First of all, Happy Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Year, and all that! Welcome to Fanpop's một giây Annual Secret Santa User Guide, filled with tips to make the most out of this year's Secret Santa.
Those of bạn whose names are on link will receive your Secret Santa Assignment tonight at midnight Pacific Standard Time. At that time, the danh sách will be closed and no thêm people will added PUBLICLY. If bạn still want to tham gia in on the fun (as I expect some people will) please message me PRIVATELY. If I have enough stragglers, I can probably work something out.
Now, whether hoặc not bạn participated last năm hoặc not, bạn probably want to know how this năm is gonna work. bạn will be được trao another user to find a special gift for this holiday season. Your mission, should bạn choose to accept it, is to craft something (a video, image, virtual card, icon, story, poem, etc) that bạn think will appeal to this user. Don't worry if it's not a user you're familiar with. Here are my tips for dealing with a user bạn don't know very well.
1) Look at the spots they have huy chương in. If the user has added a lot to that spot, it's a very good indicator of their likes and obsessions. If it helps, theme their gift after their yêu thích ti vi show, hoặc make a slide hiển thị to the âm nhạc of their yêu thích band.
2) Look at their profile. Most people fill out what their yêu thích movie, âm nhạc and book is in their little thông tin các nhân square. This is similar to looking to see what spots they have huy chương in.
3) Check their websites. Not everyone lists a website in their profile, and don't go stalking anyone to find out who they are on Facebook if bạn don't know them that well. But if they do danh sách a website, hoặc a link to their Facebook hoặc MySpace, try checking that out, just to know what their tastes are.
So now bạn know what kind of tastes your assigned user has. But bạn still don't know how to turn that into a thoughtful gift, do you? Well, not a problem. Here is a great danh sách of examples from last year.
If bạn want to make a video, just see what these users did:
link is megloveskyle's Secret Santa from Kegel
link is Sweetmonkeytoes' Secret Santa from Kathiria82
link is Kegel's Secret Santa from myself
link is caintil31's SUPER Secret Santa from myself
link is sallywag's Secret Santa from leuron
If bạn are thêm of an image kind of person, maybe bạn should learn from what these users made:
link is hsm123's Secret Santa from Snerkie
link is dazl's Secret Santa from nonames
link is johnminh's Secret Santa from sweetmonkeytoes
link is PkmnTrainerJ's Secret Santa from dazl
link is Shandy's Secret Santa from johnminh
link is TheLostBrotha's Secret Santa from caintil31
link is iheartadam2's Secret Santa from PkmnTrainerJ
The lovely and amicable link was sweet enough to make me several các biểu tượng last year. Take a look at a handful of them:
So are bạn still at a loss for something to do? Are bạn just no good with hình ảnh hoặc videos? No fear: pretty much anyone can write. If not poetry, than a mock biography. If bạn don't know them well enough for a biography, try having your user ngôi sao in an adventurous short story. If bạn feel that's too ambitious, a basic limerick hoặc haiku should suffice.
Basically, folks, the options are endless. The only limits are that of your imagination.
I also wanted to inform bạn folks about your insurance plan. Yes, bạn have an insurance plan. bởi signing your name on that list, bạn are guaranteed a gift this year, if not from your assigned Secret Santa, than from the team of Secret Elves (to be assembled in January) who will pick up the slack of the failed Santas. The Secret Elves, a highly dedicated task force, will take anyone who did NOT receive a Secret Santa this năm and build gifts for them. Secret Elves insurance gifts will be made and delivered in January, but better late than never! If bạn are interested in being one of the Secret Elves, please message me privately.
So this is your Secret Santa Coordinator signing off, saying Merry giáng sinh to All and to All a Good Night.
PS: giáng sinh is the time for tình yêu and charity, so I urge bạn to do good deeds this giáng sinh and tell all of fanpop about it on the link tường of Humanitarians.
If you're too busy to actually volunteer, maybe you're thêm suited to participate in Fanpop's First Annual link. All bạn have to do is change your biểu tượng to include a Human Rights theme, promoting peace and tình yêu this holiday season. Also, keep an eye out for daily Human Rights related quotes, facts, games and goodies over at the link spot.
