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I'm participating in a Barbie-doll Christmas swap on another chat forum; so unfortunately I'm not doing this year's Secret Santa, but hopefully next year...

Oh, Scaps, what would we do without you?

Dear SS,

Here's my wishlist: http://amzn.com/w/3UVJSM1WF7TQT

You might notice the obvious lack of DVDs on this list. It's because I am not quite sure whether or not I will have a DVD player or if I will be getting a Blu-Ray player in the coming weeks...so while I'm in format purgatory, they're basically out for right now. I might update them later if something happens on that front.

To make Secret Santa that much easier for you, I have decided to hold off on buying the major CD releases that I have wanted in the past week or so. Mainly the new Norah Jones (the deluxe edition one from Target) & John Mayer CDs and the Them Crooked Vultures CD. These weeks are the biggest of the year (LOTS of great stuff out) so this is hard, but I figured that it would help make your life easier.

I think my number one item this year is Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time on DS. It's Out of Print and slightly hard to find, but it's kind of in the price range still. If you can swing it, that would be great. Otherwise, I tried to give you a bunch of options and ideas.

If you are one of those people that like to freelance a little, my favorite bands are The Eagles, Eric Clapton (icluding Cream and Derek & the Dominos), KISS, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith (Hi Aaron! I know you looked right here right away!), and AC/DC. I'd love any kind of merch or knick knacks you can find of these bands. If you see a really cool shirt (and some of them have quite a few) it's a 2X or 3X if you can swing it.

If you're kinda musically inclined, I play guitar and would love any kind of cool guitar knick knacks or equipment you can find. That'd be awesome too.

Now, unfortunately, you may have actually read this whole thing. Here's some pink elephants for you (tm Scaps):

Thanks again and Merry Christmas!

Luke, I think this would be a great time to use the Amazon link. The one where UD gets part of what we pay to Amazon when we buy things!

zackisthewalrus wrote:Dear Secret Santa,
How have you been? Did you have a nice summer? How is your wife? I have been extra good this year, so I have a long list of presents that I want....... Haha, jk. Anyways, here's my list.

Ouch. I know you are semi-new here but I've done that shtick for three years... It wasn't really funny when I did it so I never thought somebody else would try it. But then again... All you want is what you have coming to you. All you want is your fair share.


My list is comming soon...

-Sky

JiminyCrick91 wrote:

zackisthewalrus wrote:Dear Secret Santa,
How have you been? Did you have a nice summer? How is your wife? I have been extra good this year, so I have a long list of presents that I want....... Haha, jk. Anyways, here's my list.

Ouch. I know you are semi-new here but I've done that shtick for three years... It wasn't really funny when I did it so I never thought somebody else would try it. But then again... All you want is what you have coming to you. All you want is your fair share.


My list is comming soon...

-Sky

Haha. Sorry for stealing your thunder. I've never seen any of the Secret Santa threads before, so I wouldn't know.

Here are a couple of more details about my person that might help my Secret Santa:

Shirt size: X-Large
Pants size: 40
Boxers of briefs: Boxer briefs
Interests: Cats, technology, gadgets, education, animation, Disney, videogames, Nintendo.
Favorite movie genres: Comedy, animation, fantasy
Favorite game genres: Platforming, adventure, action, casual, party
Favorite Disney/Pixar movies: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Up, Cinderella

Hope this helps

I don't want anything TNBC related this Christmas, or Disney related too.

I want to get something more creative and cultural.
I basically want something that you can't get anywhere but where you live,
something I can put on my room and give people the impression that I've been to your country. (Eg: Turkey= Turkish Delights, Egypt = Ancient Egyptian Papyrus, something like that..)

Dear Secret Santa,
I'm not good at being creative so I guess that's what I would really like for Christmas. Being that it's hard to make someone creative though I would humbly ask for one or all of the following DVD's. I know that some of these are going to be way too expensive but I didn't want to trim my list just on the off chance that you won the lottery and feel like sharing it with me. I realize that this is an extremely long list but I believe in giving lots of options and maybe you really did win the lottery. I apologize for having the longest list on here but thank you in advance.

