Secret Santa ?? - When to open??

mckayleesmom wrote: When are you going to open yours? Are you going to wait till its closer to xmas or open it right away??

cameragirl21 replied: I already sent mine and my SS person already received it and thanked me via PM so she opened it and thank God for that because I was so afraid she wouldn't like it that I don't think I could have waited till Christmas to find out.
Whenever I get mine I will open it right away.

mckayleesmom replied:
I think I will probably open mine too...I don't think I will be able to just wait....I'm such a child...

Plus..we will be out of town on Xmas.

lisar replied: I am opening it the moment it shows up on my door step. I have no patience.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I hope you all post when you get them - I chose not to participate this year to save $ and I am looking forward to hearing all the great things everyone got!!

PrairieMom replied: I hope you all know that it is your duty to post pics of what you received...
I will be sending mine this week, and will be opening mine probably before it even gets into the house.

lisar replied:
yea thats me my mail box is about 3/4 mile down the road and I stop and get the mail everyday on my way in from work and when that gift comes I will be sitting at the end of the road opening it in my car. LOL

PrairieMom replied:
okay, so spill the beans then... who was it, and what did they get? since it obviously wasn't me...

cameragirl21 replied:
are we allowed to do that?

PrairieMom replied:
I think so, people usually post pics and a thankyou when they open their gifts. I'm curious what you sent.

cameragirl21 replied:
ok, I guess if it's not allowed or something then a mod can just erase it. I don't see why it wouldn't be but just not sure since this is my first year doing secret santa.
My person was Nadia. She asked for crafting things, like yarn, beads, and scrapbooking stuff. Believe it or not, as an artist I don't craft so I know nothing about any of those things.
She also said she loves candy and chocolate. And that she'd like giftcards to Target or Walmart.
Well, I don't do giftcards so I was in a bit of a conundrum.
Then I realized that she is from Guatemala, came here at 1 year old so I looked into what kind of beads I can get from Guatemala, so that is what I did--got her 3 strings of beads from Guatemala that I hope and believe will bring her good luck in the coming year since it's part of her heritage and symbolic, I love symbolism.
I also got her a fondue kit that I really liked, I may get one for myself, lol. And I also bought some melting chocolate to go with it.
And then I also sent some stickers and stamps with inkpads for Mya.
and that's it.

lisar replied:
Yea your allowed to post pics and thank them in the forums. We normally take pictures of what we got and post them and everything. You SO allowed to do that. We do it every year.