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Christmas Appeal Thank You thread - 2013

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SandyMumsnet · 15/10/2013 15:24

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!

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Xmas2013MN5568 · 06/12/2013 16:38

I'm not sure the number of my secret santa as I can't see it on anything.

I just want to say a massive thank you for being so lovely. We got a Boots voucher, a present for my DD and my DS, all with post-its stuck on that are for a family centre in Wales if you recognise yourself!

Thank you for brightening a difficult year. From our family to yours, have a lovely Christmas Thanks Thanks Thanks.

FruOla · 06/12/2013 16:49

Xmas2013MN5568, your Secret Santa will have the same last four digits as you - 5568.

So, hopefully, she/he will see your post here!

triplets · 06/12/2013 17:46

Hi this is Xmas MN2247 thank you sooooooooo much for your card and voucher, you dont know me and yet you show me kindness, thank you. Yesterday we recd our first Christmas gift, the oncologist told us my husbands scan was all clear, no cancer :) So now we can truly look forward to Christmas with our trio. Xmas Santa 20132247 I wish you and your family a magical time and hope 2014 will be a healthy and happy one for you all. xx

Xmas2013mn5957 · 06/12/2013 18:16

To SantaA5957 thank you for the lovely card and gift which arrived today. I'm afraid I did open them early, and I loved them. The pens and notebook especially are fab - and they're mine, all mine - the kids are not getting their hands on them! Grin (Looks at pencil case which currently contains two pencils despite the fact I bought two packets containing a dozen pencils each just last month).

Xmas2013mn5957 · 06/12/2013 18:35

And I should have said - thanks also to whoever nominated me - I was completely overwhelmed to receive a nomination and it made me smile and feel all funny-in-a-nice-way.

Xmas2013MN9877 · 06/12/2013 18:38

Hi, this is Xmas2013MN9877 posting under my cunning disguise

I just wanted to say thank you so much to my nominator and mark place so I can thank my donator when the time comes. Just to be thought of in this way has meant so so much and has really lifted my spirits and given me a reason to look forward to Xmas through what is a really tough time for me and my family.

Already really enjoying reading the posts on this thread and starting to feel that Christmas magic!

Flowers to all Smile.

Xmas2013MN1075 · 06/12/2013 19:18

Thank you for my parcel. It arrived yesterday but as I was visiting a uni I was left a card. I have rearranged delivery for Tuesday. Even though I have no clue what is in it or who sent it, I am so deeply grateful. After a crappy year of struggling with being a single mum, facing cancer, severe breathing problems and general poo. I am seeing the light and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making it brighter. 2014 will be an amazing year and this is a wonderful start. Thank you again.

WhoKnowsWhereTheMistletoes · 06/12/2013 19:34

Hi Triplets - I was on a thread with you earlier in the year (about cruises) where you mentioned your husband's condition, so pleased to hear he got the all clear result yesterday. Smile.

LostMySantaNumber · 06/12/2013 20:20

Thank you to Organix who sent a selection box of mini oat bars and fruit bags. The DC have enjoyed an extra treat in their lunch bags Xmas Smile

Xmas2013MN8196 · 06/12/2013 20:39

I would like to say a HUGE thankyou to whoever nominated me, and to Xmas2013SantaA8196 for the absolutely lovely package that arrived today Grin Couldn't have been better timed. The baby absolutely adores the little toy, and tomorrow the bigger DCs and I are going to make the biscuits and paper chains....such a wonderfully thoughtful set of gifts. I'm saving the other bits for the children til after we have made the biscuits and then tell them just what a wonderful place the world can be when there is such kindness in it. Thank you, and a happy Christmas to you as well

Xmas2013SantaA5953 · 06/12/2013 21:05

Hello to Xmas2013MN5953

I've not forgotten you. I'm going shopping tomorrow for some last bits, wrapping Sunday and will pop in the post, Monday! x

Xmas2013MN7256 · 06/12/2013 21:10

Triplets that's wonderful news :)

I notice some people are getting packages from companies rather than (or as well as?) MNers - does this mean they are acting as donors? That's amazing (in a good way) :) testament to how big a deal this MN appeal has become!

Xmas2013MN1607 · 06/12/2013 23:11

Testing - have had the same nn for years and have never name-changed before Blush

Xmas2013MN2669 · 06/12/2013 23:27

Thank you so much to Xmas2013SantaB2669 for your very kind M & S voucher, which I received on Wednesday. Thank you also to another lovely person who has sent me a wonderful book, which I was very surprised to receive today, as until I read through this thread I had not realised it was possible to receive more than one gift. Thank you so much!

And thank you to whoever nominated me, as I was so touched that anyone on here remembered me, as it was much earlier this year that I was really struggling and posting a lot on MN. I posted here when I was really down and confused and had quite honestly no one else to talk to. I was in a very difficult situation, but I got so much support on here. I am so very grateful to MN, and the kindness of the particular posters who 'talked' to me. I really wish I had been aware of the nominations thread, as there are a couple of posters I would have nominated who were so kind to me, but I wasn't aware of this Xmas appeal until I got the message to say that I had been nominated. However, I will certainly be donating something next year x

triplets · 06/12/2013 23:27

Thank you so much for your good wishes, long may remission last! We are seriously thinking now of at last booking a proper holiday before the next scan which is in May, get scare of feeling too confident yet need to live for the day!

