# \*Official\*Secret Santa - Christmas in July **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [June 5, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380 "2019-06-05T09:38:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/121 "2019-07-15T22:15:30Z")
Yep as @twitch77 said, deadline is Friday, July 26th. ---
**Author:** ![dam720](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dam720/32/51442_2.png) [@dam720](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dam720)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/122 "2019-07-15T22:41:37Z")
Wow, just WOW. I am such a lucky guy here is what my awesome Secret Santa sent me. ![IMG_1047](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/7/6/6766de6ff59be4136c4354cfd401185003a60608.jpeg) I think I know who you are but I don’t want to be wrong…😊 You truly exceeded any expectations and went above and beyond and truly brought the spirit of the exchange. I am so thankful I found this wonderful group and thankful for my Secret Santa. ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/123 "2019-07-15T22:52:51Z")
Holy hell…that was amazingly kind of your secret santa (I know who it is!). What a haul! This really puts my package to shame! lol makes me feel slightly guilty! \>.\<’ ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/124 "2019-07-15T22:57:32Z")
Holy cow! I think we have a winner lol ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/125 "2019-07-15T22:57:42Z")
Also, what is the silver coin in the middle of the table? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drastic69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drastic69/32/58006_2.png) [@Drastic69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Drastic69)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/126 "2019-07-16T00:07:08Z")
I sent mine out today! ---
**Author:** ![Drastic69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drastic69/32/58006_2.png) [@Drastic69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Drastic69)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/127 "2019-07-16T00:08:36Z")
Holy crap! Congrats, that is amazing! Your Secret Santa (which I think I know who it is) went above and beyond! ---
**Author:** ![dam720](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dam720/32/51442_2.png) [@dam720](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dam720)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/128 "2019-07-16T00:19:16Z")
It’s a 501st legion coin… it’s pretty badass. I’ll have to get a close up for you a bit later. ---
**Author:** ![Z\_Car](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/z_car/32/72879_2.png) [@Z\_Car](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Z_Car)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/129 "2019-07-16T00:28:40Z")
Dang, that’s a sweet mail day there. I was thinking I put together a nice little gift until I seen that, lol. We definitely got some good people in our community. ---
**Author:** ![witchgrinder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/witchgrinder/32/57591_2.png) [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/130 "2019-07-16T00:48:50Z")
The rest of my stuff came today, so I’ll be shipping mine out tomorrow. Glad to see it’s already off to an awesome start! (Might be kicking myself for not jumping on that Olympiad…) ---
**Author:** ![Durfee](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/durfee/32/593280_2.png) [@Durfee](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Durfee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/131 "2019-07-16T01:36:17Z")
I don’t like to do these things because I don’t want to disappoint people and I’m very particular so I don’t want the person who would get me to feel like I don’t appreciate their gift. ---
**Author:** ![dam720](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/dam720/32/51442_2.png) [@dam720](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/dam720)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:16am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/132 "2019-07-16T02:16:29Z")
Here are the two sides of the coin I promised. ![IMG_9914](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/8/2/282eb9c8c1021e7a481db670a84f2eb2ffe1804a.jpeg) ![IMG_1046](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/7/6/e76a9d10387e4907e0c82214e12a78867707acd5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/133 "2019-07-16T02:27:17Z")
That is so cool! ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/134 "2019-07-16T17:36:52Z")
Santa stopped by my front door this morning!!! ![FullSizeRender](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/d/6/8d6ecced446dcbd445b2f0a2a4f3499f7c39283a.jpeg) More greens to add to my collection!! _/is happy_ A Green One Drop Gauntlet A Green YoYoFactory Whip 4 Green Zipline (Throws N’ Brews sig edition) strings 8 Orange Kitty strings 2 Green Bandannas 8 Snickers Darth Vader Pez Despenser Chewbacca Can Cooler/koozie Oh! And a green candy cane too! haha Jeeze…you’d think I liked green or something! lol 💚 💚 💚 🙂 Thanks Secret Santa!! ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/135 "2019-07-16T17:38:07Z")
