2018 Holiday Card Exchange

We’re pleased to announce the 5th Annual LibraryThing Holiday Card Exchange! Sign up to send a card (or 10!)—home made, store bought, holiday-themed (or not)—of your choosing to a random LibraryThing member. You’ll receive a card in return from another LT member. You can sign up to send more than one card, if you like. The idea is that, for every card you send, you’ll receive one yourself.

Sign-ups are open now until next Friday, Dec. 7th.

» Go sign up!

More details on the blog: http://blog.librarything.com/main/2018/11/card-exchange-2018/

Reminder: In order for your card to be address to your real name (rather than your LT handle), you must include your name in the address box. Some postal services require that addressee names match what's on your mailbox.

Awesome! I am signed up!

Ah, being in Canada, I think I'll pass this year. Getting my card(s) late doesn't really bother me, but I don't want others to have to wait on their cards with Canada Post's mail backlog.

>3 LibraryCin: Aww, we're sorry to miss you! Seriously, don't feel like you shouldn't participate on the post's account—that's not remotely your fault.

>4 lorannen: I'm sure I'll return next year. I just don't want people to be disappointed or worry if their card isn't there in time!

My next favorite thing of the year! :)

Huzzah!!

Yay! All signed up!

Signed up!

hi, sorry for the question but this would be my first time participating in the card exchange. Can I assume that once the sign-up is closed, you select from the list of signees?

I'm in Canada as well but that's not stopping me! Maybe I'll just send a New Year card instead. ;)

>3 LibraryCin:

I just looked, and there is an option to only send inside your own county, so you could still sign up and send to other Canadians. I'm sure we'd all not be surprised for things being late.

Has it really been a whole year already?

>10 FReads: I'm not sure who the "you" here is, but I'll explain the process, in any case. Once sign-ups close, we use complex algorithms and magic to match folks up. It takes into account preferences like how many cards can be sent, who is will to send to just their own countries vs. all countries, etc. We'll message everyone who's signed up once the matching is done and you'll be able to see a list of everyone you're intended to send cards to. So, for example, if I've signed up to send 5 cards, I'll have a list of 5 recipients, and will send a card to each one.

I'm in Canada, too. Still going to send cards. They may have more of a 'Happy New Year' message, just in case :)

yipeee!! thanks for the clarification. I signed up and am so excited :)

I love the card exchange! I still have all my cards from previous years. I am happy to receive New Year or even Valentine cards from Canada -- just saying ;) LOL. Thank you for doing this again.

Yay! Signed up! :)

Signed up! Now I just have to make sure I remember to buy cards in the morning when I'm at the store!

>12 WeeTurtle: Oooh, thanks for letting me know! Maybe that's what I'll do!

I love the card exchange. Whoever sent me Krampus last year-- know that he's still hanging around the house.

I'm signed up. I have been anxiously waiting for this! Love the card exchange. :)

Done!

Ended up signing up after all. Just for Canada this time, though. Next year, I'll be happy to send anywhere again!

>24 LibraryCin: Hooray! Glad to have you. :)

My sang is always deciding how many cards to send out each year. This is the first time I've signed up for this (first year on LibraryThing) but I'm very much a card and letter person.

If there was a within-Europe option I'd join, but I don't want to fuss with global postage.

>27 .Monkey.: Not to mention timing. Yes, inside Europe I would do, but not international.

For me timing and postage doesn't matter. It's fun to send cards and to receive cards. I'm just glad that this is happening. Sorry to hear that it's more complicated to send postcards out of Europe than within Europe from Belgium. Here in Sweden it's the same procedure.

>27 .Monkey.: and >28 MarthaJeanne: Thanks for the feedback. Will take that under advisement for next year. I'm not sure we'll end up changing it—it makes the matching process more complicated, but I'll certainly talk it over with Tim.

Whooo! Just signed up! Maybe I'll get some overseas cards this year!

I haven't noticed much issue with postage but then, in Canada it's simply a higher rate. There's domestic, USA, and International stamps but really it's a matter of matching up to the required cost. Not sure what Europe does, I've just walked into a post office and asked "I'm sending this to Canada. What do I need?"

Danish postage rates are rather high, so ordinary citizen and most companies avoid sending mail. On the other hand it is now so seldom that I send a letter, that I really don't care what the price is. (I think it is something similar to $4 to give you an idea). So I'm in!

