It's that time of the year again?
What time?
The time where everyone sends me their address and I mail them a Christmas card!
Sounds dangerous.
Don't worry, I'm only going to use it to send you a Christmas card. Nothing else.
Even if I live in Canada, the UK, Finland, Hungary, Australia, or India?
Yes. Anywhere in the world, provided you get me your address in the next week or two.
Why so soon? It's not even Christmas time yet.
Well, international shipping takes a while. Also, I need time to write two dozen cards, and buy the postage.
Won't international postage be expensive?
Yes, however, depending on how many internationals I have to send, it might be cheaper to send all of the the cards for a particular nation in a parcel to one person to distribute locally, rather than sending a bunch individually.
So will you need someone in Canada and someone in the UK willing to distribute the cards locally, to save you international postage?
Yes. If anyone is willing, they can post here, or PM me. I will probably mail a large envelope containing several cards to a single person, who can then send them using local mail to the people in their country. It should be much cheaper for me, and minimal to the distributer.
Ok, I am going to give you my address!
Whoa, slow down. If you don't want to publicly post your address, you can PM it to me, or email it to me at helleq at gmail dot com. If you do give me your address, post here so others will know you are willing, and so I know how many addresses to expect. Also, please don't send me bogus addresses. Postage and cards cost money.
Ok now I am going to give you my address!
Not just yet... When you give me your address, please put it in this format:
Massassi Name
Real Name
123 Streetname
City, State
Zip/Local Code
International information (if applicable)
I will use your real name on the outside envelope, and your Massassi name on the inside of the card, unless otherwise specified. If you don't want your parents/wife/girlfriend/friends to know you're getting cards from strangers on the internet, let me know, and I will only use your real name.
So you're going to send a card to anyone who wants one? Even people who don't like you?
Yup, anyone. It's something fun and nice to do for Christmas time.
Wow, sounds fun!
Then everyone can go ahead and post their addresses, or any questions or concerns they have!
[ There seems to be some confusion as to how this works. Let me clarify.
You give me your address. I send you a Christmas Card, nothing else. You don't have to send anything. No one else gets your address. Other than giving me your address, you don't have to do anything, it's all one way. It's not an exchange, just a card from me to you.
Also, each card is personalized for the recipient. It's not just a "Merry Christmas from Steven" stamp on each one. I draw pictures or write funny things. Maybe some of those who got one last year can post a scan, if they still have the car lying about somewhere. ]
What time?
The time where everyone sends me their address and I mail them a Christmas card!
Sounds dangerous.
Don't worry, I'm only going to use it to send you a Christmas card. Nothing else.
Even if I live in Canada, the UK, Finland, Hungary, Australia, or India?
Yes. Anywhere in the world, provided you get me your address in the next week or two.
Why so soon? It's not even Christmas time yet.
Well, international shipping takes a while. Also, I need time to write two dozen cards, and buy the postage.
Won't international postage be expensive?
Yes, however, depending on how many internationals I have to send, it might be cheaper to send all of the the cards for a particular nation in a parcel to one person to distribute locally, rather than sending a bunch individually.
So will you need someone in Canada and someone in the UK willing to distribute the cards locally, to save you international postage?
Yes. If anyone is willing, they can post here, or PM me. I will probably mail a large envelope containing several cards to a single person, who can then send them using local mail to the people in their country. It should be much cheaper for me, and minimal to the distributer.
Ok, I am going to give you my address!
Whoa, slow down. If you don't want to publicly post your address, you can PM it to me, or email it to me at helleq at gmail dot com. If you do give me your address, post here so others will know you are willing, and so I know how many addresses to expect. Also, please don't send me bogus addresses. Postage and cards cost money.
Ok now I am going to give you my address!
Not just yet... When you give me your address, please put it in this format:
Massassi Name
Real Name
123 Streetname
City, State
Zip/Local Code
International information (if applicable)
I will use your real name on the outside envelope, and your Massassi name on the inside of the card, unless otherwise specified. If you don't want your parents/wife/girlfriend/friends to know you're getting cards from strangers on the internet, let me know, and I will only use your real name.
So you're going to send a card to anyone who wants one? Even people who don't like you?
Yup, anyone. It's something fun and nice to do for Christmas time.
Wow, sounds fun!
Then everyone can go ahead and post their addresses, or any questions or concerns they have!
[ There seems to be some confusion as to how this works. Let me clarify.
You give me your address. I send you a Christmas Card, nothing else. You don't have to send anything. No one else gets your address. Other than giving me your address, you don't have to do anything, it's all one way. It's not an exchange, just a card from me to you.
Also, each card is personalized for the recipient. It's not just a "Merry Christmas from Steven" stamp on each one. I draw pictures or write funny things. Maybe some of those who got one last year can post a scan, if they still have the car lying about somewhere. ]
I'm totally in.