Those of bạn whose names are on link will receive your Secret Santa Assignment tonight at midnight Pacific Standard Time. At that time, the danh sách will be closed and no thêm people will added PUBLICLY. If bạn still want to tham gia in on the fun (as I expect some people will) please message me PRIVATELY. If I have enough stragglers, I can probably work something out.
Now, whether hoặc not bạn participated last năm hoặc not, bạn probably want to know how this năm is gonna work. bạn will be được trao another user to find a special gift for this holiday season. Your mission, should bạn choose to accept it, is to craft something (a video, image, virtual card, icon, story, poem, etc) that bạn think will appeal to this user. Don't worry if it's not a user you're familiar with. Here are my tips for dealing with a user bạn don't know very well.
1) Look at the spots they have huy chương in. If the user has added a lot to that spot, it's a very good indicator of their likes and obsessions. If it helps, theme their gift after their yêu thích ti vi show, hoặc make a slide hiển thị to the âm nhạc of their yêu thích band.
2) Look at their profile. Most people fill out what their yêu thích movie, âm nhạc and book is in their little thông tin các nhân square. This is similar to looking to see what spots they have huy chương in.
3) Check their websites. Not everyone lists a website in their profile, and don't go stalking anyone to find out who they are on Facebook if bạn don't know them that well. But if they do danh sách a website, hoặc a link to their Facebook hoặc MySpace, try checking that out, just to know what their tastes are.
So now bạn know what kind of tastes your assigned user has. But bạn still don't know how to turn that into a thoughtful gift, do you? Well, not a problem. Here is a great danh sách of examples from last year.
If bạn want to make a video, just see what these users did:
link is megloveskyle's Secret Santa from Kegel
link is Sweetmonkeytoes' Secret Santa from Kathiria82
link is Kegel's Secret Santa from myself
link is caintil31's SUPER Secret Santa from myself
link is sallywag's Secret Santa from leuron
If bạn are thêm of an image kind of person, maybe bạn should learn from what these users made:
link is hsm123's Secret Santa from Snerkie
link is dazl's Secret Santa from nonames
link is johnminh's Secret Santa from sweetmonkeytoes
link is PkmnTrainerJ's Secret Santa from dazl
link is Shandy's Secret Santa from johnminh
link is TheLostBrotha's Secret Santa from caintil31
link is iheartadam2's Secret Santa from PkmnTrainerJ
The lovely and amicable link was sweet enough to make me several các biểu tượng last year. Take a look at a handful of them:
So are bạn still at a loss for something to do? Are bạn just no good with hình ảnh hoặc videos? No fear: pretty much anyone can write. If not poetry, than a mock biography. If bạn don't know them well enough for a biography, try having your user ngôi sao in an adventurous short story. If bạn feel that's too ambitious, a basic limerick hoặc haiku should suffice.
Basically, folks, the options are endless. The only limits are that of your imagination.
I also wanted to inform bạn folks about your insurance plan. Yes, bạn have an insurance plan. bởi signing your name on that list, bạn are guaranteed a gift this year, if not from your assigned Secret Santa, than from the team of Secret Elves (to be assembled in January) who will pick up the slack of the failed Santas. The Secret Elves, a highly dedicated task force, will take anyone who did NOT receive a Secret Santa this năm and build gifts for them. Secret Elves insurance gifts will be made and delivered in January, but better late than never! If bạn are interested in being one of the Secret Elves, please message me privately.
So this is your Secret Santa Coordinator signing off, saying Merry giáng sinh to All and to All a Good Night.
PS: giáng sinh is the time for tình yêu and charity, so I urge bạn to do good deeds this giáng sinh and tell all of fanpop about it on the link tường of Humanitarians.
If you're too busy to actually volunteer, maybe you're thêm suited to participate in Fanpop's First Annual link. All bạn have to do is change your biểu tượng to include a Human Rights theme, promoting peace and tình yêu this holiday season. Also, keep an eye out for daily Human Rights related quotes, facts, games and goodies over at the link spot.