Brand new CHRISTMAS APPEAL THANK YOU THREAD!

[TenLordsaLapin]

For reasons explained in the old thread here, please can we use this one now? Thank you

mysonsmummy my advanced detective skills lead me to suspect that I was your secret santa. I know you have had a couple and deservedly so! But I just wanted to check that you got my parcel. It contained some magic tricks and a power ranger mask for K and some choccie and a bath bomb for you! I'm hoping they got to you ok, if not i'll chase it up!

Sorry you had such as crap Christmas, I hope 2008 is a better year for you and K!

Biglips - I didn't have an email from you? Last one I got was on December 16th re the Woolworths thing.

I don't think your lady is on this thread, although with all these bloody Christmas names she could be! I will email her and ask.

XFC, I can't believe your attitude. Perhaps next year don't bother doing it if you have high expectations of gratefullness.

XFC - I think you might be missing the sentiments behind the MN secret santa, we're trying to make it easier at Christmas, not more difficult! I struggle to get through Christmas as it is, without having to be on top of my thank you letters the second I have received a present .

Well done to the wabbit for organising it all - you're a star

Hiya K20 that person was me you would never believe this but you know the Pj's for your daughter I nearly didnt get the slippers to match because they were the last pair in the whole shop and they were just the right size it was like I was meant to buy them.Glad you and the kids liked the stuff hope you had a Merry Christmas and I wish you a very Happy New Year.Love and hugs xoxo

Overrated - please don't feel bad for not posting immediately - I am glad you received the books and I am very sorry they were not in time for Christmas - they were meant to be but obviously they didn't quite make it .

My posts below were just because I wanted to know they had arrived - not because I was looking for thanks in any way, shape or form.

I hope you had a good Christmas and enjoy the books.

xx

thanks lapin...no worries about not rcving my email. im just curious thats all

Just wanted to thank the 3 secret santas - the first supplied my ds with "that's not my puppy" and other books (along with some jingle bells which he loved!!).
The second secret santa bought out mothercare - the bricks and alphabet jigsaw (and everything else) was amazing.
The third secret santa sent a fisher price table thing which is fantastic.

I'd like to say thank you so much - you really brightened up some dark days for us!

Thank you again,
Much love
Kate
(Newtownards)

Oh dear XFC I fear I am the person who received your wonderful and very generous parcel through Amazon. So sorry to have upset you by not posting sooner

It arrived just in time for xmas and with all the present wrapping (which of course I had left to the last minute ) and general christmas madness I didnt get a chance to post. And since then my youngest has been poorly and my sleep deprived brain has really let me down. Have only just remembered to check that one of the parcels I sent arrived!

It really was wonderful and really appreciated. DC loved their gifts

This whole thing really has transformed our christmas. When I get round to it I will post some pics to this profile. Thank you so so much to all my givers and huge apologies to xfc for not posting sooner.

Ok hopefully all my givers and Lapin can now see my profile page with a few xmas pics (if you're interested! ).

Obviously will need to be using your giver names except Lapin who needs her new year name!

THANK YOU!!!

mysonssecretsanta .... thanks for your message. i am so sorry that your parel has not arrived yet. i definetely would have been on here st8 away to thank you. lapin did ask me before xmas if something had arrived and it falls into place now why. i have asked my neighbours and it hasnt been left there. so im hoping it that its on its way to us. they sound fantastic presents. will let you now as soon as it arrives though. and thanks you so much for thinking of us both.

thankyousomuch
Have only just come back after xmas but saw your message and just wanted to say that I'm really happy everything was a hit! I had a great time putting the package together - I'm so glad you had a good one

Thank you very much to the MNer who sent me a really pretty necklace as my secretsanta gift, I had moved house just before xmas and didn't open it until yesterday - hence the delay. x

Believe me, next year I won't be doing it!

You have my private email address, LLP. The least you could have done was acknowledge my messages.

oops. Think I posted in the middle of something, unless xmasfortunecookie is talking to me

Ah. Glad this was bumped. Sent my parcels rather late and hadn't checked to see they had arrived .

Happy they did.

Flame, your dd must be rather like mine

XFcookie please relax.

Llapin has had a lot on her plate & if the odd email went astray amongst the THOUSANDS she must have sent/recieved then that is MORE than understandable!!

If you have issues over this I suggest you do it privately not on this open thread which has a lovely fuzzy feeling to it!

SOme people have busy/difficult lives outside MN & don't get on here to thank their donors -the idea was to enjoy giving the presents not get a public thank you.

Obviously if you want to check it was delivered oK, that's fair enough but send a direct email not on here I would have thought!!

Tad worried that my delay in saying thank you for my secret santa gifts may have offended the givers.
From the bottom of my heart, I am truly humbled that I was nominated for secretsanta and received such lovely gifts. The WhiteCompany Products are perfect and the silver pendant necklace is so pretty. Thank you whoever you are

Not at all Ready (it wasn't me BTW!!)

I was always told (by my Gran who knew these things!! ) as long as the thank you's were within the 12 days of Christmas it was perfectly acceptable!!!

Phew

LL You've done a fantastic job and I know it must have taken over your life at times and prevented you from having a relaxing christmas yourself. I am so on your behalf that you are getting stick on here.

I can assure you that for 99% of givers, putting those parcels together and taking them to the post office was one of the highlights of xmas for us - it is so rare to be able to feel truly good about yourself and thanks to your hard work, so many of us had those moments. And I am sure 99% of us who sent parcels have checked on this site to see if our presents arrived, and I am sure some of us have been deflated if responses are delayed or lacking. To come on here and complain about it however is somewhat beyond the pale.

Fortune I am sorry you didn't receive your thankyou, but please keep your disappointment to yourself. Last time I heard LL didn't sign some contract promising to set up a returns, refunds and customer service department. LL deserves a round of applause (bunch of flowers, box of chocolates, bottle of champagne), not a hard time.

I think an apology is in order.

WHY should I keep my disappointment to myself? Is even a simple bloody acknowledgement of gifts received too bloody much to ask? For God's sake, I gathered all these toys, boxed them, took them to the post office here in Switzerland, found out it would cost me less to buy new toys on amazon than to send used toys by post. So I asked LL to ask the mum to make up a wish list & post it on amazon. I then ordered the toys & had them sent. It was a bit of a nuisance having boxed our toys, wrapped them, etc but I was delighted if it made life easier for another family.

I don't want a bloody medal but at least a thank you would have been well appreciated. And although thanks has now been given, meanwhile I've been subjected to all sorts of criticism & grief from other MNers for daring to mention my disappointment.

How can you blame me for never wanting to go through this charade again? I'm not rich but I have enough to be able to help someone less fortunate & I'm very glad to do so. But the defensive behavior of LL & the nasty comments of others has made me doubt the integrity of MN as a community. And if you tell me to get stuffed, fine!