================= To: Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 20:04:44 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: OBC Xmas/Holiday Card Exchange 2007 Well, it is finally that time of year. The OBC holiday card exchange. For those of you who are new, or have bad memories, the holiday exchange is when participants are randomly assigned the name of another participant to buy and mail a gift to the person they have been assigned to. On December 25th - Christmas for some, the second Tuesday after Hanukkah (I think), the winter solstice or Yule for pagans (not sure if we have any pagans) or just a fun day to get a gift. Rules (the fine print) 1. Gifts should be in the $5-10 range. The best gifts are not usually the most expensive. Try to get creative. 2. Envelopes should be clearly marked "do not open to Dec 25" or "Do not open till Xmas". 3. Open your present on the morning of the 25th 4. Report your present and who gave it to you on the ramblings server How it works. 1. Reply to this email, that will make it easier to track things or send an email to me with "OBC Xmas" or "OBC Holiday" in the subject. Please include your name just to make sure I don't mix up your email address. 2. Wait a few days for a message from me telling you who your victim is based on a patented semi-randomization technique involving paper, scissors and a hat. 3. Buy something nice, wrap it, mark it "do not open" till the 25th, and send it out. Happy Holidays! Bob Donaldson ================= To: OBC-Announcements@yahoogroups.com Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:58:24 +0000 From: obcbobd@comcast.net Subject: OBC Xmas/Holiday Card Exchange 2007 - LAST CALL I am in the process of assigning gift givers and gift receivers. There is still time to sign up. Just respond to this email. Original email follows. Well, it is finally that time of year. The OBC holiday card exchange. For those of you who are new, or have bad memories, the holiday exchange is when participants are randomly assigned the name of another participant to buy and mail a gift to the person they have been assigned to. On December 25th - Christmas for some, the second Tuesday after Hanukkah (I think), the winter solstice or Yule for pagans (not sure if we have any pagans) or just a fun day to get a gift. Rules (the fine print) 1. Gifts should be in the $5-10 range. The best gifts are not usually the most expensive. Try to get creative. 2. Envelopes should be clearly marked "do not open to Dec 25" or "Do not open till Xmas". 3. Open your present on the morning of the 25th 4. Report your present and who gave it to you on the ramblings server ASAP. How it works. 1. Reply to this email, that will make it easier to track things or send an email to me with "OBC Xmas" or "OBC Holiday" in the subject. Please include your name just to make sure I don't mix up your email address. 2. Wait a few days for a message from me telling you who your victim is based on a patented semi-randomization technique involving paper, scissors and a hat. 3. Buy something nice, wrap it, mark it "do not open" till the 25th, and send it out. Happy Holidays! Bob Donaldson ================= To: Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:04:20 -0500 From: "Bob Donaldson" Subject: OBC Xmas Gift Exchange If you've signed up for the holiday gift exchange, by Monday you should have received the name of your victim. People who signed up after Monday will get their victim later in the week. A note to all participating - please update your wantlists. If you do not have a wantlist on the web page, please send your wantlist out to the group or to me and I will send it to your Santa. THERE IS STILL TIME TO SIGN UP!!!!