Secret Santa Sign-Up

[MMADfan]

[glow=white,2,300]Welcome to the 4th Annual Charming Roots Secret Santa Exchange!
This year in cahoots with the Our Mirror of Erised group![/glow]

~ Secret Santa Sign Up Deadline: Friday, 10 December 2010 ~

~ Secret Santa Gift Exchange: on or before Sunday, 16 January 2011 ~

Hi, all! Christmas and New Year’s are fast approaching. A while back, I asked everyone on Our Mirror of Erised whether there was interest in doing a Secret Santa-type exchange, and there was some. Sprinks and Stef, who are members of both Our Mirror of Erised and the Charming Roots board (and mods over at CR), both thought that combining our efforts would be a good idea, and I thought so, too. So this year, we’ll have a combined OMoE and CR Secret Santa exchange.

Sign Up:
From between today, 30 November 2010, and next Friday, 10 December 2010, please sign up for the exchange at EITHER here at the Charming Roots Board OR at Our Mirror of Erised. (If you are only a participant in one of them, please note that so that your exchange pal can be someone who is also in the same group.) To sign up for the exchange, complete the form at the bottom of this note.

Here on CR, just sign up in this thread, and on OMoE, try to keep your responses a part of the email/group thread (though don’t worry if they’re not – I and Santa’s elves will be following them ). Just sign up directly on either OMoE or CR.

Your Gift Recipient:
You will receive the name of your gift recipient on Saturday, 11 December 2010, or thereabouts, depending on your time zone.

Those who sign up via CR will receive their exchange recipient via PM on the board; those who sign up via OMoE will receive theirs via their email.

Send your gift:
You will have until Sunday, 16 January 2011, to send your gift to your recipient.

What kind of gift should you give your exchange pal? A short ficlet, a special image, a poem, a video, a photo montage – anything that you think would appeal to the person and that can be shared over the Web. After you have given your gift to your exchange recipient and they’ve had time to enjoy it, post it either to CR or to OMoE or to both. There will be a thread created here on CR and a folder created on OMoE for posting.

If events intervene and you discover that you are unable to finish your gift in time, please contact me (MMADfan), Stefdarlin, or Hogwarts Duo to let us know, and we will work something out!

Here is your form to let your Secret Santa know a little bit about yourself – you may recognize it, since I “stole” most of it from the previous CR Secret Santa board!

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]Your favorite HP book:[/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]

Questions? Just contact MMADfan or Stefdarlin, either by PM or email.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

~ from all the staff and mods of Charming Roots and Our Mirror of Erised

[MMADfan]

Okay, I'll start us off!

Name you want on your gift: MMADfan (or "Madam"! LOL!)

Your favorite HP ship: ADMM, but SSPP is a close second, and I like unusual pairings, too.

Your favorite HP character: Minerva McGonagall

Your favorite HP book: The Order of the Phoenix

Favorite non-HP book: Any of the "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" books by Alexander McCall Smith, at the moment

Favorite non-HP couple: have to think about that one . . . Maybe . . . Doctor Who and River Song?

Favorite TV show: "Doc Martin," and the David Tennant "Doctor Who" series (although I have to admit that I thought the two-part season-ender for the first Matt Smith series was really good -- and I love River Song)

Favorite Christmas Carol: "On this day everywhere" ("Personent Hodie") and "Oh come, Oh come, Emmanuel" and "Go Tell it on the Mountain"

Favorite dessert: rhubarb pie

Favorite quote (rated PG please): "Enough is as good as a feast." (Traditional folk saying.)

Favorite movie: Shadowlands (with Anthony Hopkins); Rear Window (w/ James Stewart); and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (w/ Pierce Brosnan)

Favorite HP movie: Chamber of Secrets

Favorite holiday movie: some of the old Christmas Carol movies

Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: A Long Vernal Season (Severus Snape/Poppy Pomfrey novel-length WIP, a sort of Bildungsroman-cum-romance with a bit of mystery thrown in) and "It's not the heat . . ." (FFPS one-shot)

Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: In a fic, nothing angsty, please, though I don't mind a bit of an edge to it; romance and drama are nice, as is fluff!

