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Mara Jade

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Post a picture of a gift you gave
« on: October 23, 2020, 02:08:56 pm »
I am doing a secret Santa online, and I'm making a gift for the person I was assigned. The person is on facebook and in a few fan groups I'm in, but we are not friends and don't know each other. The gift is customized to the fandom we are both in. (Like we are both Dr. Who fans, and I'm making a Dr. Who scarf, something like that.)

Would it be appropriate after sending the gift, and waiting some amount of time, to post a picture of the gift in the fan group? If it turns out well I'd like to show off a little, but I also don't want to steal anyone's thunder and post a picture first. How long should I wait? Or should I just post on my own facebook page? Or not at all?
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Re: Post a picture of a gift you gave
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2020, 02:22:34 pm »
Post it on your personal facebook page, and give the recipient a chance to post it on the group page.
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Re: Post a picture of a gift you gave
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2020, 03:08:26 pm »
Quote from: Mara Jade on October 23, 2020, 02:08:56 pm
I am doing a secret Santa online, and I'm making a gift for the person I was assigned. The person is on facebook and in a few fan groups I'm in, but we are not friends and don't know each other. ...

When she receives the gift you made will she also then find out who her Secret Santa was?    I have no idea how this works, but I suspect that if she likes the gift (and of course she will) she herself would post a picture of it and say "Guys!  Look at this!   See this fantastic thing Mara Jade made for me?   I'm so impressed by the quality of the craftsmanship and I just really, really love this!"
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Re: Post a picture of a gift you gave
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2020, 03:43:05 pm »
If you leave out any reference to giving to a member of the group, I think it would be okay.   

Present as more of a showing off something I made instead of showing off what wonderful gift-giver I am. 

Secret Santa type gifting events are notoriously lopsided.  Some people are wonderful gifters and some are, ahem, remarkably bad.  I've had enough lousy ones that I dont participate anymore, but if I did, i wouldn't necessarily want to see how much better everyone else's Santa was.

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Re: Post a picture of a gift you gave
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2020, 02:42:38 pm »
Quote from: oogyda on October 23, 2020, 03:43:05 pm
If you leave out any reference to giving to a member of the group, I think it would be okay.   

Present as more of a showing off something I made instead of showing g off what wonderful gift-giver I am. 

Secret Santa type gifting events are notoriously lopsided.  Some people are wonderful gifters and some are, ahem, remarkably bad.  I've had enough lousy bones that I dont participate anymore, but if I did, i wouldn't necessarily want to see how much better everyone else's Santa was.

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Re: Post a picture of a gift you gave
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2020, 10:46:16 am »
Quote from: Mara Jade on October 23, 2020, 02:08:56 pm
I am doing a secret Santa online, and I'm making a gift for the person I was assigned. The person is on facebook and in a few fan groups I'm in, but we are not friends and don't know each other. The gift is customized to the fandom we are both in. (Like we are both Dr. Who fans, and I'm making a Dr. Who scarf, something like that.)

Would it be appropriate after sending the gift, and waiting some amount of time, to post a picture of the gift in the fan group? If it turns out well I'd like to show off a little, but I also don't want to steal anyone's thunder and post a picture first. How long should I wait? Or should I just post on my own facebook page? Or not at all?

Since this is an online gift exchange for an online group, I'm thinking that posting photos of the gifts received will just be part of the "event". I'd actually find it unusual if the receivers of the gifts didn't post "Look at the adorable knitted baby yoda that Mara sent me!" It would be like being in an in person secret santa gift exchange, opening, closing it and not showing anyone what was given. Be the first to start the trend. When you get yours, share a photo with a compliment and thank you to the giver. I'm sure it will start a chain reaction.

If the recipient doesn't post a photo after others do, then wait till a few weeks after Christmas and then post to one of your fan groups with just saying it was something you made. You don't need to mention that it is was for a gift.

Or you could go the other way. Post when you finish that it is something you just made. Don't mention why. And hopefully the recipient will see it and be excited once that it ended up being a gift to them.
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Re: Post a picture of a gift you gave
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2020, 04:17:59 pm »
If it does turn out well, I'd like to post a photo so other people can make their own if they like it. I want to contribute to groups I'm in. I'll definitely wait until well after Christmas before posting, and it's a good idea to not mention it was a gift. But making it for someone you've never met, it's possible they don't like it or they just don't post photos on Facebook, I don't want to wait forever for someone to maybe post it or not.

I have the option of telling the person who I am. I'm leaning towards not telling.
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