?Christmas Gift Exchange for Mom's Or Dad's?
 

I was wondering if it would be possable to have a Christmas gift exchange for the Mom's or Dad's here at YT. I thought this would be fun and nice thing for all the Mom's or Dad's that would like to join in on something like this? What do you think and what do others here at YT think on doing this?
Patti

I like the idea.

I like this idea too!

I like the idea too... in the signup would you have people state their interests or something though? I'm just thinking it could be hard to buy for someone you don't really know?

me too.
 

and I'd be more then willing to do the fee for it...

me too!

I think it's a great idea.:thumbup: If we all updated our personal profiles, like someone else suggested, all the information would be available.

sounds like fun, I would do it :)

This idea is AWESOME!!!! This could be alot of fun!!!!!!!!:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

I didn't know where to post this question, was hoping the Administrator would see it here, didn't know where to ask him but thought here?????
Thanks, Patti

I'm putting a Yorkie on my list. JK

I agree we would definitely need some ideas.

You can try PM them, just incase they dont see it...

bumping

We are open to the idea of Gift Exchanges for YorkieTalk Mom & Dads if there is enough interest among our members here. We are not sure if it would be difficult or not to "shop" for your member or how that would work at this point. If anyone has any ideas, please reply.

We would require partcipants be YorkieTalk Donating Members with a minimum age of 18 (or with their parents' approval). Thus, YorkieTalk could ensure that each and every Gift Exchange participant will receive a gift even if their Secret Buddy doesn't send a gift.

We would like at least 10 willing participants (though 20 or more would be ideal) to start a Gift Exchange.

We also would allow participants in countries other than the USA or Canada, but the cost of shipping is extraordinarily high for packages, thus we would require a $20 shipping fee for overseas participants per Gift Exchange. This fee would be directly paid to the Secret Buddy who is sending the gift overseas.

If members want to exchange gifts one on one with another fellow YT member and friend, that is fine by us and encouraged, however, we do not allow threads for "unofficial" YT Gift Exchanges or looking for people to exchange gifts with.

I think this is a great idea! Perhaps we could have a theme or depending on the number of participants, various themes and you could take part in one that is applicable or of interest to you.

What if we had a sign up similar to the Buddy Exchange sign ups.
your first name
age
favorite color
do you collect anything
your hobbies or interests
anything special you would like your secret pal to know about you

Something like that. It would give a pretty good idea of the person so picking out a gift wouldn't be too hard. There are always gifts that most people like. Stuff from Bath and Body, picture frames, candles. I don't think it would be very difficult to make this work. And it would be alot of fun and another way for us to get to know each other.

Count me in!!!

Excuse me I was mistaken in my earlier post!

I would like to. But I have to wait for admin gets my donation should be in a few days.

Id be interested!!!!

What if we just incorpoate into your next gift exchange? Maybe bump the next exchange by a month and whoever you get you buy your normal yorkie gift and also for the yorkie mom/dad?

Just a thought. Two gifts in one.

Oh boy Oh boy Oh boy!
 

count me in too!! I love the idea. :)

That sounds good!

I like the idea of doing a info sheet too (much like for our Yorkies). I know when I worked at our local UA, we did "boo-buddies", "secret-santa", etc. We always did a sheet on much like listed in a previous post (shirt size, favorite color, scent, candy, food, drink, hobbies, etc).

Course, we did a little gift each day and then a big gift at the end of the week, but that wouldn't work here (of course).....but we could do it much like for your Yorkies (spending amount, time limit, etc).

You all can count me in too!

The short info questionnaire sounds like a great idea. We will definitely have that in our signup thread.

Since not everyone that does the regular Yorkie Gift Exchange will want to participate in this one, this YT People Gift Exchange will be separate. Also, some members may not be financially able to handle buying a gift for a Yorkie secret buddy as well as for the Yorkie parent too, so we will respect that.

The YT People Gift Exchange will most likely take place in December with signups in late November. We will probably look to put a suggested gift amount of $20 (though of course members can spend as much as they would like), but $20 would be the minimum amount on the gift itself (shipping is in addition to that).

The form will be something like this:

YorkieTalk Username:
Your First name:
Age:
Favorite color:
Favorite candy:
Shirt size:
Hobbies or interests:
Do you celebrate Hanukah or Christmas?
Anything special you would like your secret pal to know about you:

(If you are shy about your age, put in something "approximate" if you can, like 40s, 50s, or 60s)

How about adding wrist size to that. Maybe even home decor style.