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I’m excited to announce my 2009 Secret Santa game. When I first tried this in 2007, most people loved it, but more than a few were rotten no-goodnik freeloaders – they signed up, received gifts, but had no intention of giving them. That pretty much ruined the experience for more than a few participants and I felt really bad about it. (I skipped last year’s holiday season because we just had a baby in December and I was too busy with that!)

So in 2009, I wanted to do something about the freeloaders, so I decided I’d collect a token sign up fee of (at least) L$50 and donate the sign ups to a charity (Feeding America.)

I was also surprised to discover that many of my non-North American friends had no idea what Secret Santa is. And I didn’t have a very good description of it either, but here’s what Wikipedia says about it:

Secret Santa is a Western holiday tradition in which members of a group are randomly assigned other members to whom they anonymously give a gift. Often practiced in workplaces, or amongst large families, participation in it is usually voluntary. It offers a way for many people to give and receive a gift at low cost to those involved.

So are you interested in playing? I hope so! You can find a list of active kiosk SLurls, along with the current donation status here. Sign ups close on (or around) December 6th, so please don’t wait too long!

If you’d like to host a kiosk at your store, mall, club or whatever, you can get one (at no cost) from XStreetXL here, or drop by Secret Santa 2009 HQ in Amicitia (pictured below; built by Galea Yates of Fancy Schmancy)

A huge special thank you goes to Jori Watler of alaMode boutique who designed the great kiosk texture pictured at the top of this post!