Our beloved AO tradition celebrating friendship and giving in the spirit of Dobby the elf is back! Gifts for this version of Secret Santa are all accessible via AO, and gifts are shared at the start of January so there's enough time to prepare.

Everyone who signs up will be given the name of another member, and will have about a month to create a gift. You'll (secretly!) submit your gift to Dobby who will deliver it for you when all of the gifts are in.

How to Participate

• Post in this thread to sign up!
• Please sign up by December 10th
• When sign-ups end, you will receive a PM with your Dobby Swap
• Keep your swap a secret!
• Send your present to the Dobby Swap account by January 4th
• The Dobby Swap team will deliver the gifts when we have received all of them!
• Once you receive yours, you are free to share your gifts in this thread!

Gift Ideas

Pick one of these or do your own thing!

• Drawing of a character
• Avatar and/or signature images
• Photo manips or collages
• Fashion sets
• Poems, songs, or stories about a member's characters
• Playlists/mixtapes
• Tumblr blogs
• Your other clever ideas!

Reminders

Remember that gifts should not cost anything and should be something Dobby can deliver by PM!

If your Dobby Swap has a lot of characters, you can always choose to focus on just one or two. (But feel free to include all if them if you would like!) Have fun with it!

If you have questions about signing up, need help with your gift, or if something comes up before the deadline, feel free to reach out to the Dobby Swap organizers.

Been away from AO for awhile? That's okay! Sign up, or pop in and say hello!

 

Count me in!

Me!

Me 2.

I'm in!

Add me to the list!  Winter holidays are just around the corner and I'm so very ready!

Last day to sign up for the Dobby Swap! Post here if interested!

Making it official since I bleated on Discord.

Dobby offers a gentle reminder that the Gift Swap Day will be here soon! Please send your gifts via PM to the Dobby account by Friday, January 4th!

Dobby kindly requests that all participants send in their gifts today! Please PM Dobby if you need any help!

Dobby has sent out the gifts! Feel free to share them in this thread!

*gasp* It's the Sellaphixes! You found great pictures of this lot. Thank you CODY! It's going in my family thread.

They're just doing their best.

Kit sent me the most beautiful drawings of my characters! (link)

The expressions and postures of all of them are so spot on! Abby who looks like she's ready to indulge in gossip, Eirene who is ready to deduct points even though she's not a prefect (yet), sulky Sulwen, and Fauna who is just chuffed to have so many outfit options that make her look like a total badass. Thank you so much, Kit! I love them!

...Eirene who is ready to deduct points even though she's not a prefect (yet),

True fact, I considered adding a prefect badge to Eirene.

Also, I confess they are not drawn by me but I used an online tool to make them. But I am so pleased you like them!

Nuri is the perfect poet and wrote me this wonderful poem for Balhann <3 Thank you so much!