Since we got our first snowfall here in Sconnie it seems fitting that the time has come to get this fired up so we can get our "kids" picked by Nov 15th.
It's about that time of year, time to get the Secret Santa rolling again. Here's how it works:
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE SIGNING UP THANX
Let me know in this thread if you are interested in participating. You must have achieved Veteran status or higher to be part of this. The cutoff date to get your name in will be November 14th, no exceptions will be made to this. You will then be assigned, at random, another person from the list to play Santa for. You will send your recipient a total of six cigars. This will include 5 good quality sticks, which you think your recipient will enjoy. One of these five sticks should be designated as a New Years Eve smoke, typically people have done this with the highest end or most rare stick they send, though this is not required. The sixth cigar you send is the "Lump of Coal" cigar, and should be a smoke that would be worthy of giving to a cigar mooch or annoying relative.
The cigars MUST be sent in time to arrive before Christmas. Please take into account that mail is typically a little slower at that time of year. Also, please remember this is a SECRET Santa, you aren't supposed to let your recipient know you are their Santa. (Until the gift arrives, anyway.)
PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS 11/14/2022 AT 11:59 PM
Put me in Santa
Quoteappollo - 10/14/2022 8:27 AM
Put me in Santa
You got it bud :dancing:
I'm in again :)
Absolutely in
count me in please! :biggrin: :bigthumbs:
4 Santa's in the mix so far :biggrin:
:hypno: :bump:
:whistle:
what the actual f$%k is going on?? this is usually full of geeks by now...the times they are a changin'... :confused:
Count me in
I'm down to participate.
Chuck and Bryan you're in :dancing:
6 Santas, come on geeks get in on this great CG tradition
Add me please. I will do my best to not disappoint.
Quoteninfiction - 10/21/2022 6:01 PM
Add me please. I will do my best to not disappoint.
You are in
Quote05Venturer - 10/20/2022 5:01 PM
Chuck and Bryan you're in :dancing:
Thanks!
:bump:
Of course, I'm in, let's do it!
I'm in.
The Burn Ward will vouch for me. Would like to throw my hat into the ring.
QuoteTheWhiskeySavant - 10/25/2022 10:50 PM The Burn Ward will vouch for me. Would like to throw my hat into the ring.
I vouch for David. Has great cigars and lives in my neighborhood.
David & Jared you're in
2 weeks left to get signed up.
Have the Geeks lost their Christmas Spirit???
I'll play, ho ho ho!
QuoteKid Montana - 11/1/2022 9:33 AM
I'll play, ho ho ho!
Dan brings us up to 11 :biggrin:
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OK Santas your kids have all been picked and you should have been notified via PM here on CG.
If you need an address please pm ME and i will get it for you.
Thanks to the Santas and kids for playing this year.
Anyone who doesn't have their address on their profile either do so now or send it to me ASAP. Thanks. Santa needs to know where to land his sleigh.
Let the reindeer games begin! :dancing:
Roger dodger!
:bump: :bump: Santa's check your pm's
Will see what Santa can do with the wish list
Some Santa's have yet to open PM's. :shamebag:
Totally missed out on this - this year. Always fun. Oh well, I look fwd to seeing what all the Santa's deliver
Enjoy
Santas gift is on the way.
The sled has departed Minnesota.
Package on the way...
Put mine on Santa's sleigh today.
Package left the North Pole this morning.
Santas sleigh stopped by while i was away on a business trip! Santa Otter got me good, all stuff I've never had and am excited to try! I'm going to try and smoke all these before years end.
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:biggrin:
I'm glad you liked the selection, enjoy! :bigthumbs:
Looks like you were good this year. Enjoy the cigars Dan.
The sleigh dropped this off today. Thanks much Bryan, that T52 looks particularly good and I love the unique box of matches!
I see Santa has delivered some top notch gifts so far. :thumbsup:
Enjoy the cigars, Gary. Merry Christmas!
Santa took an early trip down From the GWN. Thanks Appollo! I can't wait to light these up!
Package sent out today as well!
Santa is leaving beeuudaful Buda tomorrow morning! Great gifts posted so far!! I love this CG tradition!! :biggrin: :bigthumbs:
Nice Xmas hits everyone?
The sleigh leaves southern California tomorrow...
Santa just hitched a ride with USPS this morning...out of beeuudaful Buda, Texas!! :biggrin: :angel:
Pete (junglepete) hit my mailbox hard! I never expected this much, its greatly appreciated!! :dancing: :bigthumbs:
(http://www.fighterweapons.com/images/ss2022-1.jpg)
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Santa's Sleigh is loaded up and ready to fly today!
That's a nice spread! RB15 is a tasty whiskey
Another great gift.
QuoteKid Montana - 12/11/2022 5:58 PM
Santas sleigh stopped by while i was away on a business trip! Santa Otter got me good, all stuff I've never had and am excited to try! I'm going to try and smoke all these before years end.
(https://i.imgur.com/evph5Ec.jpg)
:biggrin:
Great hit, that Saint Francis has become a favorite of mine.
Quoteheadfirst - 12/12/2022 10:55 PM
The sleigh dropped this off today. Thanks much Bryan, that T52 looks particularly good and I love the unique box of matches!
