🎄 Orchard Ave Secret Santa Society – Good Faith Fee 🎁

Our first-ever VIP gift exchange — festive, thoughtful, and full of OA magic!

Welcome to the very first Orchard Ave Secret Santa Society! This is a fun, meaningful way for our OA community to spread joy, give thoughtfully, and make someone’s holiday season extra special. ✨

Your purchase today covers your $10 Good Faith Entry Fee (no tax added). This fee helps ensure that every single participant receives a gift. If someone fails to send theirs, this fund will be used to help replace it (but clearly this fund will not cover multiple gifts if participants don’t follow the rules); any money not needed will be donated to a local Colorado charity at the end of the exchange. ❤️

🎁 How It Works

Purchase this listing → This registers you for the Secret Santa Society.

1. You’ll receive an email invitation to join our Elfster Gift Exchange (Elfster app is free + very easy to use).
2. Create or update your Elfster wishlist so your Secret Santa knows what you actually love.
3. Names will be drawn on Wednesday night November 26th.
4. You will purchase a thoughtful gift valued at a minimum of $75 (not including shipping).
5. You must ship your gift by December 12th so everyone receives their surprise before Christmas.
6. Keep your match a secret — you’re welcome to sign a card inside the gift, but until then… 🤫😉
7. We’ll encourage everyone to share pictures + teasers in the group as gifts start arriving!

📌 Requirements (must-read before joining!)

To participate, you must be able to:

• ✔ Use the Elfster app or website (very simple!)
• ✔ Create a wishlist for your Santa to shop from
• ✔ Spend at least $75 on your person (excluding shipping)
• ✔ Ship your gift by the deadline — December 12th
• ✔ Keep your match 100% secret
• ✔ Stay committed — no dropping out or ghosting
• ✔ Approach this with kindness, fun, and thoughtfulness

This exchange only works when everyone participates fully and follows through ❣️

✨ A Note on Thoughtful Gifting

Please use your recipient’s Elfster wishlist — it’s an important part of keeping this exchange meaningful!

You can absolutely add a little something extra that feels like “you,” but don’t go totally rogue. Thoughtful > random.

There’s something so special about receiving a gift chosen just for you — no matter what phase of life you’re in. And if you’re like me, gift-giving is absolutely a love language.

🎅🏼 A New OA Tradition

This is our very first year doing the Orchard Ave Secret Santa Society — and if you aren’t able to join this time, that’s 100% ok!

We have to start somewhere, and I hope this becomes a cozy tradition that grows each year.

If you do love giving gifts, surprising someone, and being part of something festive + fun…

I can’t wait to have you in the Orchard Ave Secret Santa Society. 🎄✨