Christmas Appeal Thank You thread - 2013

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Another year of spreadsheets and carols.
You wonderful lot you, gorn and done it again.

It's always lovely for the donator to know their parcel has arrived, so if you've had a Christmas Appeal gift this year and you'd like to use your unique MNcode to pop on this thread to say thank you, now's your chance.

We'd like to start you all off by being the first to say a massive THANK YOU to everyone who's taken part. You're all brilliant!

If anyone has any questions about anything to do with the Mumsnet Christmas Appeal then do please email [email protected].

Merry Christmas!

My darling *MrsKoala"

Am so pleased your parcel has arrived , I had to disclose the contents to the lady at the post office - they ask you now in case there are any dangerous substances enclosed! And she was like all at me .

I am sorry you have had a difficult few weeks and I hope my gifts go a little way to brighten up the end of 2013 for you.

Do whatever you want to do re opening the box and gifts. I am happy if you are happy. Yours are wrapped. The one for your DS isn't as you will see. I wanted to make sure it was ok. If it isn't, just pm me and I will arrange for something else to be sent. It is a long time since I have had little ones, mine are now 16 and 14 so was unsure as to what to buy.

Lots of love from my house to yours, Bella (Santa3286) xxxx

MrsKoala

Dear Xmas2013MN3796
I've ordered your present today and it should be with you by next Wednesday. Please use it to treat yourself (I googled the store so know you have one in your town )
I'm sorry it's not much but I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas
xx

Xmas2013MN8066

I'm putting a parcel in the post for you tomorrow so look out for the postie. It's a bit big and very badly wrapped but I hope you like it.

Happy Christmas :)

Xmas2013SANTA4639

Thank you so much for the gifts you sent ?? I am right in saying there was more than one? ??

Sorry it has taken me a while to post a thank you, it's has been an extremely tough time just now for my dd's and me (my mum passed away four weeks ago) but your kindness has help put a wee smile on our faces especially dd1 who is struggling a bit.

Merry Christmas to you and your family from me and mine

Xmas2013MN1135 - saw your post up thread. Has the parcel still not arrived? I'm a bit worried now as I posted another parcel, which was travelling a similar distance, at the same time, and it arrived on Monday. And the grumpy, mouthy assistant at the PO counter didn't give me a proof of postage.

To the wonderful person who sent gifts for my children - THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

My boys have been ill all week and we have been battling our local authority to get our eldest's statement of SEN amended for seven months.

Today, the local authority did just that and then your presents arrived!

The boys want to keep them until Christmas to open.....

Thank you so much for your loveliness and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

XXXX

I'd like to say a big thank you for the two different parcels which arrived this morning, one for the children and one for me. I've hidden the posh chocolates, don't you worry . The sweets and the lovely make-up and body lotions are perfect for my two girls, absolutely spot on. I really appreciate the thought and love that has gone into them, and feel really touched.

Merry merry Christmas to my wonderful Santas! Xxx

OK,
The lovely book pressie to me for being nominated was lovely and I'm all fluffy about it.
The BEAUTIFUL cards and postits from Scriptum that arrived today for my kids are a REAL treat.
Thankyou.
They will no longer steal my office ones and their snotty messages will be beautifully presented.

Oh, thank goodness! Everything's ok?

When you get round to reading the book you'll find it the opposite of lovely - but it truly is one of the "reads" of my life.

I kept on filling online baskets and then abandoning them - I could weep with relief that you think the things for your Dcs are suitable. (I've noticed that the teens I know are obsessed with stationery - and I thought they'd probably have enough chocolate and bubble bath. )

This is my first (proper) Mumsnet Christmas - I've loved doing this. It's wonderful to be able to actually do something as a thank you to you and to the entire Mumsnet community.

Christmas hugs and

Hi LargeTeaPlease bless you, thank you. It hasn't arrived yet but I'm keeping an eye out. It's extremely kind of you xxx

Hi Xmas2013MN8353,

Hurrah! the parcels arrived - I just did a search on here and found your message. Phew.