Awesome gift :bigthumbs:
QuoteThe Burn Ward - 12/13/2022 4:08 PM
Santa took an early trip down From the GWN. Thanks Appollo! I can't wait to light these up!
Very very nice!! :bigthumbs:
QuoteOtter - 12/14/2022 3:04 PM
Pete (junglepete) hit my mailbox hard! I never expected this much, its greatly appreciated!! :dancing: :bigthumbs:
(http://www.fighterweapons.com/images/ss2022-1.jpg)
(http://www.fighterweapons.com/images/ss2022-2.jpg)
Wowzers :-0 :bigthumbs:
He everyone, great gifts so far!! Well done.
I haven't been quite as active lately as my company changed firewalls and I can't access geeks during my breaks at work anymore.
Keep up the good work Santas.
KABOOM!! The stocking got stuffed. Jared (The Burn Ward) got me good.
Fuente Opus X Coffin (extra long)
Illusione h4 (extra slim)
Mi Querida (extra fat)
Umbagog
Por Larranaga (Cuba)
Partagas D5 (Cuba)
Roma Craft Cromagnom
Reinado
Glenfiddich Manhattan Cocktail.
Thank you very much Jared, well done and very much appreciated :dancing:
Well done Jared.I didn't think Pete would have been that good of boy LOL.
Jared,late seeing the picture I'm always glad when they reach their destination.Enjoy and have a great hloiday my friend.
Quotejunglepete - 12/16/2022 11:29 AM KABOOM!! The stocking got stuffed. Jared (The Burn Ward) got me good. Fuente Opus X Coffin (extra long) Illusione h4 (extra slim) Mi Querida (extra fat) Umbagog Por Larranaga (Cuba) Partagas D5 (Cuba) Roma Craft Cromagnom Reinado Glenfiddich Manhattan Cocktail. Thank you very much Jared, well done and very much appreciated :dancing:
I'll send you box dates on the habanos. Opus X Destino al siglo A, probably too cold to sit outside and enjoy that one right now. Enjoy brother!
Great job guys! Looks like the bar has been raised this year.
Looks like 5 out of 11 Kids have gotten some pretty sweet gifts so far. Well done Santas.
Hoping the rest are on the sleigh. Merry Christmas Geeks
Well ,Santa destroyed my mail box today I hope everyone already got their gift because their can't be anything left.Brian thanks for the awesome gift but I can't figure out why you sent me a box of New Year sticks.LOL2023 christmas.jpg
I laughed to myself packing that up and it made me laugh again seeing it. That box of perfectos should be primed, they were in a drawer in my dad's desk for who knows how long and I've had them for a year or 2, nicely aged!
Enjoy brother!
I received goodies from Santa last weekend, issues getting on the site at home prevented me from posting but work around on my work pc and here we go. Hopefully the pictures are sized right.
Santa Nirab - Brian hit me with a wonderful selection of cigars...I mean really fantastic selection. Some great swag and a bottle of whiskey I've been wanting to try. He doesn't even drink himself so thank you to ever helped you with the selection!
Thank you very much Brian!
SS Swag.jpg
SS Cigars.jpg
Well done Brian great gift.I guess Santa still has a few items left in the bag.
Looks like we have 4 kids without gifts yet. Hoping they see them before Christmas.
Well done everyone so far. :dancing:
Merry Christmas
Finally able to get back on the website. We had a freezing rain/ice storm, so I didn't get any mail the last 3 days. I'm hoping my package arrives tomorrow.
Good morning all,
If anyone who has not received their SS package could please pm me so I can check with Santa.
I am assuming the lack of responses may be due to not being able to get on site, but just in case wanna help if possible.
Secret Santa Dan hit me good this year!! Thanks for a wonderful selection of cigars, and the novelty sticks will be on display at The Cigar Vault in Buda!! :bigthumbs: :cigarman:
OK, looks like we are down to 2 remaining.
Please pm me tracking on gifts sent out and acknowledge on site of receipt.
Thanks
Quote from: nirab on 12/27/2022 05:14 PMSecret Santa Dan hit me good this year!! Thanks for a wonderful selection of cigars, and the novelty sticks will be on display at The Cigar Vault in Buda!! :bigthumbs: :cigarman:
When you find the right spot for them, I'd love to see a pic. Certainly a conversation starter!
Received my SS package from Gary. Awesome selection of top sticks which I will enjoy. If I can get my photo loaded right will add that
They say "good things come to those who wait." Well, I can say that's a fact. David (Whiskey Savant) sent an excellent Secret Santa gift. Not only is there a great selection of cigars, but he tossed in amazing extras with a ceramic Xikar ashtray, and a very nice bottle of Old Forester Bourbon Whiskey. Thank you very much David. I will enjoy all of these gifts very much!
Now hopefully I uploaded the pictures correctly for this new website.
https://next.photobucket.com/u/metalheadycigarguy/p/4f470069-0587-4a1c-91e3-0bc299189a1e (https://next.photobucket.com/u/metalheadycigarguy/p/4f470069-0587-4a1c-91e3-0bc299189a1e)
*If you scroll through photobucket you can see the 3 images I posted. They're also posted in my photo album on CG.
Really great stuff here! This is the first of these I've missed in a long time but still trying to figure out how to be a grandpa and retired and whatnot...I'll Smurf myself in next year!
Ok all, Feedback has been left for everyone who participated.
Thanks to most