.



Also a chocolate thing that had come open in the package. I didn't eat it to be on the safe side.

With some deduction I have concluded that my Secret Santa is blasmeister...? Sorry for being this late in posting about it.

Aurora wrote:


pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffff hahaha

Oh my gosh this is adorable/awesome.