Yes, but the different zones have different prices, so I can't buy stamps in advance, and the local Post Partner runs out of Christmas stamps in November. Getting to a proper Post Office that is going to have something better than just running it through the machine takes effort, and probably a few days to be in the area of, with the international cut off date already past, and the European one rapidly closing in.

Too much pressure, makes it not fun.

Ah, gotcha. I just happen to life near a post office, or rather, I pass it every time I go into town so it's easy enough to me to drop in and let the lady there handle the details. She knows me by now. ;). I collect the odd coin so she lets me know when new ones have entered circulation and will grab the odd one for me.

The harder part for me is picking what to send! Do I send a card that I think is good, something I can make, or (if sending internationally) the most absurdly stereotypical CANADIAN thing I can find? I sent a post card to my old University room mate and had all of us in residence sign it. It was a wavy postcard of the Canadian flag with an overly enthusiastic looking Mountie saluting in front of it. She sent us back a Christmas card with Santa on the beach making a "sand" man.

I've gotten a Canadian stamp once with an icehockey team in motion. I passed it on to my wife who collects stamps, so I think the icehockey team is still in action somewhere on her shelves :-)

Yeeeessss!! I haven't been very active on LT lately but I tried to remember to check just to find this. I love sending cards! I put only in my country because I know international post is getting more and more expensive, but maybe next year I'll be able to send to other places.

I love decorating cards with stickers, stamps, little quotes, etc. Giving cards is one of the best things about the season! So excited to get to participate in this again.

Sending mail from The Netherlands to abroad is less than twice the 'national cost'. It doesn't matter how far the postcard is being send: i.e. to Belgium, US or The Philippines is all almost 2 US dollar.

Awesome! Thanks for the effort it takes to organize the card exchange. :)

Sounds like it is not only the U.K. that suffers such high prices for international post. :(
I'd still like the opportunity to connect with the rest of the world and perhaps receive mail from strange shores with exotic sounding names; so, I've opted to limit my cards to 5 to keep costs under control but with my fingers crossed. ;)

I'm glad I still have some US international Forever stamps. They may not be Christmas-y like the domestic stamps but they work.

That's a handy thing. We only have permanent stamps for domestic letter mail. But, you can also use those to cover costs at the current value of a domestic stamp times how many you stick on.

Last year (I think. Maybe two years) we had animals with Santa hats (moose, polar bear, beaver). Don't think I have any of those left. Not sure what we have for this year. Another year we had stylized animals again, but no hats. Cardinal, polar bear, and I don't recall the third.

Just a reminder that we have about 24 hours left to go before Card Exchange sign-ups close! If you've been waiting to sign up, or need to make any changes, now's the time.

All signed up!! Almost forgot about this. I still have my cards from previous years.

Sign-ups are extended to 10 tonight, because I'm not around to run the matching scripts. Enjoy!

It says they are closed.

Shoot. I'm not sure when they closed. I'll hold it open until midnight.

Also, even though they're still open I can already see the people I'm supposed to send cards to, and even though I didn't click the button to send abroad, one of them is abroad.
I'm assuming this isn't working properly yet and will ignore for now...

>48 ScarletBea: I think it happened last year too, where we could see things while they were getting it sorted. I believe we were told to wait until we heard it was finalized. I am happy, otherwise, to exchange non-USA names with someone who gets one accidently.

Everything is picked. Go check out who you're matched to.

I need four people willing to send a card internationally. Any volunteers?

I can send a couple more internationally.

If I missed the sign up, can I volunteer to send this for you?

I'm in the UK, wanted to send only within the UK, and I got one UK person and an american one - was it because there aren't enough UK people?

I can send a few internationally if you still need volunteers.

I am happy to send international! I can take an extra name and/or switch names with someone.

I can't work out how to see who I've been watched with. On the holiday card page errors appear.

I can send 1 or 2 international if it's still needed (thank you, surprise money just in time for holidays!!). I'm so excited to start putting together these cards!

We put up 'special' cards on the back of the front door, and every single one I've gotten from LTers in the past is still up there, lol. Why take them down? Makes the living room feel festive all year!

>56 Cfraser:

I just got a LibraryThing comment from Tim, which included a link. Maybe clear your cache and try the link again? Report back if it still isn't working, of course.

I got that email too, and it goes to the page, but underneath the information on how many people are participating it says an error has occurred :( I have emailed Tim. Hopefully he can email me the details of who and where I should send my cards

Thanks for reporting, and sorry for the trouble, folks. I'm swamped with SantaThing, and the Card Exchange code is beyond me, anyway. I've left a note for Tim to take a look as soon as he can.

