HollyJollyOne

Forms in from 36 of the 62 participants so far, with many of those saying they would like to pick live before using their form. If you have said you'd like to pick live, or you haven't submitted a form, you'll have 5-minutes to make your pick before we either move on to your form or move on from you. Any player who gets moved on from may pick as soon as they come back from whatever prizes are still available. Since there are 62 Participants and 72 Prizes, once we hit player 62 the picking will continue in reverse until all 72 prizes are claimed. (So it''l go like this: 60 - 61 - 62 - 62 (63) - 61 (64) - 60 (65) - 59 (66) - 58 (67)... etc.) Have a good night, everyone.

NO! @thirdgreenham Yes... sorry. Names are picked, forms started rolling in.

Thank you very much @HolidayHam and an even bigger thanks to your wonderful elves.

last place gets 2 picks.

I know.. I know.. I know

+1

I've added the link to the 2019 Holiday Raffle Ranking Form to my post above. Happy Holidays everyone.

Okay folks here it is. This is the Finalized List Of Raffle Donations (In Spoilers... Click on images for a larger view) The Raffle Submission Form is linked below: https://form.jotform.com/193566390044158 It's pretty simple: Click the link to go to the form Fill out the personal information (only your CGC Board Name is required) Rank the prizes in order of preference from 1 - 72 (You DO NOT have to rank every prize, usually 20 or so is good, but please do all if you want) Click Submit on the bottom of the form If you've entered your email (which you should) you'll get a copy of your submitted form. @The Sledder and I will also get a copy of this form. Please refrain from changing your mind every 5-seconds and submitting a bunch of different forms. It creates confusion and despite our happy disposition, we will not be responsible for mass confusion. The raffle starts Friday, December 27th at NOON (EST). Please have the form in by this time if not sooner.

I say yes.

Apparently, I was being extremely optimistic when I made this statement. Ranking form will now (hopefully) be up late tonight... after the monsters my children go to bed.

Thanks for all the great donations. Hopefully any edits to prizes have been done by now, but if you do, for whatever reason, decide to edit your donation post, please BUMP that post so everyone can see it. I'll begin working on finalizing the ranking form. Hopefully it will be up within the next few hours. As for the drawing of names... that could come anytime between now and the start of the raffle. Keep your eyes open.

Thanks for all the great donations. For all those who have, and all those who will donate before the cut-off tomorrow (Monday, 12/23 at 12pm EST) make certain that your shipping preferences are correct. Unless specifically noted, it is assumed that shipping will be worldwide on you. I'm already working on the ranking submission form and I will go through the thread after cutoff tomorrow just to make certain I have everything correct. Once the ranking form has been finalized, and the link has been posted, it will not be amended.

Since I have no life, I've gone through the PMs and this thread, and would like to share a few numbers... just because you comic people like that kind of thing. Participants = 80 Number of Participants who have confirmed (either through PM or in this thread) that they have sent a gift = 60 Number of Participants who have confirmed (either through PM or in this thread) that they have received a gift = 37 Hopefully others, who have yet to do so, will chime in over the next couple of days.

All PMs have been read... according to board software.

What's the record for the number of board members who did not receive a gift by the 25th for any given year?

If any Secret Santa notices that their recipient has posted that they are patiently waiting, please feel free to send me a message to pass along to them and help set their minds at ease. Also, if you've received your gift and haven't posted you've received something, please do so as well and help let your SS know that it has arrived safely. I'm always happy to pass along info.

That picture looks strangely familiar... Looks perfect.

I'd like to tag the few people who have commented in this thread that they would participate but have yet to post a prize. Cut-off time for donations is this coming Monday (12/23) at noon eastern. @Turtle @theCapraAegagrus @999ghosts @Arak Zantara @Mayor006 @comicquant @toro @fastballspecial @Ron C.

It's hard sometimes for people to feel like they're whining about a gift, but it's really important for the community and towards personal mental health, to let me know, even if it's just a quick PM.

I also want to post another reminder about the Holiday Raffle. Cut-off time for donations is 12/23 at noon and the only way to get your name into the raffle is to donate something. As of now, donations are down over 50% from where they were last year. Click the link below, check it out, and join the fun.

It has happened in the past and we have a list of people who, via the Gift Exchange Sign-Up Form on page 1, have indicated that they are willing to be a back-up Santa. I would hope that if someone is stiffed by their Secret Santa that they would either post about it or contact me directly and let me start investigating and assigning a back-up. I have no problem at all publicly calling out a dead-beat Santa and it should be known that not following through on your Gift Exchange is grounds for probation nomination. That said, I would never assign a back-up until after the 25th of December unless I was specifically told by the Secret Santa that they could not/would not follow through. As it says in the opening post, "Everyone who signs up will get a gift... sooner or later." In fmaz's case, it's on its way.

29 confirmed raffle donations so far. If you've said you're in but haven't posted a prize yet, now's the time. Donation cutoff is under a week away (12/23 @ noon). Last year we had 77...