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[exolssecretsanta]

Hello EXO-Ls!

Welcome to the “2021 EXO-Ls Secret Santa (SS) Online Gift Exchange.”

We had such a wonderful experience with last year’s EXO-Ls Secret Santa (SS) Online Gift Exchange that I have decided to do it again this year.  I have made some changes to this year’s rules so please read closely.  I hope the 2021 project helps bring you all lots of joy and holiday fun.  

Please join me in this EXO fandom online holiday gift exchange.  How does it work? You sign up to make an online gift for someone and someone else makes one for you.  Simple and fun! Everyone will receive their gift the week before Christmas!  You don’t have to have a EXO blog to join.  If you are a fan - then you can join.

This is a tumblr online gift exchange so all gifts must be digital.  Gift examples: fanfiction, gifsets, playlists, mood boards, photoshop edits, tumblr icons/headers, etc. (If you want to try and make some edits/mood boards here is a website that offers a free editor. https://www.canva.com/create/mood-boards/

The first thing you need to do is sign up HERE .  Once I close the sign up window I will randomly match you up with someone else based on the criteria you filled out in the sign up form.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT:  SECRET SANTA is to be kept a SECRET.   Do not tell the person you are making the gift for who you are.  It’s a secret until you reveal yourself when you post their gift on tumblr.  

Last year we required participants to send Anonymous messages (of positivity or questions to personalize their gifts, etc) to the person they were making the gift for, but there were difficulties with that.  So, I am not making it a requirement this year.  If you still wish to do this, please do.  I will however require participants to turn on their ASK inbox and allow for Anonymous messages.  That will help those who do wish to send anon messages. 

You’ll have a lot of time to make your gift.  I will have one check-in date to see how you all are doing.  I understand that real life can get in the way, so this check-in date is a way for you to let me know if you can complete your gift on time.  This secret santa exchange is meant to be fun and enjoyable - not stressful so, you do not have to wait on the check-in date to make your gift.  Make it sooner rather than later and all you have to do is post it during the post date period below.

Here are the important dates:

Sign Ups Open: 7 September

Sign Ups Close: 10 October 

Gift Assignment notification sent to your tumblr direct message: 14-17th October. 

Check-in : 4 December

GIFTS POSTED: you can post your gifts any day during 16-18th December. 

Here are the RULES: *** THESE HAVE CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR ***

You must follow this blog and please reblog/signal boost this informational post.  

Please tag your Gift post with the following: name of the blog receiving your gift and our blog name: @EXOLSSECRETSANTA (the reason I ask you to include our blog name on your post is to help ensure I get the notification. I will be re-blogging your gift to our blog for everyone to enjoy.  Make sure you have the tag EXOLSSECRETSANTA21 in your first 5 tags. 

 Make sure your blog’s ASK inbox is ON and TURN ON/allow anonymous asks.  

All the gifts must be NEW CONTENT.  Please do not recycle a previous fic, gif-sets, etc.

Fanfiction gifts must be 1K+ words. If it will be a WIP you must post the first chapter as your Gift.

Gif-sets: 4+ gifs

Fanart: 1+ 

Tumblr icons or headers : 4+ icons/headers

Edits: 4+ small pngs or 2+ large (540x?)

Playlists: 10+ songs

Mood boards: 2+ boards

Let’s all have some fun!! 

XO your Secret Santa moderator: @mel-loves-kdramas

[exolssecretsanta]

Hello EXO-L Secret Santas,

November 12, 2021. As you begin to make your gifts, please make sure to review the gift requirements. The rules and requirement post is pinned at the top of this blog.

[exolssecretsanta]

*****Sign Up Closes on 10 October*****

Hello EXO-Ls!

Welcome to the “2021 EXO-Ls Secret Santa (SS) Online Gift Exchange.”

We had such a wonderful experience with last year’s EXO-Ls Secret Santa (SS) Online Gift Exchange that I have decided to do it again this year.  I have made some changes to this year’s rules so please read closely.  I hope the 2021 project helps bring you all lots of joy and holiday fun.  

Please join me in this EXO fandom online holiday gift exchange.  How does it work? You sign up to make an online gift for someone and someone else makes one for you.  Simple and fun! Everyone will receive their gift the week before Christmas!  You don’t have to have a EXO blog to join.  If you are a fan - then you can join.

This is a tumblr online gift exchange so all gifts must be digital.  Gift examples: fanfiction, gifsets, playlists, mood boards, photoshop edits, tumblr icons/headers, etc. (If you want to try and make some edits/mood boards here is a website that offers a free editor. https://www.canva.com/create/mood-boards/

The first thing you need to do is sign up HERE .  Once I close the sign up window I will randomly match you up with someone else based on the criteria you filled out in the sign up form.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT:  SECRET SANTA is to be kept a SECRET.   Do not tell the person you are making the gift for who you are.  It’s a secret until you reveal yourself when you post their gift on tumblr.  

Last year we required participants to send Anonymous messages (of positivity or questions to personalize their gifts, etc) to the person they were making the gift for, but there were difficulties with that.  So, I am not making it a requirement this year.  If you still wish to do this, please do.  I will however require participants to turn on their ASK inbox and allow for Anonymous messages.  That will help those who do wish to send anon messages. 

You’ll have a lot of time to make your gift.  I will have one check-in date to see how you all are doing.  I understand that real life can get in the way, so this check-in date is a way for you to let me know if you can complete your gift on time.  This secret santa exchange is meant to be fun and enjoyable - not stressful so, you do not have to wait on the check-in date to make your gift.  Make it sooner rather than later and all you have to do is post it during the post date period below.

Here are the important dates:

Sign Ups Open: 7 September

Sign Ups Close: 10 October 

Gift Assignment notification sent to your tumblr direct message: 14-17th October. 

Check-in : 4 December

GIFTS POSTED: you can post your gifts any day during 16-18th December. 

Here are the RULES: *** THESE HAVE CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR ***

You must follow this blog and please reblog/signal boost this informational post.  

Please tag your Gift post with the following: name of the blog receiving your gift and our blog name: @EXOLSSECRETSANTA (the reason I ask you to include our blog name on your post is to help ensure I get the notification. I will be re-blogging your gift to our blog for everyone to enjoy.  Make sure you have the tag EXOLSSECRETSANTA21 in your first 5 tags. 

3)  Make sure your blog’s ASK inbox is ON and TURN ON/allow anonymous asks.

4)  All the gifts must be NEW CONTENT.  Please do not recycle a previous fic, gif-sets, etc.

Fanfiction gifts must be 1K+ words. If it will be a WIP you must post the first chapter as your Gift.

Gif-sets: 4+ gifs

Fanart: 1+ 

Tumblr icons or headers : 4+ icons/headers

Edits: 4+ small pngs or 2+ large (540x?)

Playlists: 10+ songs

Mood boards: 2+ boards

Let’s all have some fun!! 

XO your Secret Santa moderator: @mel-loves-kdramas