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!

So many thanks to Xmas2013SantaC8366! I collected the parcels from the PO this morning, but because I'm strict I'm not letting DD at hers until the morning! I can't believe I was nominated and thought there must have been some mistake and your parcels have really put a smile on my face after a generally sucky year. Thank you x

Well, up with the birds, of course, when you have a four year old!

Thank you so much Santa1430! What a great selection of chocolates and books (Stories for Four Year olds! How neat is that!) and cars/trucks!!

My son is thrilled and I really really appreciate the effort.

Merry Christmas!!

I can't name change as on my phone (xmas2013MN5000) but thankyou very much for my gift vouchers and lovely hand cream. I saved it to open this morning from Santa

xmas2013santaA9242

Thank you so vvv much for the lovely gifts and voucher they are being enjoyed by all the family :)

Also to the lovely person who sent the Peppa Pig books from Amazon (sorry dh chucked the box so I dont know who the sender is!) thank you v much they are a big hit!

A HUGE thank you for the wonderful gifts. They were all just perfect! Do you know us all?! DD1 just loves make-up and DD2 is always doing her nails but didn't have her own manicure set, so they absolutely loved their gifts. DS is super curious and mad about pens, so a pocket microscope and lovely pen made his Christmas morning (he seemed to like these more than the presents from me!). And as for my present, well as I said in an earlier post, it was such a joy to have something to open on Christmas morning. The Happy Tin is such a fabulous idea, I've never seen one of those before! I just couldn't believe it when I opened it and saw the hand cream. I read about recently and really wanted to get some as I have terrible problems with dry hands in the winter (they are very sore at the moment). I can't wait to try it. I also suffer terribly from cold feet, so the beautiful soft and luxuriously warm socks will get an awful lot of use from me (and blue is my favourite colour!). Thanks also for all the chocolates. We're a household of chocaholics, so we'll certainly enjoy those later on today!

It really was so kind and thoughtful of you and you have made my Christmas morning. I do hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and a fabulous 2014! xxx

Quick question. How do you know your Santa's nickname? I can't find this anywhere. Also, can you PM your Santa if you have their nickname? I'm worried that my wonderful Santa won't ever find my heartfelt thanks because there are so many messages on this thread to trawl through.

The 'Santa' will have the same number as you, so MN001 will have Santa001 as a gifted. So your gifter to thank should be Santa7938. They should come onto this thread too.

Just to avoid any confusion, the Santa Nicks have an extra A in them.

So yours would be SantaA7938, MN7938.

And you should be able to PM them, or hopefully they will search in page to find their number.

Which would be easier if we could still have all in one page. Just sayin'.

Sorry, didn't realize there could be B or Cs also.

Hi Santa,
Just a quick note to say the presents have gone down very well this morning. Dd1 is reading her manga, dd2 has been squealing at the Dr Who things , the minion is saying banana which has dd3 is hysterics and ds has eaten the wrapping paper( he's not unwrapped much yet).
Everything fitted in perfectly with what they like and what I'd already bought.
I've not opened mine yet but thank you , I've never had such a huge pile under the tree!

Xmas2013Santa5517 I know I have already said thank you downthread and to my nominator too, but I have just opened your gift. I don't really know how a virtual stranger could pick out something so utterly perfect for me! It's something I've wanted since I saw a colleague with one a few years ago. I don't always have the best of Christmases but I am so touched by your generosity and your thoughtfulness, it has genuinely changed my day. I wish there was a way I could thank you more than this. More than anything, I hope you see this message and know how appreciated it is. Thank you so very much! Thank you!

Xmas2013MN8267

Oh my word - just opened my gifts - how did you know that I love all the Ted Baker stuff? I am going to smell sooooo good DS4 is beyond delighted with his voucher and his chocolate will soon be eaten - he is already going through Itunes to find his beloved Ellie Golding!!!