In my case, the link took me to the English site, and there I got the error message. Once I went to the Swedish site, it worked.

Four of our six recepients are the same as previous years. I guess that's the result we get when the same algorithm is used, but it's a little boring nevertheless...

I only recognize 2 of the 10 names on my list, though that doesn't mean much with my memory. I've just realized that 90% of the Christmas cards I have are the exact same ones I sent to LTers in the past (this is what happens when you stock up and use the same package of cards multiple years in a row...). I guess I need to make a trip to the store! Mom has religious cards for our church, but I'm not sending anything like that.

>62 Heather19: I bought new cards this year just for LT. I love looking at them all and trying to narrow my choices.

I am happy to receive religious cards or non-religious, funny or serious, store bought or handmade, whatever the season means to the sender. They are all beautiful on my wall.

Quick notes:

1. I fixed the error. It was simple--it showed up if you weren't signed in. (It worked on the Swedish site because you are signed in there.) Anyway, it's fixed.

2. The system tries not to give you too many people you've written before. In the US, this works very well. But we've done this a number of years, so it's a little harder in the UK and Australia, especially if you mark not to send them outside the country.

3. >53 ScarletBea: No, the problem was that the person has a US address but mis-chose that they were in the United Kingdom. I suppose they were next to each other on the list. Shall I find you someone else?

Hi Tim,

I was signed in and I am still having the same error appearing! (I just tried)

Participation So Far

Members 127
Cards promised 736
Some sort of error just happened. The error was logged and Tim has been alerted. If problems persist, email timspaldingAT SIGNlibrarything.com

In most cases, the problem can be fixed by using this link.

The reported error was:

Problem with the concurrent query manager in the LibraryThing Bureau of Garbage Collections.
We have an entire room of trained monkeys working to solve the problem..

>62 Heather19: This is why I keep lists of who I sent what card to. Except I can't find my lists!

I have a couple USA addresses if people need to swap. I'm in Canada myself. I'll send anywhere.

>64 timspalding: yes please, Tim, if you could change I'd appreciate it, thanks.

>64 timspalding: I'm always signed in to the English site too.

I'm also willing to send a few more overseas if you still need it.

My cards are in the hands of Canada Post, for what that's worth. As previously mentioned, they're a bit backlogged this year.

In any case, all the best to everyone and thanks for another year of the exchange!

I can say that at least local deliveries seem just fine, though it might simply be who has the letter at what time. Cards are going out soon!

My cards went out this morning. Thanks to LT for this fun exchange!

And they're away!

Mine have all been posted. :D

Hi, i still have not received a reply about my problem with the errors (and they still appear) - so I dont know who or where I should be sending my cards to. To those who I am meant to be sending to, I am really sorry!

>64 timspalding: See notes:
>65 Cfraser:
>66 Cfraser:
>76 Cfraser:

Cards written, stamped, ready to go tomorrow.

Snow here in North Carolina kept mail from even being delivered today and kept me inside for the past 2 days.

I have sent my Santee cards, so I hope my two recipients love them:)

Cards to the US have been mailed. International ones will have to wait a day or two until I can get to the Post Office.

Oh man, it seems I'm behind! I got new cards and have done my first few, but they probably won't get sent until tomorrow since I believe the mailperson has already come by here today. Thankfully mine are all within the US so hopefully they will still get to their destinations at a reasonable time! I'm having fun poking through my 'Santee's profiles to figure out which card would be most appropriate for each person.

I received my first card today! It didn't have to travel far.

>82 cbl_tn: Wow! That is quick!

>83 Peace2: It only had to travel 34 miles. :-)

I got my two in the mail yesterday, but Canada Post...
So hopefully all goes well! One is not going far... :-)

All cards mailed today.
Now in the hands of the US Postal Service.

>76 Cfraser:

Sorry. The system was unable to make any matches for you, given your country, past matches, and the limitation on sending outside your country. I should have caught that this happened.

>84 cbl_tn: It only had to travel 34 miles. :-)

One of my cards is going less than 15 miles, so it's possible it could arrive tomorrow.

hi tim, thanks for your reply. can you please clarify - i said i was happy to post internationally (i thought most people would be overseas from Australia so thought internationally would be the better option) and have never participated before (therefor no past matches), so am wondering why I was not matched with anyone? I am disappointed and really wanted to participate - so want to maximise my ability to do so next year

Also - if anyone needs help sending please let me know - would come from Australia so that may be a bonus - have my posting stuff ready and waiting

>89 Cfraser: I can send a card to Australia in the morning if Tim needs someone to send a card.

