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UPDATE 11/26 All matches sent!

A thousand apologies for the late start to the Secret Santa this year.  PLEASE send your letter to Santa ASAP, the deadline is this (Black) Friday the 25th, Matches will go out on Saturday!

It's Secret Santa time again! Here is how it works:

Step 1 Reply to this thread with something like "I'm in" and I will add your name to the list

The cutoff for signing up AND sending your letter is Friday, Nov 25th

Step 2 Send an email to rfgensanta@gmail.com The subject line should look EXACTLY like this:

User Name-Your Country-Country or Countries you are willing to ship to

EXAMPLE If I am in the USA and I am willing to ship to the USA and Canada:

Wildbil52-USA- Will Ship to USA, Canada

Copy and paste the text below for the body of your email and fill in the blanks:

Dear Santa
I’ve been a VERY ___________ boy/girl (choose one) this year, so I feel like I have earned all of the __________ that I will probably get for Christmas from all my family and friends.

But I also want video games.

If I could get just one box of video games and/or video game related items with a total combined value of at least $20 before shipping costs, I would hope that the box would have___________ in it.

And I would prefer that it didn’t have any __________ in it.

Since I am a responsible collector, my entire collection has been meticulously entered on rfgeneration.com (OR i is entered at this location: [link to your collection here]) so that you can see what I already have.  You can also check my RFGeneration wishlist to see what I really want more than anything in the whole wide __________.

Please remember to send out my domestic package by December 10th or my international package by December 2nd so that I don’t receive my package late and have to resort to _________________ on Christmas morning.

Thank you, Santa!

Sincerely
(RFGen User Name)
(Real Name and Shipping address here)

A note on writing your letter

As far as your wishlist goes, Be as specific as you want or as general as you want just remember that the more options you give your Santa, the easier you will be to shop for.  Say things like:

I would like any NES carts not already in my collection

or

I would love to get some spare controllers for NES, SNES, Genesis, or Saturn.

or

I would really like to get any of the following SNES games: x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, etc.

Add as much room as you need, you don't have to say what you would like to get in just a few words.

Step 3
Once your package arrives, or on Christmas morning, post pics of your Secret Santa package here (and in Small Scores if you like)

The MINIMUM value of the items you must send to your Secret Santa is $20. You may give more if you choose, but $20 is the minimum. If you are unsure about what you are sending, give a little more, after all, it’s Christmas!

Due to a VERY small number of scams in years past, The RFGen Secret Santa 2022 is available to established RFGen members OR to anyone who has an established member vouch for them.  If you are unsure if you are an established member, shoot me a PM.


2022 Participating Members

Disposed Hero-package received
douglie007-package received
Game Ruler-package received
Ikariniku-package received
josulli3-package received
koola6-package received
Mr_Stubbes-package received
shaggy-package received
singlebanana-package received
slackur-package received
ugr-package received
Wempster-package received
WildBil52-package received

a bold member name signifies that Santa has received and reviewed your letter and no further action is necessary.  Please allow a few days from when you send your letter for your name to turn bold.

WOO I'm in! Sending my letter now. Don't worry about posting a little late this year!

I'm in, I'll get it done soon.

I was wondering if were doing one this year.  Excited to do it again, I'm in!!

I'm in!

Count me in!

In! Yay! :)

I'm in!

Now it feels like the holiday season!

UPDATE:  Letter sent!

I'm in too!

Edit: My letter has been sent!

Letter sent!  Also pretty sure that GameRuler sent his letter in too. ;)

i'm in!

(the letter has been sent, as well)

OK, I guess I'm in.

And, letter sent!

I’ll play again! Last year was a blast.

need to get you a letter, but I would really like to set aside some time and do this. I'm in. thanks!

We need one more for an even number and I need all letters today!

letter is sent as of 3ish hours ago, I'm not bold though, did you get it?

sent my letter, sorry was a busy week.

Started assembling my gift.  This gonna be good (if I do say so, myself).

You got your letter already?  I'm still waiting for mine.

Check your spam filters, I guess.  I got it Saturday when Bil said the letters would go out.

Ha, for some reason it went to my spam this year!  I've been waiting and waiting for it, thinking Santa forgot to send it to me.

I started getting my gift together as well. I'm hoping the recipient's excitement matches my own!

