It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the thirteenth annual SantaThing is here at last!
What’s SantaThing? SantaThing is “Secret Santa” for LibraryThing members.
Done this before?
HOW IT WORKS
You pay into the SantaThing system (between $15–$50), and pick your favorite bookseller. We match you with a participant, and you play Santa by selecting books for them. Another Santa does the same for you, in secret. LibraryThing does the ordering, and you get the joy of giving AND receiving books!
SantaThing is a joint effort between LibraryThing and Litsy. When signing up, you can opt to give and receive from members of only one community or the other, or either.
Sign up once or thrice, for yourself or someone else.
Even if you don’t want to be a Santa, you can help by suggesting books for others. Click on an existing SantaThing profile to leave a suggestion.
Every year, LibraryThing members give generously to each other through SantaThing. If you’d like to donate an entry, or want to participate, but it’s just not in the budget this year, be sure to check out our Donations Thread (here), run once again by our fantastic volunteer member, mellymel1713278.
IMPORTANT DATES
Sign-ups close MONDAY, December 2nd at 12pm EST. By that evening, we’ll notify you via profile comment who your Santee is, and you can start picking books.
You’ll then have a week to pick your books, until MONDAY, December 9th at 12pm EST. As soon as the picking ends, the ordering begins, and we’ll get all the books out to you as soon as we can.
» Go sign up to become a Secret Santa now!
WHAT ELSE?
Once again this year, we’re thrilled to be partnering with Print as our official local SantaThing store once again. Print is a great indie bookstore located in Portland, ME (not far from LibraryThing HQ!). Other new additions: Amazon.de has expanded their free shipping options, which is good news for all. Sadly, Audible still doesn’t allow for the gifting of individual audiobooks. If you’d like audiobooks, be sure to say so in your SantaThing profile, and your Secret Santa can select CD copies of those from your store of choice.
Just like last year, the Kindle option is available to all members, regardless of location. So long as your Kindle is registered on Amazon.com (not .co.uk, .ca, etc.), you can elect to receive your SantaThing gifts as Kindle ebooks. See more information about Kindle and SantaThing here.
SHIPPING
Some of our booksellers are able to offer free shipping, and some are not. Depending on your bookseller of choice, you may receive $5 less in books, to cover shipping costs. You can find details about shipping costs and holiday ordering deadlines for each of our booksellers here on the SantaThing Help page.
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
This is our THIRTEENTH year of SantaThing. See the SantaThing Help page further details and FAQ.
Feel free to ask your questions over on this Talk topic, or you can contact Kate directly at kate@librarything.com.
Happy SantaThinging!
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I haven’t received my Santee yet so just wanted to confirm all was received.
Hi Tracey,
Matches haven’t been made quite yet, but they’re coming!
Just wanted to report that I received the first of my books today! (There does not seem to be an arrivals map yet.)
Also, do we get to see who our Santa was so we can thank them? I’d also be rather curious about the comments other people left — I bet there are some good recommendations there as well.
🙂 Susan in Berlin
Received my first Santa Thing bok today!
Excellent choice!
Can’t wait to see what else arrives.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.