DVD’s:
Alfred Hitchcock – The Masterpiece Collection
Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Seasons 1-4
Big Bang Theory Season 2
Casablanca: Ultimate Collector's Edition
Classic Christmas Favorites
Darkwing Duck Christmas - DMC Exclusive
Ducktales Volume 3
Fantasia Anthology
G.I. Joe Season 1.2
Green Lantern: First Flight (2-Disc)
Greg the Bunny, the Passion of: Best of the Film Parodies Vol. 2
Hellboy: Blood and Iron
Hellboy: Sword of Storms (or the limited edition two-pack)
How I Met Your Mother Season 4
Howl's Moving Castle
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2-Disc)
Justice League: The Complete Series
Lion King II w/ slipcover
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Only Yesterday
Peanuts 1960’s Collection
Peanuts 1970’s Collection Vol. 1
Porco Rosso
Serenity Collector's Edition
Spirited Away
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2-Disc)
Supernatural Season 3
Supernatural Season 4
TaleSpin Volume 2
The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection
Transformers Season 2, Vol. 1
Ultimate Hitchcock Collection
Walt Disney Family Classics Collection (New silver packaged movies)
Whisper of the Heart
Wonderful World of Disney Movies (Yellow Packages - already have Yellowstone Cubs)

Centennial Collection Movies:
The only one I have is Breakfast at Tiffany's but I eventually want to get them all.

CD's:
Walt Disney and the 1964 World's Fair
http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-1964- ... TFZL4JWG2V
Walt Disney Takes You to Disneyland
http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Takes ... d_sim_m_23
Where Magic Lives: The Official Album of Walt Disney World

Books:
Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records
Pixar, Art of _____ books
Secrets of Disney's Glorious Gardens
The Disney Keepsakes
The Disney Treasures
The Mickey Mouse Treasures
The Wonderful World of Disney Television: A Complete History (Bill Cotter Book)

Card Game:
Killer Bunnies and the Journey to Jupiter

DS/GB Games:
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages & Oracle of Seasons (used is fine)

Comic Books:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus (Dark Horse) Volumes 6 & 7
Fables Deluxe Edition Volume 1
Starman Omnibus Volume 2
Starman Omnibus Volume 3
Tom Strong Deluxe Edition Volume 1
Walt Disney Treasures Comic Books - Silver Covers

I think that should just about do it and if you can't find anything on here I don't know what to tell you. I really don't care what it is even if it's not on here. I wear an XL for shirts and I like the Great Mouse Detective, Darkwing Duck, Gurgi, Studio Ghibli and The Three Caballeros.

Edited for a few changes.[/i]

Got my assignment. Hmm.

I got my assignment email as well....

Keep a lookout people in inboxes or sometimes for some reasons there have been cases where someone's assignment email gets in the spam box....as I know this issue did come up a couple of times.....

All the assignments have been sent out. Some ISPs bounced back to me from Santa's UD address and I re-sent to those using my Yahoo account. If you didn't get an assignment and your name appears in the first post of this thread, send me an e-mail using the link button below and I'll get it to you.

Luke wrote:All the assignments have been sent out. Some ISPs bounced back to me from Santa's UD address and I re-sent to those using my Yahoo account. If you didn't get an assignment and your name appears in the first post of this thread, send me an e-mail using the link button below and I'll get it to you.

There's no link.

*zips quickly through thread and makes mental note to read Escapay's post later, and all the others' too*

Dear Secret Santa, I would really like stuff such as:

1) The Disney Films, by Leonard Maltin
2) Cartoon Modern, by Amid Amidi
3) The Adventures of Prince Achmed - directed by Lotte Reiniger (DVD)

and especially if you've money to burn ...

4) The Looney Tunes Golden Collections (DVDs)
5) Mickey Mouse in Black and White Vol. 1 and Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studios (Treasures sets)
6) The Woody Woodpecker and Friends DVD sets
7) Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

I'll update this later with more realistic requests, lol.

Oh, and I promise my assigned UDer that this year I will send not a lock of my hair but an entire finger preserved in formaldehyde. Now isn't that quaint?

zackisthewalrus wrote:There's no link.

He means the "e-mail" button on the bottom of his post.

Dearest Secret Santa,

I'd like to thank you in advance for whatever you pick to send me. The holidays are often a time of financial stress and business, so the fact that you have taken the time to think of me hundreds of miles away from wherever you are is very special in itself.

I wanted to say, also, that I absolutely LOVE vintage Disney materials and artifacts so feel free to buy me used stuff off ebay or amazon because I tend to fill up my bookshelves with those items anyway...ha ha ha.