Dang, too bad you hate the color green 😋 ---
**Author:** ![twitch77](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/twitch77/32/60219_2.png) [@twitch77](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/twitch77)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/136 "2019-07-17T02:18:02Z")
I am totally falling in love with my gauntlet! (confession I fall in love with most my throws! lol 💚). Thanks secret santa for shipping it with a concave bearing too! (hehehe I know who you are! 😃 you did great with this package and I really appreciate it man!). :heart: It’s an organic, so it feels fantastic in hand! It’s stable on the string, long spinning, smooth as butter, and just feels so right in so many ways I don’t have words for right now. I’m on simple tricks yet, but it eats up everything I can throw at it with ease and then asks for seconds! And since it feels so good to throw around, it’s hard to want to put it down! This is likely not a throw I would’ve ever picked up (I keep collecting extra side effects I don’t really need…so I need to start adding more one drops that use them to my collection lol)…but dang! I’m THRILLED to have it now that it’s been gifted to me! And also…the color! Such a beautiful green! I love these honey moon periods with yos haha…that period where you’re in complete love with the things :D. —edit– Oh! And the zipline strings! I have some ziplines, but haven’t used them in something like a month (been really liking my kitty fats!). At first the string was rough and stiff…but wow after just a short time of throwing it’s smoothed out and is now really soft and feels considerably better than my kitties. It holds tension way better…and I suck with words, but it holds it’s shape (haha NO clue how to word this) so much better! Plus…the strings are green!!! Obviously they’re like the best things ever!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![witchgrinder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/witchgrinder/32/57591_2.png) [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/137 "2019-07-17T19:17:55Z")
I may have made a quick pen and paper checklist to see who has sent and received. Looks like at least half of us have shipped and two received. It’s not entirely accurate, but it gives us a general idea of how it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/drastic69/32/58006_2.png) [@Drastic69](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Drastic69)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/138 "2019-07-17T19:55:11Z")
Got my Secret Santa package today! YYF Catch 13 YOYOSKEEL Super Zoom String Labs Plutonium ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/b/f/fbf2f95cd095d770836342da2de5b03b115f767b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![witchgrinder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/witchgrinder/32/57591_2.png) [@witchgrinder](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/witchgrinder)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/139 "2019-07-17T20:23:42Z")
C13’s are so rad, not something you see very often. ---
**Author:** ![shatterFX](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shatterfx/32/66476_2.png) [@shatterFX](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/shatterFX)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380/140 "2019-07-17T21:17:32Z")
Okay, first of all, opening all of this was so much fun. He wrapped everything in here, and so much reminded me of Christmas when I was a kid. I won’t reveal the person, though that revealed themselves to me, until the end after everyone gets their packages. He wrote a note and was worried I might not like the yoyo or some of the random stuff…I love absolutely everything in here. I’ve already thrown the Drifter XL a bit and I can tell already I’m gonna like it. It’s big and narrow and fun and the colorway is amazing. I love the little altoids tin with yoyo string and scissors, the light up spin top, the little laser gun, the Darth Vader and Batman figures, the zippo lighter (though I did just quit smoking, I have always wanted a zippo), the little ornaments, and the other two yoyos and the little cases…but most of all i love this book. It’s “Twas the night before Christmas,” but with spaces like a madlib to fill in some of your own words; I already pictured myself reading this book to my kid for their first Christmas. This was amazing, and with my wife gone all week for a conference, it was really nice getting it today to distract. Thank you so much (you know who you are). ![20190717_170357](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/5/0/4502cb6c822e3d8a394db43965d7b96f21120a2f.jpeg) ![20190717_170329](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/6/7/0/6704f7941e6f0c5f459fa5f84a7f4c7e397c058f.jpeg) [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/official-secret-santa-christmas-in-july/303380.md?page=8)