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Post by stefdarlin on Nov 23, 2008 22:03:40 GMT -5
[glow=white,2,300]Welcome to the 2nd Annual Charming Roots Secret Santa Exchange![/glow] The Exchange was a lot of fun last year so I thought maybe everyone might enjoy it this year as well. If you would like to join in on the fun please read the rules below: ~Please sign up by 11:59pm EST December 1st or you will not be included~ ~Please exchange your gift by December 31st~ What is the Secret Santa Gift Exchange?The Secret Santa Gift Exchange is our little virtual way of exchanging gifts on the board. By filling out the form below in a post on this thread, you sign up. Then, at the end of the sign-up period, you will receive a Personal Message that has the name of the person you will be creating a gift for. What can I create for a gift?That is all up to you. Some examples are: Creating an icon, a banner, or a picture if you are an artist. Writing something special such as a one-shot, a drabble, a poem, a fanfic, or a lemon if you are a writer. Or even offering to be a beta for them. Whatever you think they will like will be fine. Where do I post my gift?You can post your gift in the special thread created for the Exchange by December 31st. Your member can pick it up there. When will I receive a name?All members who wish to participate must be entered by December 1st. You will get a PM by December 2nd or 3rd. If you have any questions, please PM me. Please do not use this thread for questions, thank you.If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, please use this format when making your post. Simply copy and paste this form in your reply: [b]Name you want on your gift:[/b]
[b]Your favorite HP ship:[/b]
[b]Your favorite HP character:[/b]
[b]Favorite non-HP book:[/b]
[b]Favorite non-HP couple:[/b]
[b]Favorite TV show:[/b]
[b]Favorite Christmas Carol:[/b]
[b]Favorite dessert:[/b]
[b]Favorite quote (rated PG please):[/b]
[b]Favorite movie:[/b]
[b]Favorite HP movie:[/b]
[b]Favorite holiday movie:[/b]
[b]Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories:[/b]
[b]Any tidbit you want to add as a wish:[/b] |
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Post by OSUSprinks on Nov 23, 2008 22:37:06 GMT -5
Name you want on your gift: Sprinks Your favorite HP ship: Filius/Pomona Your favorite HP character: Pomona Favorite non-HP book: Persuasion ~Jane Austen (though any Austen will do) Favorite non-HP couple: Eglantine/Emelius ~Bed Knobs and Broomsticks Favorite TV show: ummm, Murder She Wrote, West Wing, Pushing Daisies, cancelled shows. lol Favorite Christmas Carol: Again hard, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, O Holy Night, O Come O Come Emmanuel Favorite dessert: Pumpkin Pie Favorite quote (rated PG please): I've never put on pantyhose, but it sounds dangerous. ~Joseph, Princess Diaries Favorite movie: hmmm First Wives Club at the moment Favorite HP movie: OotP for Imelda Staunton's character's arc Favorite holiday movie: White Christmas Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: Tackle and Someday...Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: I love happy endings. Thanks in advance!
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Post by pinkie on Nov 24, 2008 5:59:16 GMT -5
Name you want on your gift: pinkie Your favorite HP ship: CR & MMAD Your favorite HP character: Minerva McGonagall Favorite non-HP book: The Discovery of Heaven - Mulisch Favorite non-HP couple: Eglentine Price - Emelius Brown + Doctor Seth and Jessica Fletcher Favorite TV show: As time goes by, Gilmore Girls, SatC, Fat Friends, BBC drama galore Favorite Christmas Carol: De herdertjes lagen bij nachte Favorite dessert: Lemon cheesecake mousse Favorite quote (rated PG please): "Oh, l'amour, l'amour, how it can let you down. Hmm. How it can pick you up again. " Countess DeLave - The Women (1939 version) Favorite movie: Gosford Park Favorite HP movie: Goblet of Fire Favorite holiday movie: The BFG Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: letting off steam and oh how you shine Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: Worldpeace? Enough chocolate and tea for everyone? An end to hunger? An end to cruelty against all creatures? The ozonlayer getting all back into shape?
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Post by SakiJune on Nov 25, 2008 8:34:37 GMT -5
Name you want on your gift: SakiJune, or Saki Your favorite HP ship: Filius/Pomona Your favorite HP character: Horace, at the moment... Favorite non-HP book: Notre-Dame de Paris by V. Hugo Favorite non-HP couple: Hightower/Hooks from Police Academy Favorite TV show: The Simpsons Favorite Christmas Carol: oh, I don't know real carols. I like singing "Amazing Grace" at any time of the year, anyway. Favorite dessert: Chocolate-covered spiced shortbread Favorite quote (rated PG please): "If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think." (Clarence Darrow) Favorite movie: Moulin Rouge! Favorite HP movie: Prisoner of Azkaban Favorite holiday movie: Neverending Story Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: Our Invisible Enemies and Why haven't I told youAny tidbit you want to add as a wish: No fluff, please.
