2nd Annual Secret Yuletide Gift Exchange Rules and FAQ

[SilverStorm]

I was so very pleased with my secret gift!! Thank you, thank you, and from the bottom of my heart thank you.

And Twyrch you were so wonderful to put this together and be so patient with those of us who are a bit computer challenged.

[Twyrch]

*Horns and Trumpets Blowing*

As promised, it is now time to reveal who everyone's secret pal was. There were 3 people who did not send in gifts for one reason or another... In those instances, I stepped in and gave a gift to their secret pal, so those people will see my name next to theirs.

There were a couple others who received two gifts... That is because your gift was late and I didn't want you to be without a gift, so I gave that person a gift and then turned in your secret pal's gift when it arrived. In these cases, my name will be in parenthesis (Twyrch).

Now that I've thoroughly confused and confounded everyone, on to the reveal!

Twyrch gave a gift to Moonrising

Donata gave a gift to ladyorris

Mey gave a gift to Fianait

Hennie gave a gift to Jinx

WillowCat gave a gift to earthwoman

serenarian gave a gift to Seabhag

Dryadia2 gave a gift to Aylyn

Neeltje gave a gift to Lapis Lazuli

Scylla gave a gift to Cosmic Ash

Lapis Lazuli gave a gift to dreaming-bear

Romelia gave a gift to Severina

katsu gave a gift to butterfly watcher

earthwoman gave a gift to Naiya

Moonrising gave a gift to Ainevar

Seabhag gave a gift to Mey

John gave a gift to WillowCat

Nova Gladius gave a gift to katsu

Jingle gave a gift to Zeb

Ghostrider gave a gift to Donata

Severina gave a gift to CelticDao

SilverStorm gave a gift to Ghostrider

Twig gave a gift to Baobab

Cosmic Ash gave a gift to Jingle

Willowhawk gave a gift to Twig

Baobab gave a gift to SilverStorm

CelticDao gave a gift to Neeltje

butterfly watcher gave a gift to Dryadia2

Zeb gave a gift to John

Twyrch gave a gift to Willowhawk

SilverStorm gave a gift to serenarian

Aylyn gave a gift to Scylla

Naiya gave a gift to Romelia

Fianait gave a gift to Hennie

Twyrch gave a gift to Nova Gladius

Jinx and (Twyrch) gave a gift to Rhodonit

Rhodonit and (Twyrch) gave a gift to SilverStorm

[Dryadia2]

Butterfly Watcher! Thank you so much for the photo of the adorable Robin perched on a tree branch! How did you manage to get him to pose like that! He's soooo cute!

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[John]

Zeb! I would have never guessed.
Thanks for the pictures. Did you ever get around to recovering the memory from your broken camera? I would love to have these pictures as desktop backgrounds

[Scylla]

Thank you Aylyn, your picture was fantastic, and with a lot of meaning to me.

[Donata]

Thank you Ghostrider for the thoughtful gift! I was really overwhelmed by it and will do my best to live up to it!

Thank you! Blessings,
Donata

[butterfly watcher]

Sooo glad you liked it Dryadia2. I followed him around the garden while he was churping away,

Katsu Thank you for your gift The picture below is for you, not a Raven but a Rook

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[katsu]

Nova
(set the picture as my desktop)

[Ghostrider]

Thank you VERY much SilverStorm!!

I needed that....

[serenarian]

Thank you SilverStorm for the beautiful photograph! It's gorgeous.

[WillowCat]

Thank you John for the lovely poems! I've already added them to
my Journal. I will treasure them!

WillowCat

[Zeb]

Jingle, thanks very much for the artwork, have it set as my desktop now.

John, still working on it, but you'll be the first to know when I get the pictures off it. Trust me it's been annoying me for some time, since I have most of my pictures from this year on there... Sydney, Townsville, Guam, Malaysia. I took alot of pictures this year. Though I never got any better than that morning I got the pics I sent to you.

-Zeb

[Willowhawk]

{{{{Twyrch}}}}

I rather suspected it was you...

