Dear Santa letters
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ds_ssdiscussionDear Santa/Giftmaker letters are a great way to elaborate on your requests and the sorts of things you enjoy or that you'd prefer not to see in the giftwork made for you. However, posting letters is totally optional; likewise, DSSS participants are not obliged by the optional details of their recipients' letters.
Notes on Letters:
• Please include your AO3 USERNAME so your giftmaker knows which letter is yours!.
• If you included an empty placeholder link in your DSSS signup, you'll need to go back and edit that post.
• If you didn't inlcude a link in your Request on AO3, you won't be able to add one now, but you can still post a letter and comment here with link or text, so your giftmaker can find it.
• If you've forgotten what you requested, you can refer to your signup at this link or by clicking "My Signups" on your AO3 profile page.
• Remember to take into account the non-story formats you included in your requests when writing your letter, in case you were matched with one of our artists, vidders or podficcers!
• Holiday or Christmas-themed giftworks are NOT required and may be unwelcome, given that DSSS is an international and multicultural exchange. If you have a preference concerning December holidays, you should mention that in your letter so your Giftmaker will know.
Everyone: please come back and check this post during the next week or two to see if your recipient has posted a letter.
Need some ideas for how to write a Dear Santa/Giftmaker letter? Check out the "santa letters" tag to see how others have done them in the past.
DSSS Reminders:
• This is a SEEKRIT exchange! Keep everything you're doing seekrit until Reveal Day, Jan. 1st!
• Your assignments are SEEKRIT until Reveal, so refrain from openly discussing your assignments or identifying your recipient.
• Under NO circumstances should you contact your recipient directly. If you have questions about your assignment (no matter how weird!), bring them to your friendly-neighborhood mods at dsss.admin@gmail.com. We'll happily relay questions to your recipient; we can even be sneaky and frame things so they're less likely guess what they're getting. *g*
• Optional Details Are Optional, at least as far as prompts go. We do ask that you respect your recipient's notes concerning things they do not want to receive. We appreciate your kindness.
Once you write your letter, paste or link it in the comments below! Make sure any linked posts are PUBLIC, since your Santa may not be on your access list. If your journal is friends-only, paste your letter below. (Asking your Santa to friend your flocked journal undermines their Seekrit Identity and ruins the fun. Don't ruin the fun! *g*) If you're a Tumblr user, please post a link to your letter here on the LJ master-post, or leave a comment on this post with your letter.
Okay! When you're ready, please comment below with your letter or link! YAY DSSS! \o/
Notes on Letters:
• Please include your AO3 USERNAME so your giftmaker knows which letter is yours!.
• If you included an empty placeholder link in your DSSS signup, you'll need to go back and edit that post.
• If you didn't inlcude a link in your Request on AO3, you won't be able to add one now, but you can still post a letter and comment here with link or text, so your giftmaker can find it.
• If you've forgotten what you requested, you can refer to your signup at this link or by clicking "My Signups" on your AO3 profile page.
• Remember to take into account the non-story formats you included in your requests when writing your letter, in case you were matched with one of our artists, vidders or podficcers!
• Holiday or Christmas-themed giftworks are NOT required and may be unwelcome, given that DSSS is an international and multicultural exchange. If you have a preference concerning December holidays, you should mention that in your letter so your Giftmaker will know.
Everyone: please come back and check this post during the next week or two to see if your recipient has posted a letter.
Need some ideas for how to write a Dear Santa/Giftmaker letter? Check out the "santa letters" tag to see how others have done them in the past.
DSSS Reminders:
• This is a SEEKRIT exchange! Keep everything you're doing seekrit until Reveal Day, Jan. 1st!
• Your assignments are SEEKRIT until Reveal, so refrain from openly discussing your assignments or identifying your recipient.
• Under NO circumstances should you contact your recipient directly. If you have questions about your assignment (no matter how weird!), bring them to your friendly-neighborhood mods at dsss.admin@gmail.com. We'll happily relay questions to your recipient; we can even be sneaky and frame things so they're less likely guess what they're getting. *g*
• Optional Details Are Optional, at least as far as prompts go. We do ask that you respect your recipient's notes concerning things they do not want to receive. We appreciate your kindness.
Once you write your letter, paste or link it in the comments below! Make sure any linked posts are PUBLIC, since your Santa may not be on your access list. If your journal is friends-only, paste your letter below. (Asking your Santa to friend your flocked journal undermines their Seekrit Identity and ruins the fun. Don't ruin the fun! *g*) If you're a Tumblr user, please post a link to your letter here on the LJ master-post, or leave a comment on this post with your letter.
Okay! When you're ready, please comment below with your letter or link! YAY DSSS! \o/