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Post by Smaug on Nov 25, 2008 12:22:58 GMT -5
Yay for Secret Santa  Name you want on your gift: Smaug (Or Elo if you would prefer that) Your favourite HP ship: ADMM Your favourite HP character: Minerva McGonagall Favourite non-HP book: His Dark Materials Favourite non-HP couple: Just one? No, the more I list the easier it will be for one of them to mean something  Joseph/Clarisse, Jack/Ianto, Adam/Ros, Captain/Maria and many, many others. Favourite TV show: House, Spooks, Wire in the Blood, Waking the Dead. Favourite Christmas Carol: Erm... I don't know... O Little Town of Bethlehem. Favourite dessert: Cheesecake! Favourite quote (rated PG please): I need a new favourite one I think. Ah, I know. Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the Devil says, "Oh crap, she's up!". Favourite movie: Mamma Mia Favourite HP movie: Hate!! Favourite holiday movie: Love Actually Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: Dawn and Enough. Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: No, anything you want to do is good |
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Post by kellyanne on Nov 25, 2008 13:09:47 GMT -5
Okay - I'll give this a try Name you want on your gift: Kelly Your favorite HP ship:ADMM, FFPS (now, this is so cute!) and Molly/Arthur Your favorite HP character: Minerva, Hermione, Fred and George and Molly. Favorite non-HP book: 19 minutes and The Kite Runner Favorite non-HP couple:Bones/Booth and House/Cuddy Favorite TV show: House and Bones Favorite Christmas Carol: Santa Baby  and Do You Hear What I Hear? Favorite dessert: anything with chocolate! and pecan pie Favorite quote (rated PG please): Favorite movie: I have far too many... Save the Last Dance, secondhand lions.... Georgia Rule... Findin Nemo... lol all of the Disney movies... Favorite HP movie: Goblet of Fire Favorite holiday movie: How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories:www.fanfiction.net/s/4625052/1/Love_Storywww.fanfiction.net/s/4668897/1/They_Wouldnt_SeeAny tidbit you want to add as a wish: Uhm... I have no idea what to say for this lol. |
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Post by dmf1984 on Nov 25, 2008 19:01:03 GMT -5
Name you want on your gift: Di or Dianne (either one is cool) Your favorite HP ship: ADMM followed very very closely by FFPS Your favorite HP character: Albus Dumbledore Favorite non-HP book: Right now, the James Herriot four books including "All Creatures Great and Small" Favorite non-HP couple: House/Cuddy (House, MD) Favorite TV show: House, MD; CSI-original flavor; Bones; Alton Brown's "Good Eats" Favorite Christmas Carol: "O Holy Night" Favorite dessert: Chocolate, anything chocolate Favorite quote (rated PG please): "When you used to tell me you chased tornadoes, I thought it was just a metaphor!" (it's from the movie "Twister") Favorite movie: Why do these seem tougher than last year? Um, how about "Sliding Doors"? Favorite HP movie: GoF Favorite holiday movie: "A Christmas Story" (Ralphie!!) Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: Help! I don't know how to do the linkage thingies! Um, "What if?" and "What bugs you most?" (both are here at CR and at ffnet) Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: I am going to visit Hawai'i with my BF next May. Woohoo! 
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Post by stefdarlin on Nov 26, 2008 19:53:24 GMT -5
Name you want on your gift: Stef Your favorite HP ship: SS/OC, AD/MM, and FF/PS(heh) Your favorite HP character: Severus Snape Favorite non-HP book: Knight in Shining Armour by Jude Devereaux Favorite non-HP couple: Garcia/Morgan from Criminal Minds Favorite TV show: Criminal Minds and CSI (Any) Favorite Christmas Carol: Baby, It's Cold Outside Favorite dessert: vanilla cake with buttercreme icing or anything from Godiva (MMmmm) Favorite quote (rated PG please): "My heart is, and always will be, yours." Edward Ferrars, Sense and Sensibility Favorite movie: Bridget Jones' Diary, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility Favorite HP movie: Order of the Phoenix Favorite holiday movie: While You Were Sleeping Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: Flourishings and Dancing In Moonlight Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: I am a hope ful romantic at heart. I was thinking this as I looked over my form, geesh. LOL!
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Post by MMADfan on Nov 29, 2008 10:12:44 GMT -5
Name you want on your gift: MMADfan (or "just call me 'Madam'!" LOL!) Your favorite HP ship: ADMM Your favorite HP character: Sometimes it's Albus and sometimes it's Minerva; right now, I think it's Albus. Favorite non-HP book: Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint Favorite non-HP couple: don't have one Favorite TV show: oh . . . Mulberry (Yeah, it's an old show, but I can't think at the moment.) Favorite Christmas Carol: "On this day everywhere" ("Ideo") Favorite dessert: rhubarb pie Favorite quote (rated PG please): "A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject." Winston Churchill Favorite movie: Groundhog Day, or The Thomas Crown Affair (with Pierce Brosnan), or Rear Window (with Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly), or Mary PoppinsFavorite HP movie: Chamber of SecretsFavorite holiday movie: I don't have one -- they play them over and over and over, literally ad nauseum . . . When I was a little kid, I loved the Peanuts Christmas movie. I will watch remakes of "A Christmas Carol" if I like the actors in it. Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: Resolving a Misunderstanding (or here: RaM); "Trunks" -- Flashfic30 response Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: Please, no Albus being Santa-like. And although I think it's unlikely at this time of year, please no "angst," and definitely no Dark Fic, and no evil!Dumbledore or Dark!Minerva. Now I only hope I can actually come up with a story myself!
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Joseph/Clarisse, Jack/Ianto, Adam/Ros, Captain/Maria and many, many others.
and Do You Hear What I Hear?