Got my present today, Santa was really on the ball this year!!  I'll put up pictures later.

I only haven't sent my gift because I might add to it.  Don't worry, Santa will get to the post office on time!

Mine has been shipped!

I'm hoping to get Koola's and mine out soon; sadly we've had to deal with online orders for our gifting that arrived broken and one 'clever' fellow that sent a case with a hunk of broken black plastic inside instead of a cartridge. Just waiting on one last detail to arrive :D

In the meantime, my own package arrived and I hope to do a video for it soon.

YOU FAILED TO MEET MY DEADLINE
I'M RESORTING TO VIOLINS

(this is a joke. leave your violins at home they will not be touched)

Sent my gift off this afternoon! Should hopefully be delivered Wednesday/Thursday.

With the help of slackur, my gift package has been sent off.

I forgot to put a letter in my box of goodies 🙃  Someone going to be very confused

I was the Secret Santa to Wempster I got him Cave Story + for Nintendo Switch and I hope he enjoys it and I hope mine comes this weekend

I got my Secret Santa's box came today! It's under the tree, I hope I can wait until Xmas!

I was running late and only just mailed my gift out today. The recipient should hopefully still get it before Christmas!

I also received my gift yesterday and didn't wait long to tear into it. I'll post pics sometime this weekend, but spoiler alert: my Secret Santa killed it! Awesome gift this year! Thanks so much!

Just FYI, my SS came in a long time ago (I was quite impressed with the speed!) and the gifts were so cool!  I was planning on making a short video for it, and then... well, if I can't get a video out soon I'll just post pics.  Thanks again Santa, I was very impressed and delighted by the goodies you sent!

Received my Secret Santa gift yesterday and my gift should have also arrived yesterday according to Pirate Ship. I also tore into mine with deliberate speed and WOWWWWW....... I am overwhelmed by the generosity.  I will post pics soon.

I received mine.... I think.

It looks like my gift made it to its recipient, and I also got my gift on Thursday. I of course opened the box immediately because I have no self control and will post pictures soon!

Guess who's Secret Santa came in today?

Stay tuned to https://youtube.com/@koolaslackurpodcast/

Will be having a special video there soon!

Here's my SS gift! Some very nice unexpected surprises in here. Thanks so much to my Secret Santa!

(https://i.imgur.com/m2eOTPF.jpg)

You're welcome :)

Enjoy! This is actually the (kinda) first episode of koola and slackur's obscure gaming theater, with some more podcast and gaming episodes coming soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU0lEL4MiR0

So my Secret Santa really knocked it out of the park.  So awesome!  Only 94 games to go!

(https://i.imgur.com/iDoo1o8.jpg)

Glad everything made it to you in one piece! Enjoy the games Shaggy!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to the rfgeneration crew!  We’re out of town on vacation currently, but are looking forward to sharing our Secret Santa when we return!  Stay warm!

(https://i.imgur.com/3Ff2i2P.jpeg)Thanks Santa!

Another year, another batch of great hockey games! Thanks, Disposed Santa!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E965fMU9Nlc

Awesome, glad you liked the gifts!

THANK YOUY!

For real, dude, these all look brand new.

You have to have all the hockey games ever released by now.

There are about 8 systems that I still need 2-3 games each so I'm getting close.  PC is the killer, there are about 20 there that I still need and they are hard to come by at a decent price

Sorry for the timing on this. Work and the Holidays have definitely been taking their toll on me. Just wanted to say a big thank you to my Secret Santa, or in this case my Secret Singlebanana!

(https://i.imgur.com/BSeMexN_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium)

A sincere thanks to my Secret Santa!  The Quest for the Rings, even incomplete is a welcome addition to my Odyssey2 collection.  I've almost pulled the trigger so many times, so I'm glad to finally have it.  I'm working on pictures, but I had to reshuffle my apartment twice after receiving the gift for various apartment maintenance reasons, so the gift got shuffled into the collection somewhere.

Hey gang!

So my wife and I are blown away by our awesome Secret Santa gift... we weren't able to open it until today, as we've been out of town, and a friend picked up our packages while we were out... but the wait was worth it :)

We've got a very feisty 6 month old, and these onsies will be perfect for her  alfador

Oh, and I forgot to explicitly say it, but a huge THANK YOU to my Secret Santa!

Ooh very fancy! especially that one in the middle!