Ta ever so... I love my poem! It has gone into my ritual journal, to be included with my Alban Arthan rites into perpetuity!

love and blessings,

Willow

[Bracken]

*Horns and Trumpets Blowing*

As promised, it is now time to reveal who everyone's secret pal was. There were 3 people who did not send in gifts for one reason or another... In those instances, I stepped in and gave a gift to their secret pal, so those people will see my name next to theirs.

There were a couple others who received two gifts... That is because your gift was late and I didn't want you to be without a gift, so I gave that person a gift and then turned in your secret pal's gift when it arrived. In these cases, my name will be in parenthesis (Twyrch).

Now that I've thoroughly confused and confounded everyone, on to the reveal!

Twyrch gave a gift to Moonrising

Donata gave a gift to ladyorris

Mey gave a gift to Fianait

Hennie gave a gift to Jinx

WillowCat gave a gift to earthwoman

serenarian gave a gift to Seabhag

Dryadia2 gave a gift to Aylyn

Neeltje gave a gift to Lapis Lazuli

Scylla gave a gift to Cosmic Ash

Lapis Lazuli gave a gift to dreaming-bear

Romelia gave a gift to Severina

katsu gave a gift to butterfly watcher

earthwoman gave a gift to Naiya

Moonrising gave a gift to Ainevar

Seabhag gave a gift to Mey

John gave a gift to WillowCat

Nova Gladius gave a gift to katsu

Jingle gave a gift to Zeb

Ghostrider gave a gift to Donata

Severina gave a gift to CelticDao

SilverStorm gave a gift to Ghostrider

Twig gave a gift to Baobab

Cosmic Ash gave a gift to Jingle

Willowhawk gave a gift to Twig

Baobab gave a gift to SilverStorm

CelticDao gave a gift to Neeltje

butterfly watcher gave a gift to Dryadia2

Zeb gave a gift to John

Twyrch gave a gift to Willowhawk

SilverStorm gave a gift to serenarian

Aylyn gave a gift to Scylla

Naiya gave a gift to Romelia

Fianait gave a gift to Hennie

Twyrch gave a gift to Nova Gladius

Jinx and (Twyrch) gave a gift to Rhodonit

Rhodonit and (Twyrch) gave a gift to SilverStorm

Actually, I am well confused. You were right.

Did Silverstorm get three chrissy prezzies? Lucky woman.

[Bracken]

I loved this.

Can't wait till next year.

[Moonrising]

Gosh Twyrch, you have been busy! Thanks so much for the lovely poem, and it makes so much sense to me now!

[Jingle]

Thank you, Cosmic Ash for the beautiful fairy. She's absolutely lovely!

Zeb,
I'm glad you liked it and I'm honored that you made it your desktop. It was my first try at that kind of thing!

[Twyrch]

Actually, I am well confused. You were right.

Did Silverstorm get three chrissy prezzies? Lucky woman.

Yes... yes... Silverstorm got 3 gifts this year. What can I say? Next year, I will have to watch the posts better.

Silverstorm replied to a cheeky comment Ghosty said and her comment fell in between 2 people asking to be added to the list. I accidently added her twice... that meant she gave and received 2 gifts. Then one of her gifts was late, so I gave her a gift as well, so she wouldn't feel left out and then her secret gift arrived the next day.

She's very lucky, indeed.

[Arth Seren]

Thank you, Earthwoman for my Haiku Verse, it was lovely.

Love and Blessings

Naiya

xxx

[SilverStorm]

Yes and this lucky lady is so grateful to all of you for the wonderful gifts! Sorry for the late reply, I went away for a few days for one last Christmas hurrah with some friends.

MamaB your video was so awesome! It made me smile and laugh and Mona is just adorable. I guessed that it was from you, since you are very talented at those. Thank you!

Twyrch it was very kind of you to send me a gift even though you knew I would already have one. I will forever treasure the poem. You are so multi-talented and it was gift enough that you set all this up.

Romelia, you are a very talented poetess. It was a very wonderful gift and I have added it to my notebook.

And thanks to Ghost for being the catalyst for my multiple gifts!