Thank you so much - great big smiles on our faces this morning. I hope you have a wonderful Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year and thank you once again xxxxx

Hello MNA7819 - I'm so sorry for not posting earlier, we got your package my Friday and it is absolutely wonderful, I may have cried a little bit! TJE decorations are just gorgeous, the boys LOVE their gifts and I am thrilled with mine, you are so very kind and generous and you have no idea how much better you have made a difficult Christmas. Just knowing there is a fellow mumsnetter out there who cares enough to put together such a touggtful package has really cheered me up. Thankyou again, and may you and your girls have a wonderful Christmas xxx

Xmas2013SantaA6945

I am in absolute floods of tears at your thoughfulness. Ds says thank you for his books and the pirate model, dd is delighted with her nail set and lovely bath goodies.
I cannot thank you enough for your generosity to me. I love my luxury bath gels. Love, love, love them. There was something extra as well so I will choose carefully.
Bless you for your kindness. You have no idea how much your thoughts mean and it really did fill my heart to bursting point.
and with much love xxx

Itwasntmeanttobelikethis - glad it got there safely, Happy Christmas.

Dear despartehousewife21 you are so very welcome. I'm santa9242 but on phone so can't work out the name change.
The amazon parcel was from me as well, after the original peppa pig choice got delayed - couldn't have missed out on peppa pig!
I hope you and your family have an absolutely lovely day and all the best wishes for next year

And a rather merry happy Christmas to MN in general - I lurk a lot more than I post but its a kind of comfy place to slide into and to let the conversation flow round you.

Dear Santa5484

The gifts are beautiful, i am very touched, Thank You

Dear Xmas2013MN8366 i hope the gifts arrived [i am santaA and santaB and send them in 1 parcel] and have a Happy Christmas.

Dear MNC9709 i hope the parcel arrived safely and Happy Christmas.

Shabbs -you are welcome! Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas x

Aw MN6496 - you've set me off now! Hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas xxx

Xmas2013Santa8366 (wally) went and looked in the boot of the car and found your parcel too, I had quite forgotten how many I'd collected! thank you so much, DD loves her presents (especially the books. My god that girl loves books!).

[overcome with emotion emoticon] When I realised DD today had more thoughtful gifts from strangers than from members of mine her or her fathers family, I shed a tear of gratitude - thank you..!

Hugs MN8366 so glad they are good. Xxx

Hello again - MN7877 here - this is going to be a long message because I was visited by more than one Christmas Angel this year

SANTAA7877 - thank you so much for the lovely box of treats you sent -it was so incredibly kind and generous of you to give such a lovely gift to a stranger, the truffles are lovely, and I have snuggled my feet up warm in my cosy slipper socks - your box was full of the loveliest most thoughtful things, I feel very spoilt and I thank you from the bottom of my heart xx

SANTAB7877
Thank you for the lovely toiletries and the voucher you sent - you are so generous, what a lovely person you and all the MN Santas must be to be so kind, I can't thank you enough for my gift - you made me feel very special on Christmas day, and I am so touched by your kindness xx

I also received a parcel of books from Random House, - there was no Santa code, so I am not sure who they came from - I thought perhaps they came from MNHQ, again I thank whoever sent them so much - I will be kept very busy reading for a long time - and there is a lovely selection of biogs, novels and non-fiction - brilliant, I love reading. (If you were the secret Santa who sent these please let me know so I can thank you more personally - it truly was a lovely gift)

I won't reveal my name, but I am a regular poster, - this year has been probably one of the most difficult I have experienced, and I was rather dreading Christmas and wondering how I would cope. The gifts I received from you, my lovely Santas, have meant so much to me, I can't put into words how overwhelmed I am by your generosity and kindness. I wish you, and all the wonderful MN Secret Santas, a very Merry Christmas and hope you have all had a fabulous day with your loved ones. Much love to you all xx

Doh! That should have been MN6945 you've set me off now! That will teach me to MN after a glass of wine and while wrestling an excited one year old!