In the past we've not done it as Christmas thing here, but more as a New Years gift. We could look at doing Valentine's Day maybe? That would be mid-February so plenty of time.
What would probably make most sense for here would be to do it for Friendship Day - in 2012 it's August 5. That's quite a while at this point though, but it's worth thinking about.
Any date would be great as long as the basic concept is there.
Perhaps if the event would be placed in the months when new sets are arriving (january-march, july-september for example), members could use the parts from those sets as an extra novelty?
Conniefrere:
it's basically a klicky swap. If you enter, you'll get assigned to another member. According to his/her interests, you can make something personal. (Usually a clicky) You have to send your personalised present to that member before a certain date. In the meantime, someone has made something for you according to your interests, and has sent his/her package to you.
Both the present itself and the member who has sent it will remain a surprise until it arrives. Usually people then post images of the present they received, which might involve a story of arrival for example.
Gaetano
