For you newbies who don't know what this is, here is how it works.  You announce to the world in this thread that you intend to play.  Then you MUST PM me your name and address.  I draw names to pair or group up players.  You will receive a name and address from me via PM on or around Dec 10.  You research that person, go buy a gift, and send it to them postmarked by Dec 15.  Patiently wait by your mailbox to receive your gift (I sent your name and address to someone else who researched you, bought you a gift, and mailed it to you before Dec 14.) You can open it when you want but you must post pictures of the loot for all of us to see.

                

Here are the RULES, If you don't like them, to bad.

You MUST be over 18 to play.

You MUST have over 200 meaningful posts and be reasonably active on the forum. (I decide what is meaningful and reasonable)

You MUST proclaim your intent to participate in this thread prior to December 8.

You MUST send me a PM with your Name and Address prior to December 12.

Minimum gift amount is $25. Maximum is up to you but don't expect to get more than $25.

You may or may not get the name of the person sending your gift. 

You will get a return PM from me before Dec 10 with the name and address of the person you are buying for. 

You MUST send the gift prior to Dec 16.

You may open the package when you get it or wait to Xmas.

I will periodically post a list of official participants on this thread. It is up to you to check back after you send your PM to make sure you are on the list.


A separate thread will be started to post pictures of the loot you received.

Let the fun begin. 

I am first. I am in.

 

PM inbound.

Hey legit question: If we participated LAST YEAR ONLY (not 6 years ago), do we still need to PM you our info or do you already have that?

PM sent

12 hours ago, Glenn said:

Hey legit question: If we participated LAST YEAR ONLY (not 6 years ago), do we still need to PM you our info or do you already have that?

Pm me again, I delete all old pms so my old man brain doesn't get confused. 

I’m in. PM inbound 

PM sent.

 

I am in.

Dude - let’s keep this post up top. This is awesome!  I’ve been waiting since last years receipt of my awesome Siebert jigs for this post to come up again.

 

To help keep this up top, here’s a sneak peek for my recipient.. 

 

 

PM sent.

In.

I'm in.

I'm in yet again. I'd never miss a Fishmas with my BassResource family. 

Bump - to the top. I was painting a glide the other day and took it to show my physical therapist. He thought I had painted it for him…I left it with him. So, that said, I just placed a big order at Alternative lures. My Fishmas recipient’s gift is in that order. 
 

here was the glide I painted the other day getting ready for my Fishmas recipient’s gift…

If only dibs were a thing with this....

 

 

Come on guys - keep this thread up top. We need more people signing up. As an incentive, my Fishmas recipient’s gift or gifts (haven’t decided yet) are somewhere in this pic…

I'd like to play but I only have 155 posts.  

@MontanaBasser there’s plenty of time to get that post count up!

5 hours ago, MontanaBasser said:

I'd like to play but I only have 155 posts.  

Pm'd you

I'm in...

Come on guys…let’s keep this post active!

Working out some stuff for my recipient. A sneak peek at an s-crank family (minus eyes)…

Hey Kev, side question...What are you using as a top coat?

Those just have a coat of UVLS gloss. I usually use KBS. I haven’t gotten eyes yet for them, so I haven’t finished them (hence the coat of UVLS). I plan on spraying kbs with an interference violet mica powder as the top coat. 

I made up some soft plastics recently so they'll go for part of my package I'm sending.

 

A dibs is a dibs is a dibs.

On 11/19/2025 at 6:38 PM, Smirak said:

Come on guys…let’s keep this post active!

Working out some stuff for my recipient. A sneak peek at an s-crank family (minus eyes)…

 

Whoa! Those should be mounted on a wall like a DD graphite bass, not cast!