[stefdarlin]

Name you want on your gift: Stef or Stefdarlin

Your favorite HP ship: FF/PS, AD/MM,SS/HG

Your favorite HP character: Severus Snape

Favorite non-HP book: A Knight In Shining Armor

Favorite non-HP couple: There are other couples besides those in HP? GAH!

Favorite TV show: Criminal Minds

Favorite Christmas Carol:Carol of the Bells

Favorite dessert: Carrot Cake

Favorite quote (rated PG please): "Aye, we be good and lost now."

Favorite movie: Bridget Jones' Diary

Favorite HP movie: Prisoner of Azkaban

Favorite holiday movie: While You Were Sleeping

Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: First, we have some flashfics about Filius and Pomona. (The Stages of Affection) Next, we have a short fic about Tobias Snape and Eileen Prince. (Through the Rain)

Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: Feel free to surprise me! =o)

[OSUSprinks]

Name you want on your gift: Sprinks
Your favorite HP ship: FF/PS
Your favorite HP character: Pomona Sprout
Your favorite HP book: Hmm, not the last two.
Favorite non-HP book: Persuasion by Jane Austen
Favorite non-HP couple: TV/Movie: Any of the obvious with Julie Andrews' characters, Seth and Jessica (MSW), Mrs. Potts and Belle's father (Beauty and the Beast), Picard/Crusher (Star Trek: TNG) Books: Anne/Frederick (Persuasion)
Favorite TV show: Sanctuary, Law and Order (all, including UK), Murder She Wrote, Star Trek: TNG
Favorite Christmas Carol: either Carol of the Bells or O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Favorite dessert: right now, hard tack
Favorite quote (rated PG please): again, right now: Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. -C. S. Lewis or Start the day with love, fill the day with love, end the day with love. That is the way to God. - Sai Baba
Favorite movie: Love Actually
Favorite HP movie: Chamber of Secrets
Favorite holiday movie: The Holiday
Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories:The Morning After Fil and Pomona's Buns.
Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: Make it end happily please!

[Hogwarts Duo]

Name you want on your gift: Hogwarts Duo or Ang
Your favorite HP 'ship: ADMM
Your favorite HP character: Albus or Minerva ...it's a tie
Favorite HP book: PS or COS
Favorite non-HP book: Any Murder, She wrote or Mitch Albom books
Favorite non-HP couple: Jessica Fletcher/George Sutherland (Murder, She Wrote series)
Favorite TV show: Big Bang Theory
Favorite Christmas Carol: Angels we have heard on high
Favorite Christmas song: White Christmas by Bing Crosby
Favorite dessert: hot fudge sundae or brownie
Favorite quote (rated PG please): Sarcasm: the wicked stepsister to communication
Favorite movie: Beauty and the Beast (Disney version)
Favorite HP movie: PS or COS
Favorite holiday movie: National Lampoons Cmas Vacation
Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories:
A Year of Happiness: www.fanfiction.net/s/5894228/1/A_Year_of_Happiness

One Dance at a Time: www.fanfiction.net/s/2728224/1/One_Dance_At_A_Time

Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: I prefer Richard Harris' Dumbledore over Gambon's so please don't use MG as AD in anything for me.

[pinkie]

Name you want on your gift: Pinkie
Your favorite HP ship: ADMM
Your favorite HP character: Minerva McGonagall
Your favorite HP book: OotP
Favorite non-HP book: The discovery of heaven
Favorite non-HP couple: Eglantine Price - Emelius Brown
Favorite TV show: Big Bang Theory
Favorite Christmas Carol: Santa Baby (not a carol, but whattheheck)
Favorite dessert: Creme Brulee
Favorite quote (rated PG please): 'There is no spoon.' from The Matrix
Favorite movie: Gosford Park
Favorite HP movie: PoA
Favorite holiday movie: The Sound of Music
Names and links to two of your own fanfiction stories: I'll fill this in later...
Any tidbit you want to add as a wish: It will be the first Christmas with the three of us!

[MMADfan]

Just to say that everyone's got an extension until the 21st!