cityarcade | Secret Santa Day Five

It's Christmas Eve! Today marks the fifth day of Chrismukkah, and you've got one more day between you and the big reveal. Everyone ready?

Each day from now through Christmas, you'll find a post like this one waiting. Leave anonymous comments with your gift for your Secret Santee (make sure to put his or her name in the subject line so they can find it!). Remember, it's okay if you don't have something every day. We do, however, encourage you to leave a little note to let them know they haven't been forgotten. Christmas Day will be a free-for-all, where you can leave presents for anyone at all and, if you so desire, reveal your identity.

Let the gift-giving begin.

NOTES: Passwords for various uploading sites, galleries, the game anon account, etc., are available here. For those of you who'd like to play around with some Photoshop but don't have access, Pixlr is a fantastic online alternative that comes close. And remember, if you're posting pictures, they won't show up in an anonymous comment, so for those kinds of comments, it's better to use the

citysecrets account.

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Santa is getting in early this time, and bringing apologies that the last two gifts were so under the wire (which is to say... late enough that the next day's post had already gone up by the time they were posted, but they're there!).

Today's comment is more a placeholder of sorts, and a promise of things to come -- the gift for day five will join the last gift on Christmas. In the meantime, we hope you're having a wonderful holiday! <3

Merry Christmas Eve, Faye! Today, Santa wants to do something a tiny bit different. Today we're going to talk about you.

Faye, you are one of the kindest, most thoughtful people I know. You're generous with your time and your love and your compassion for everyone around you, even people you don't know, makes other people want to do and be better, too. The things you love, you love so deeply, and it's a pleasure to watch you engage with old loves, new discoveries, and the desire to make the world a better place.

I know things haven't been easy for a while. You're very hard on yourself a lot of the time, in ways you would never be toward others, so I'm here to say, even when things are hard and you're slow on tags or too tired to get things done, the rest of us love you very, very dearly. Your writing is worth waiting for, but more importantly, you're worth waiting for and worth every bit of love that comes your way.

I hope your holidays are merry and bright and that 2019 is kinder.

♥

Eep! Thank you so much, dear Santa, I mean it from the bottom of my heart. I honestly don't know what to say except that this was very well timed and incredibly valued no matter the timing. I'm not always sure I live up to that love, but I aspire to it.

I wish I could give you a big glomp in person for it but this virtual one will have to do <333

To paraphrase Love, Actually, "We beg your indulgence and forgiveness."

We elves just want you to know how much we've enjoyed whipping up silly images and crafts for you and how much we love being your friend co-player all year round. You're a kind, generous, and enthusiastic person and we look forward to playing with you for 2019!

Edited 2018-12-24 23:51 (UTC)

Awww, thank you, Santa! You've been absolutely delightful. ♥

Merry Christmas Eve, Tal!

Today is all about the kudos. Now, Santa hasn't been fortunate enough to thread much with yours -- something I hope to change in the New Year! -- but it's clear every time Guy tags or posts that you care very deeply both for the character and for his canon and the history of it.

That's a hard thing to do, and so for Christmas Eve, I wanted to let you know how awesome it is to see your tags. You have such a genuine and compelling a pup in Guy and as someone who has never seen the canon (but knows a bit about the history), your writing makes his personality sparkle! He's a wonderfully complex character - both a little flamboyant and flirty while also deeply concerned about politics and his friends - and he absolutely comes across as a real person and a real person from that time period.

So absolute kudos on your writing, and on developing such an individual voice for Guy -- and for making Santa need to go back and find a way to watch this series! Officially added to the list for when Santa and his elves have some downtime!

Awww, thank you so much Santa! You make me blush!

For the canon, I refer you to Becca, who I think has CS on demand, I think. :D:D:D:D

Something cozy for Christmas Eve in your inbox. <333

Thank you, Santa! How generous you've been to me this year. <3333333

GREETING!!!! IT HOLIDAY GRITTY, BACK AGAIN!

With apologies, your Santa is squeaking in under the wire (for their time zone)/late (for yours) with some points for Jenny and Julia! Enjoy <3333333

HOLIDAY GRITTY!!!! This is so generous, thank you! And do not worry at all about the time, time zones are fiddly and my schedule is bonkers anyway. :D ♥

Secret Santa Day Five

Abigail

Faye

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Stef

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Tal!

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Caitlin

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Laine

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