Xmas2013MN9256 · 06/12/2013 23:33

If the nickname change has worked then great, but if not then I really don't care.

At the risk of making an Oscars-type speech, I have appreciated the support of so many people on MN this year since the sudden death of my dh. To be nominated for a present made me cry and today I arrived home to find a package from Xmas2013SantaB9256.

Thank you SantaB9256 from the bottom of my heart for your kindness and generosity. The boys loved the card and are very excited about choosing a gift from Hamleys. I'm going to treat myself to a new duvet cover with my voucher so that I can encourage myself to get to bed at a more reasonable time each night. I am overwhelmed by the fact that a stranger would want to do this for us and am sooo very grateful. Thank you (and good night..!)

Xmas2013SantaB2161 · 06/12/2013 23:38

Xmas2013MN2161 your gift was posted today. I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to put more thought into what I wrote, but I've had a tricky week here and my DS was trying to write Christmas cards at the same time (aged 3.5!) Anyway, I wish you all a merry Christmas and hope it will be a good one.x

Xmas2013MN1607 · 06/12/2013 23:47

Xmas2013SANTAA1607: whoever you are, wherever you are, I have never been so touched.

Your outstanding generosity has completely bowled me over and I can't quite put into words how I felt when I opened your (red ink stained Grin) gift. I was already so shocked and emotional at receiving a nomination in the first place, but this has totally finished me off.

You have made my year - a year that has been blighted by multiple, unexpected bereavement. To think that someone who does not even know me could be so extraordinarily generous, is just so very moving. You are clearly one of life's givers - I only hope that you are appreciated and treasured by those close to you in your life, for you must be a very special person indeed. You join the anonymous person who nominated me in a treasured part of my heart Thanks

When I see the wonderful, giving and selfless posters of MN, I feel truly humbled and know I could never measure up to them. It is wonderful to be part of a community that displays the very best side of human nature.

Dearest Xmas2013SANTAA1607 - I hope you read this soon and realise how much your gift means to me. I wish you and your family the happiest of Christmases - and I send all my thanks and love to you, who ever you may be.

ThanksThanksThanksThanks

Xmas2013SantaA6604 · 07/12/2013 06:50

Apologies MN6604 I've not yet been organised to sort your gift. DH had a minor RTA with an uninsured driver and it's taken all week to sort out. No one hurt so very grateful for that!

Anywho, will get organised early next week. Much love.

Xmas2013SantaB9256 · 07/12/2013 08:10

Hoping this name change works as it is my first ever one!

MN9256 - I am so glad the package arrived safely and think the idea of a duvet cover is a lovely one. Hope the boys find something they like.

Keep posting as we are all supporting you xxx

KnottyLocks · 07/12/2013 08:41

Thank you , RandomHouse Santa! Xmas Grin

My lovely package of books arrived safely and is hugely appreciated.

Christmas blessings to you. x

Xmas2013MN2928 · 07/12/2013 09:12

i keep coming on this thread and trying to think of what to put, how to put how gratfull and amazed but nothing seems to sound right, but here goes.

THANK YOU to the person who nominated me and the screact santa, the fact a complete stranger has done this is amazing and really does give me the warm fuzzy feeling. this year has had a few ups and downs, but hopfully this y ear will be a new start.

i havnt recieved my gift yet, but i know allready that i will love it and cherish it, becasue its comes with the true sprite of christmas.

this is the first yeasr iv been on the christmas board, and knew nothing about the screact santa or nominations untill i recieved a email. I'm all ready looking forward to next year when i can part take it in it and hopfully make some one else as happy as i was when i recived that email.

so Merry christmas and i hope you have a special and magical christmas and new year. Flowers

DrinkFromSantasFountain · 07/12/2013 09:16

This thread is making my eyes leak and my heart has moved time where in my throat.

You gorgeous lovely set of bastards!

DrinkFromSantasFountain · 07/12/2013 09:17

Somewhere.
My phone is an arsehole

Xmas2013MN2657 · 07/12/2013 09:27

Dear Xmas2013SantaA2657,

Thank you so much for the lovely lovely gifts which arrived this morning. DP was most amused to take the parcel for 'the mumsnetter' from the postman! However his amusement turned to amazement when he saw what had been sent...

DS insisted on helping me open the parcel and we decided to let him open his gift. I can't believe how perfect it is for him! He absolutely loves the jigsaw, which are a favourite past time right now, and fire engines are the best as far as he's concerned.

I know that DD, although she's only two months today, will love her Tiger cup and book in the future. I will re wrap that one and she can have it on Christmas Day.

As for me I haven't opened my gift yet, but all I can say is that we as a family are overwhelmed to receive first a nomination, and then a parcel of such generosity from complete strangers. Thank you also for the lovely message written in the card. We wish you and your family a very very merry Christmas.

Thank you so much Xmas2013SantaA2657 and also to whoever nominated me.