Secret Santa 2014

Santa is super awesome this year

I got the fudge knocked out yesterday....peanut brittle today and I still have to finish up a few more handmade items. I should ship late tomorrow or Saturday

Way to go Santa's! And it's still early yet. Ho ho ho!

PS -- the banana bread is pretty good! My compliments to the baker!

Congratulations to the recipients. So far it looks great, particularly some of those fine smoking implements.

Nice day of bombings! http://www.brothersofbriar.com/t29085-bombed-by-ron-cart

Santa's package arrived today! I must have been good this year, because he was very generous.

Peter Heinrichs Special Curly 200g
Esoterica Peacehaven 8 oz
GH Black Irish X 2 oz (this one was actually marked "lump of coal," so maybe I wasn't so good after all. )
Ennerdale Flake 50g
St. James Flake 50g
Five Brothers 1.25 oz
Old Dark Fired 100g
Christmas Cheer 2014 100g


Plus some coffee, chai tea, and homemade cookies (which are delicious, BTW). All very nicely wrapped.


Thank you, Santa!      

Oh man. Pete meers and homemade baked goods. I'm starting to feel like a bad santa If only my recipent could know how lucky they are that I didn't bake

Another 'well done, Santa' (or 'Santa's helping elf' as the case may be); they've all done good this year!

So I received a communiqué from the North Pole indicating that I needed to actually check the contents of the "coffee" and "tea" boxes. Turns out they contained five more choice tobacco selections. I edited the original post to reflect the full damage report.

Santa ROCKS!

Sneaky, Santa!

That's hillarious. A Bro on here sent me a tamper and a tin of tobacco out of the blue some years back.. I thanked him profusely and went about my business... 5-6 months later while visiting pops I cracked the tin for us to enjoy. It wasn't tobacco, it had a pipe in it. Lmao!

fsu92john wrote:

So I received a communiqué from the North Pole indicating that I needed to actually check the contents of the "coffee" and "tea" boxes. Turns out they contained five more choice tobacco selections. I edited the original post to reflect the full damage report.

Santa ROCKS!

That's awesome about the hidden tobacco...

But I would have been mad it wasn't actually Chai!

beardedbassguy wrote:

fsu92john wrote:

So I received a communiqué from the North Pole indicating that I needed to actually check the contents of the "coffee" and "tea" boxes. Turns out they contained five more choice tobacco selections. I edited the original post to reflect the full damage report.

Santa ROCKS!

That's awesome about the hidden tobacco...

But I would have been mad it wasn't actually Chai!

I love me some Oregon Chai.

puros_bran wrote:

That's hillarious.     A Bro on here sent me a tamper and a tin of tobacco out of the blue some years back.. I thanked him profusely and went about my business... 5-6 months later while visiting pops I cracked the tin for us to enjoy. It wasn't tobacco, it had a pipe in it.  Lmao!

That's some funny shyte right there.

Awesome!

Great going Santa's

I'm starting to wonder if I should find more to give to my recipient.

bentbulldog wrote:

Great going Santa's

I'm starting to wonder if I should find more to give to my recipient.

Only send what you're comfortable with! It's all good!

DrT999 wrote:

bentbulldog wrote:

Great going Santa's

I'm starting to wonder if I should find more to give to my recipient.

Only send what you're comfortable with!  It's all good!

That's just it... I have a good deal to give, but wasn't sure if it was acceptable. Now that I see I can give more...

But you're right, as much as our comfort level allows. I'm grateful regardless of what I do or do not get!

bentbulldog wrote:

But you're right, as much as our comfort level allows. I'm grateful regardless of what I do or do not get!

HEAR HEAR!

In all reality I like the local treats from far away more than tobacco. Tobacco is always appreciated of course but the candy and treats from friends on the other side of the country is just so cool. You get an idea of a culture other than yours. Also hand made doo dads and hand written notes are always more personal than a big order from P&C shipped to your house. Not to say I wont love a big order from an online retailer lol.

One year all I got was one tin of tobacco and a little hand made doodad from Tyler Lane pipes.

That was a good year

rev

Mine is ready to deploy. Elves are taking it to the post tomorrow.

Well... Sparky the Red-Nosed Chinchilla has taken off!! I just hope my target likes what I threw in there!

If everything goes to plan the goods should be in the mail tomorrow!

One year I got a pipe that wasn't even finished, just a stem jammed into a block of wood.

It's a good thing I expressed an interest to try my hand at carving pipes.

I honestly wouldn't mind if my name was left in the hat and I got zilch. This forum, this hobby/lifestyle, the people in it, all have been incredibly generous in information, when life went to crap and I had to resort to begging, and the "just because" stuff... Output needed to exceed input by a long-shot this year. Life still ain't peachy, but I'm resourceful in forwarding the right stuff.

Plus, Secret Santa is the most fun I've ever had during the holidays. Nothing but smilin' brothers and sisters, pictures, sharing and...family--this is the real deal.