Open the parcels whenever you like! Hope you like them.

Have a super super Christmas,

Love from all of us

xxx

xmas2013santaA1276

Thank you. I'm sat here in tears right now completely over whelmed by your thoughtfulness.

People on the outside of my life look in and think its charmed and would be very surprised to learn that the gifts you sent me will be the only ones I get and this is the first year in many many years that I've had a gift,

My extended family don't do adult gifts and since my older kids were little I've never had anybody willing or able to take them shopping so I've managed to convince them that I just don't do gifts for me because i didn't want them to be sad. obviously I've done a good job because the ones who are now adults still believe it.

It was so obvious everything you picked was considered carefully the kids will love the things you put in for them the bath bombs for ds are genius he loves lush.

Other than to once again thank you,I'm going to stop now because I'm in danger of boring everyone.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year

All my love MN1276

P.s your sons artistic talents show great promise xx

Hi Xmas2013MN5957

So glad you liked the gifts.

Have a super super Christmas - you deserve to.

Much love from one household to another.

xxxx

cfc, now don't you go worrying about what you sent, because for me it was just perfect. All very, very lovely and far beyond what I would have imagined if I'd stopped to think what my expectations were! Iyswim!

I am now a safe distance from my Xmas post.
I'm not a fluffy person.
I've no idea who nominated me.
The information I gave in my email to MNHQ was sparse

and yet the MN presents appear to be better chosen than those from my mother !
you can choose your friends, but not your family.
you lot are my imaginary friends but you are excellent.

at some stage, I'd be interested to know who nominated me
because
it will not affect my posting much
but may enhance my focus to help people as much as possible
(and no, I'm not a life coach, I'm a psychotic auditor - who cares)
xx TiP

Dear SantaC9256,
Thank you so much for the parcel we received this morning. Unfortunately, ds2 (aged 3.5) clearly does not take after me, as he whipped the gifts straight off to put under the tree, so I have no idea what they contain yet! Thank you for thinking of my boys and taking the time to send them gifts. Having their first Christmas without their daddy this year will be hard, but extra gifts will no doubt help me to distract them. They are really amazed to have received gifts from someone who they haven't even met!

I had no idea such a thing existed but have read through this entire thread and am filled with warm feelings about each and every one of you who have nominated, donated and received. Such amazing displays of selfless human kindness. Well done all of you, you're all very lovely :)

Dear SantaB8196, thank you so much for the card and amazon gift card which I received today. The card made me chuckle and I am once again overwhelmed by the kindness of strangers. It is the end of my second week back in the world of work, and DS2 only allowed me 3 hours sleep last night so I felt pretty awful by the end of the day. What a wonderful surprise to come home to Thank you very very much, I promise to try and use some of it on myself!

Xmas2013MN8146 Sorry you will be receiving your envelope later than many! I sent it yesterday so you should get it soon. Have fun spending it and have a very merry Christmas!

Dear Xmas2013SantaA3796

I will keep an eye out for the post on Wednesday. Thank you so much in advance, whatever it is!

Ok I'm in shock - I am now the overwhelmed recipient of no less than 4 boxes. I don't know what I've done to deserve this. At the moment none of them are open - as I said I don't know what I'd have done without Mumsne. It carried me through the blackest of times.

I will respond to each of my senders once our gifts are opened. I'm keeping them separate so I can try to explain to dcs how we have them.

As I have received such generosity I will be passing it on by donating some money to a charity for survivors of rape and sexual abuse.

I'd like to thank all my senders from the bottom of my heart - I'm so touched to be thought of.

A big thank you for my lovely Christmas gift from xmas2013MN9457 to my Santa and to the lovely MNer who nominated me.

I shall use it to get the dcs something scrumptious.

Lord knows what I did to deserve it but it has given me a very warm Christmassy glow to receive it.

Xmas2013MN6233 I am glad that they have arrived and hope that they are useable. Inside the box that isn't wrapped with brown paper there is a little treat for the DC to have now and the presents are all wrapped with a label saying who they are for.