Refuge Secret Santa - 2024: See you in November!

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and now i start going backwards to see who talked about shipping stuff out in the last day. unless of course this is 1 of 37 things purchased in the last 3 days.

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That or a complete dud after putting in zero effort would make for some A+ content.

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A complete dud when I did a Disney secret santa via Reddit once (like 8 or 9 years ago) is why it took so long for me to get my trust levels high enough to do another one. This community wouldn’t do that. Right?

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What about getting something so bad it goes on the NLU bad golf gifts twitter thread on Christmas Day?

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To be fair, @mikedabomb did that with his story(s) about his brother.

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Not gonna lie man, I got a few thoughtful gifts based mostly off of comments by my giftee in their questionnaire, but I felt like I absolutely shat the bed after seeing how deep @pjsutherland took it. Hahaha

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We’ve run a pretty tight ship the last couple of years so as much as I love a good dumpster fire I do hope that the only A+ content we get is pictures of great gifts!

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Dang. Well. @SK777 went above and beyond, exceeded expectations, made me feel guilt about my gift giving abilities, etc. Amazing selection of ITYSL items, a yeti, coffee, and useful golf items. Thank you!!

I’ve been trapped like a rat, and bored in my basement since Sunday evening due to Covid and (thankfully) none of my kids/wife are sick. So, this was a delight to open and I definitely laughed out loud multiple times.

Can’t wait when I leave isolation tomorrow, wear this final gift “pièce de résistance”, and make my wife crack up, mystify my 8 year old son, and utterly confuse my 2 year old daughter.

RANDOM!

Think you are a better secret Santa than @SK777?

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When I found out you were a ITYSL fan, I knew the main theme would be centered around that! Glad to hear you are happy with it!

I hope you feel better and can enjoy some sloppy steaks soon!

Can’t put a value on making your family laugh and hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

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We may need to #shrinkthegame with Pirateship. I had 2 packages shipped via them delivered yesterday and neither were from my Secret Santa. I liked it better when I knew something from Pirateship was coming from the refuge.

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@cav007 knocked it out of the park, thank you so much! The Just Coffee Bike Fuel has me feeling nostalgic for my post college life in Madison and the Devils travel mug will be the perfect vessel for getting extra caffeinated before morning rounds. Very timely on the Giants divot tool and ball marker as Tommy Cutlets has made the G-Men actually fun to watch for the first time this season. And to cap it all off, some Ireland tees and map for my upcoming trip in August. I assume you found my posts in the bartertown thread where I try to trade everything I own for tees in an effort to never purchase them myself :joy:

So cool to be able to connect with someone from Alberta as well!

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Sorry…did your gift include at least one $100 bill? That seems … that seems like something

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Sent. Form completed. Spirits high. Godspeed to the box of goodies.

Merry Christmas to all!

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That’s just……chef’s kiss hahahaha

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Huge thank you to @waffles for the well thought out gifts and kind words (calling my cooking aspirational?! I’m not crying, you’re crying!).

I’m real excited to crack the cookbook open, try out some new recipes while blasting the Deafheaven album, and I know my fat cats will devour these treaties.

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Perfectly played…

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Believe you may be the mystery Mike I just got a box from???

Just so happened to be home on lunch when UPS stopped by. I’ve been tracking it since I saw it pop up on my choice, and my secret Santa suspicions were confirmed.

The tea stuff is awesome, I’m always looking for new varieties to try and haven’t had loose leaf in a while after my stash ran out. Santa’s blend will definitely be in my cup Christmas morning! My current loose leaf setup is a cheap thing I got from TJ Maxx, so a definite upgrade. I’ve never heard of David’s Tea and I’ve already got about $50 worth of loose leaf tea in my cart from there.

Love the Michelle Wie bobblehead, will definitely be going on my golf display shelf.

As I went to put everything back into the box to sort through and organize this evening the sleeve of balls fell open. I noticed a circle logo and as I looked closer, we got YOTB balls baby!!!

I’ve missed out on a good bit of YOTB merch, including these balls, so yet again a sick gift that’s going into my golf display.

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