I suppose the best part of Secret Santa is getting to know someone better through the process. So I would really enjoy getting something Disney related that you love so much you want to share with a fellow Disney fan. For example, last year I got a Jack Skellington figurine from.....Jack Skellington here on the forum (among the extremely generous package!). It was very clever and I think of that forum member almost every time I see the figure.

I've come up with a bit of a list to give you ideas of things I've been wanting to get for a while, now, but haven't been able to for various reasons. You don't have to get me something on this list, but I hoped you might find it useful in learning about me and the types of things I like. Some areas of interest for me include Disney (of course) movies and history, 3D movies and 3D history, Classic movie history, Nintendo, Medicine, Science Fiction, and Cooking. Keep in mind that I have over 2,000 DVDs so that might be an area where you might want to stick to the list. My shirt size is Men's Small or Extra Small. Whatever you get me, though, I'm already grateful. I'm excited for your package to arrive and wanted to say "thanks" in advance. Happy Holidays!


Disney DVDs:
Charlie the Lonesome Cougar
http://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Lonesome- ... 555&sr=8-1

A Far Off Place
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Off-Place-Ree ... 858&sr=8-1

Benji the Hunted
http://www.amazon.com/Benji-Hunted-Red- ... 888&sr=1-1

Toothless
http://www.amazon.com/Toothless-Catlin- ... 914&sr=1-1

Miracle at Midnight
http://www.amazon.com/Miracle-at-Midnig ... 934&sr=1-1

The New Swiss Family Robinson
http://www.amazon.com/New-Swiss-Family- ... 954&sr=1-8


Disney CDs:
Sherman Brothers Songbook
http://www.amazon.com/Sherman-Brothers- ... 003&sr=8-1


BOOKs:
The Wonderful World of Disney Animals by William Koehler
http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-World-D ... 479&sr=1-1

The Art of The Princess and the Frog by Jeff Kurti
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Princess-Frog ... 294&sr=8-1

Disney Wonderful World of Space by Dr. Fraknoi
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Wonderful- ... _6_russss0

The Art of the Disney Princess by Glen Keane
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Disney-Prince ... y_b_text_c

South of the Border With Disney: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program by J.B. Kaufman
http://www.amazon.com/South-Border-Disn ... pd_sim_b_6

Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation by Mindy Aloff
http://www.amazon.com/Hippo-Tutu-Dancin ... 14_russss0

Walt's People (Volumes 1-8 ) by Didier Ghez
http://www.amazon.com/Walts-People-Talk ... 604&sr=1-1

Working With Walt: Interviews With Disney Artists by Don Peri
http://www.amazon.com/Working-Walt-Inte ... pd_sim_b_7

The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston
http://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Life-Dis ... 714&sr=1-1

Paper Dreams: The Art and Artists of Disney Storyboards by John Canemaker
http://www.amazon.com/PAPER-DREAMS-ARTI ... pd_sim_b_9

Disney That Never Was: The Stories and Art of Five Decades of Unproduced Animation by Charles Solomon
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-That-Never ... 808&sr=1-1

Disney Lost and Found: Exploring the Hidden Artwork From Never Produced Animation by CHarles Solomon
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Lost-Found ... pd_sim_b_4

The PIXAR Treasures by Tim Hauser
http://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Treasures-T ... 204&sr=1-1

Designing Disney by John Hench
http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Disney- ... 119&sr=1-1

Iwao Takamoto: My Life With a Thousand Characters by Iwao Takamoto
http://www.amazon.com/Iwao-Takamoto-Lif ... d_sim_b_96

Disney's Dogs by Tamara Kahlaf
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Dogs-Tama ... =pd_cp_b_3



Non-Disney Stuff:
Dr. Who (Seasons 1-4) - I've been wanting to get started in this series and I was told I needed to start with the David Tennant version though he doesn't actually pop up until season 2
http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Comple ... 034&sr=8-4

Picnic At Hanging Rock: Criterion Collection
http://www.amazon.com/Picnic-Hanging-Ro ... 112&sr=8-1

Great Expectations: Criterion Collection
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Expectation ... 160&sr=1-2

Oliver Twist: Criterion Collection
http://www.amazon.com/Oliver-Twist-Coll ... 197&sr=1-3

Dear Secret Santa:

Thank you for your kindness and time of picking something for me. My list is short. I just want books. Let's see:

1. The Pixar Treasures by Tim Hauser
2. Walt Disney Animation Studios the Archive Series: Story.
3. Walt Disney Animation Studios the Archive Series: Animation. (To be released on Dec. 8, 2009)
4. Pixarpedia DK Publishing
5. The Art of Pixar Short Films by Amid Amidi

Obviously, you can pick anything you like in the book area. I'll tell you what I do have:

Quintessential Disney
The Illusion of Life - Disney Animation
The Art of Disneyland
Disney, The Ultimate Visual Guide
Disney Dossiers - Files of Characters from the Walt Disney Studios
The Alchemy of Animation
The Disney Keepsakes
The Disney Treasures
Mickey Mouse Treasures
The Disney Films, 4th Ed.
The Art of Walt Disney
Disney A-Z The Official Encyclopedia
Musical History of Disneyland
Walt Disney - Triumph of American Imagination
Walt Disney, an American Original

Thanks for your time and gesture. Feliz Navidad!!!!

reyquila

To my dearest SS, EDIT: Also, I'd like The Art of Pixar Short Films by Amid Amidi

Dear Secret Santa,

I hope your year has been treating you well and hope you don't wind up ill on Christmas. Thank you for your time to pick me out something.

I discovered the Gremlins films this year and you'll see many Gremlins things scattered throughout my wish list.

Plush Toys
Gizmo (from Gremlins) by NECA


Mohawk (from Gremlins 2) by NECA


The Missing Link (from Monsters Vs. Aliens)
Some plushes of him are poorly made but this one is the best likeness of him that I've seen.

He's 11-12" tall, dappled with shiny spots as though sequins were sewn to the fabric, and as far I know, the other Link plushes don't sit in a cardboard chair.

Scar (from The Lion King on Broadway)
Looks like Kevin in Pixar's UP with the headhair.

_________________________________
Motion Picture Soundtrack CDs
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Critters
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
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DVDs (Region 1)
Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas
Critters 3
Critters 4
Garfield Gets Real
Munchies
Batman Returns 2-Disc Special Edition
CJ7
One Magic Christmas
Jungle Emperor Leo
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
The Princess and the Goblin
Splash: 20th Anniversary Edition
Edward Scissorhands: 10th Anniversary Edition (Widescreen)
Pokemon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation
The Berenstein Bears Double Feature: The Berenstein Bears' Christmas Tree/The Berenstein Bears Meet Big Paw
Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper: Volume 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Season One, Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Season Two, Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) Season Two, Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Michelangelo's Christmas Rescue
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Books
Child's Play 3 novelization by Matthew J. Costello
Gremlins novelization by George Gipe
Gremlins 2: The New Batch novelization by David Bischoff
Monsters Vs Aliens: The M Files
Read Along Adventures (Books paired with phonograph records)
Gremlins Book 1: The Gift of the Mogwai
Gremlins Book 2: Gizmo and the Gremlins
Gremlins Book 3: Escape from the Gremlins
Gremlins Book 4: Gremlins Trapped
Gremlins Book 5: The Last Gremlin
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Video Games
Donkey Kong Country for Gameboy Advance
Gremlins: Stripe Vs. Gizmo for Gameboy Advance

Once again it is time to post my wish list - something that's always rather awkward for me because I tend to find it's way more fun to give than receive. That said, I checked out my Amazon wish list, originally created in 2002. I added some new things, deleted some old, and found newer editions of DVDs I had wanted several years ago. Here it is for your viewing pleasure:

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html? ... ">Renata's Wish List</a>

Clearly a number of those items are quite pricey, so feel free to ignore them. There isn't anything on the list that I really want more than another (I've been becoming scarily less and less materialistic over the years), so surprise me.

If you're looking for the more personal route, I have rather eclectic tastes. If something is unique (read: kitschy) with a vintage twist, I'll probably like it. Pink is a great color, but not a deciding factor. My shirt size is large if you are shopping in the junior's section, medium in normal woman's sizes. Of course, fun novelty tees tend to run small, so it's always better to have the shirt be a little bigger than too tight.

Also, I seem to remember that last year Disneykid had a certain <a href="http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-1190473-106 ... 72P">Alice in Wonderland Clock</a> on his wish list last year. I have taken a fancy to it and have been checking its price status over the year. As of now, it is down to $44.99 from $89.95. Obviously, it is still way over the Secret Santa price limit, but I thought in case I (or Kelvin) have a Secret Santa this year who likes to spend a lot of money, it might be something worth noting.

Thanks in advance. I'm way excited (as always) to read what everyone else receives!