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Have you always wanted to make someone's dream come true? Do you relish in the delight of others? Is your generosity and kindness unparalleled? Do you aspire to be a large bearded man with an affinity for crimson?
Then hold onto your sleigh bells, because it's time for the greatest gift exchange in Aywas' history!
The Holiday Tree is back and ready to guard presents from here to as far as the eye can see until December 25th!
If this splendidly decorated tree is new to you, here's the basics. On the main tree page, at a quick glance you can see how many gifts have been sent in total, as well as how many you have waiting for you. Your button options are:
Give Present - I expect you'll be hitting this one a lot, so be gentle! Clicking this button will take you to a screen where you can choose to gift either an item or a pet. From there, you can choose a specific player or a random one, decide if you want to be anonymous or not, select your gift, and enter a message. There's also a confirmation screen built in. :3
Most Needy Stockings - This is a list of users that have the least amount of goodies waiting for them. Help bump them up off that list!
View Your Gifts - Clicking this will take you to a page that displays the wrapped gifts waiting for you to open. You will only be able to open them anytime on or after December 25th!
If you are participating in the official community Secret Santa, here's how things work!
Note: The deadline for creating a wishlist has passed.
When you first go to the Secret Santa page, you will see a message that says:
If you are interested in participating in this year's Secret Santa, you can click the button below to have a recipient assigned to you.
Click "Grant a Wish" to be randomly assigned another user to gift. This helps ensure active players will be participating. :3
Once you click the button, you will be taken to a page that says:
You've been assigned Username (#)! Try to grant as many reasonable wishes on their list as you can to make it an excellent holiday season for them.
Their wishlist will also be displayed on this page for quick reference.
Assignments are completely random, so the person that you're shopping for won't necessarily be your partner ('cause then it wouldn't be much of a secret, now would it? *wink*).
How to Send Your Assigned Giftee Presents!
Simply go to the Holiday Tree and go through the gifting process like you normally would. The only difference here is that on the confirmation screen, there will be a box that pops up for you to check off that says Send as Secret Santa? Check off that button and hit send. :3 This option should only appear when you're gifting your assigned giftee, and it doesn't matter if you chose anonymous or not on the screen before. When you check off the secret santa box and your giftee receives a present, it will say "From your Secret Santa."
Secret Santa Tips
- Don't give away the identity of your partner! Keep it a secret until the 25th when the names are revealed.
- Remember, you can make changes to your wishlist at any point during the event.
- With that in mind, please make sure you include a variety of wishes that also vary in price.
If your only wish is a Slashbot, not only will you probably not get it, but your Secret Santa is going to feel like poop because they--along with other users who might want to gift bomb you--won't have any clue what to get you.
- Get creative! Aywas has some pretty rad items and pets to wish for, but don't forget that you can also wish for art or silly messages. You can also gift fun "coupons" that the person could redeem for something like profile coding or a day where you'll level their pet, or even offer them a special breeding with a custom of yours.
- If you choose to "Grant a Wish," you are committing to participating in the event. Even if the person you're assigned has a crazy wishlist that you can't afford, just do your best to send them some holiday cheer. It's the thought that counts!
- Pace yourself! Santa might get all his gifting done in one night, but he also has an army of elves working 'round the clock all year.
- Have fun! :3 That's what it's all about, folks.
Didn't sign up for our SS event? Don't worry. :3 The AyMas tree is open to everyone and there are user-run secret santa events going on all month!
Both links to the tree and SS are now under Community as well.
Let the gifting war begin!
- Eri
Posted by Eri & --
(#17) on Sun Dec 2, 2012 8:38pm
- Blackbird16 (treats)
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Posted on: Sun Dec 2, 2012 11:18pm
So exciting! :)
- {moved to 4353}
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Posted on: Sun Dec 2, 2012 11:44pm
Wonderful! <3 Got my list in just in time XD /hugs Eri
- ♑ Kat & AK ♈
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Posted on: Sun Dec 2, 2012 11:47pm
MAKE PEACE NOT WAR. LET THE PEACE BEGIN. -flees-
- wolfsgazeinthenite
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Posted on: Mon Dec 3, 2012 12:12am
The person I was assigned to only has very expensive and extremely expensive items, and pets that I can't buy on their list. But they do have some themes they would like customs based on, is it all right to gift them with psds that I make? Hopefully they change their list over the month, but with their list as it is, I can't really afford to gift the person what they really want.
- wolfsgazeinthenite
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Posted on: Mon Dec 3, 2012 12:15am
The person I was assigned to only has very expensive and extremely expensive items, and pets that I can't buy on their list. But they do have some themes they would like customs based on, is it all right to gift them with psds that I make? Hopefully they change their list over the month, but with their list as it is, I can't really afford to gift the person what they really want.
- Wagon+Miston
(#42063)
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Posted on: Mon Dec 3, 2012 12:33am
I am giving out derp coins this holiday season! Totally random in nature too. Every one I get a random user here on Aywas will get. I will be saving up all kinds of BP and Premium Points to do this. So enjoy those of you that get it!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY!!
- Gabby
(#31336)
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Posted on: Mon Dec 3, 2012 9:25am
It seems some people aren't reading all the info. I got paired with someone who only has things like Alternate Cube, BCC, and GCC on their list :(
- Shord
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Posted on: Mon Dec 3, 2012 10:02am
Aww I have the cutest person on site to gift to this year <3
- Purpleash
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Posted on: Mon Dec 3, 2012 11:38am
bummer i missed making a wish list. never did see the news for it.
Posted on: Sun Dec 2, 2012 11:13pm
Are we not able to send GP and BP?