Happy to send one to Australia!

>87 timspalding:
>89 Cfraser:
I'm happy to send to Australia too!

>92 seongeona:

Same!

Also, re: Canada post, my cousin sent her cards out last week. She's 45 minutes west of me, and another 45 East of my sister in law. My sister in law got her card the next day, I just got mine today. I suspect it's because the mail went through different factories. I was speaking to the postal lady today while buying stamps. West-bound mail probably went through Vancouver, which wasn't hit as badly with the walk-out Richmond (to the east). Toronto, Ontario (I'm on the other side of the country from them) was hit the worst, so mail going through there will take the longest since they have the largest backlog.

>92 seongeona:
>91 camelama:
>93 WeeTurtle:

Thanks! I will pm you guys my address and send me yours so I can return the favour

Can anyone exchange a UK address for an american one, please?
I've got an american by mistake of the person filling in their address, and I need a UK instead.

Please contact me by private PM to exchange addresses, thanks

I mailed my regular (non-LT) cards from Edmonton on Dec. 3rd, and the farthest ones (to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia) reached their destinations in a week. All my LT cards were international, though. I look forward to hearing when they arrive.

I received my first LT Christmas card today. It didn't have far to travel!

>89 Cfraser:

Hi. Sorry. It was no doubt unintentional, but your card profile has the box for international shipping un-checked. There was only one other person in Australia, so your maximum sent-cards was 1. But for whatever reason they had already been allocated their cards, and it couldn't make a match.

I'm glad you're working it out with others to get some cards. Let me know if you need an address to send to.

>94 WeeTurtle: Oh, that's interesting. I'm in Calgary and one of my cards is heading to Edmonton, so I'm hoping that's not too bad. The other is heading to Ontario, so that may take a bit longer.

>97 tardis: Oh, I'm impressed! That's much better than I was expecting! Sounds like things are moving faster than I thought!

Thank you, Nicole in New Jersey (no moniker given)! Your card arrived today.

I had been looking forward to this exchange after participating for the first time last year. Somehow I missed the posting and deadline whilst travelling back to the States for the holidays. If anyone would like to exchange cards, I would be happy to! Just send me your address (anywhere in the world). I have both a US and UK address. Happy holidays, everyone!

>103 Yervant: Happy holidays! I can send to either UK or USA (I'm in USA).

Cards are away! I have to save the rest of my stamps for the last of my family and friend letters so not more add-ons right now.

Got my first card today! Thanks LibraryCin :)

I received my second card today!

Oh dear, just remembered that I've put my regular address for LibraryThing stuff rather than the address I'm going to be at for most of December because I figured Canada Post would still be slow. Might be a couple weeks before people hear from me about cards.

>106 tardis: You're welcome! I'm happy it got there so quickly!

I received my 1st card. Thank you, Nicole!

Got all my cards sent by the 12th, which was my goal... US to US post can't be *that* slow, can it? lol I had so much fun matching cards to profiles (a few of my 'Santees' have cat pictures in their profile, and I just happened to have a few cat cards!) and decorating with stickers... Maybe next year I'll sign up for more then 10, it was so much fun! ... And now I have to remember to actually check my mail regularly for cards.

>111 Heather19: I believe 10 cards is the limit. I always hope for 20. All of my cards are now sent. And I, too, received the first one from Nicole!

Second card today, from Heather39! Thanks!

Three cards in hand! freads, heather19, and mrmapcase.

And got to the post office this morning, so international cards are on their way.

I received my second and third cards. Thanks book58lover and aardvark2.

My cards are heading out a bit late, sorry folks - life!! Finally getting time to finish them tonight and they go out tomorrow.

I am so happy to be getting cards! Thanks to heather19 (KITTEHS!) and ladyofthelodge and cbl_tn! Putting them up on my wall tonight, one of the few holiday decorations that my 20 pound cat ignores. ;)

Received my first card today from peremees (Tanel Mazur, Narva, Estonia). Thanks!

All my cards went out today. Sorry if you don't receive them before Christmas.

I received my second card Thursday and the 3rd and 4th yesterday. Thanks to @thornton37814, @lindapanzo, @mstrust, and @hailelib!

Card #4 arrived from clue! Thanks!

More cards! Tanglewood & Nancy & Tricia & unknown - so happy to have lovely cards to in my mailbox and now on my wall!

I sent out all my cards last week and received my first 2 today. Thank you rastaphrog and Meg from DC. Both cards were so cute and lovely and are hanging on my lighted photo/card string lights. It makes my room look so festive :)

I got my first cards over the weekend.

Two more cards in hand. hailelib and davidnpalla

Thank you book58lover and jonnijones for your very cute cards.
I love them!

Just received my first card, from >97 tardis:
Thank you Jane for the beutiful magpie print and the book recommendations.

If >1 lorannen: is doing the Holiday Card Exchange Arrivals Map again this year, then the card was:
Sent from: Edmonton, Canada
Received: Essex, England, UK

I hope everyone appreciates the ones I sent out. :s
I had the hardest time tracking down bookish cards this year.

Seasonal best wishes to all.
Sylak

Got my first card today! Thank you @seongeona for the lovely card and Krampus postcard!

I got a lovely card from someone named Emily who lives in CA :)

Thank you Lisa(ILuvBookplates) for both the cute card and the book mark!

Thanks to KateBaxter and LadyoftheLodge for cards #5 and #6.

I just received card #3 from Pat M. in East Amherst. Thank you for the absolutely beautiful card!!

Cards from @Sylak and @Peace2 dropped down yesterday. Thank you, both of you! A very lovely ornament from Peace2 and a greeting in the local language, very welcome to us language nerds!

We were hit by illness and overworked this year, so I fear our greetings were not half as witty or elaborate as the ones we have received so far.

There were 5 lovely cards waiting in my mailbox today!
Thank you Aoife, Tanglewood, ILuvBookplates, Meg, and Palla for brightening my holiday.

>132 anglemark: I received yours as a wonderful surprise on arriving home from work yesterday - I loved it! Thank you!

Can I thank Keith (kwp) for his kind card ? Thank you.

Thank you to:
>33 bnielsen: for the wonderful post card from Denmark.
...and also to:
>29 anglemark: for the amusing illustration from Sweden.

>136 Sylak:: The illustrator is a friend of ours. Together with two of the other cards we sent it forms a triptych, that unfortunately none of you will ever see...

Thank you to Sandra in Long Beach, your card arrived yesterday!

>137 anglemark:. Not a problem. :)


Sylak's card.

or, visit Jonas Anderson's portfolio on the Centre for illustration and graphic design's web site (sorry, that site does not permit hyperlinks to be made directly. I've tried).

>139 Sylak: Yes, look there it is!

Card #7 from lindapanzo arrived! What a gorgeous card! It was bookshelves filled with Christmas books!

Thank you to tina1969! Your card came to me today! A very cool gothic Christmas card! :-)
From the UK to Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

>140 anglemark: what a fantastic picture when they're all put together!

I received my second card today from @jaelquinn in Canada - Thank you!

Received another card today! This one from tardis.

The cutest llama card in my mailbox today! Thank you Sandra!
I believe this is card #7

A cheery little card just poped through my door this instant from WeeTurtle in Canada. Thank you Meaghan. :)

A beautiful card today from New Zealand! Thank you, Chloe!

Two more today: one from Penny Marshall and one from Kate Turner. Thanks!

PS: They did not include their LT nicks, so if someone knows what they are please let me know.

And, I received another card today (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Thank you to ILuvBookPlates!

Another card has arrived from hredwards

Received a card from @anglemark today. Thank you!

This week I have received cards from nrmay, Aoife, crescentvenus, amanda4242, seascape, and pmarshall. They were sent from North Carolina to New Zealand. Thank you all for the beautiful cards.

I apparently have a card! But I'll have to wait for my sister to bring it in before I can see who it's from. ;)

A card from CynthiaRD! Thank you! My wall o’ cards is looking very festive thanks to all you lovely LT folks.

Thank you to @jonnijones for your lovely card - I didn't seem to be able to leave a message for you, so I'm hoping you see this to know it arrived safely. Have a great Christmas.

Thank you anglemark! Your card arrived today.

Received a card from Jenna in South Carolina today. Thanks!

Thank you to those who sent me cards! Received several cards this year, including one from the UK, which was a nice surprise.

I believe I've gotten all my cards! Very pretty ones, too. Thanks to everyone who sent to me!

Thanks to @anglemark, @bowerbirds-library and @peremees for very nice cards, that all arrived in jolly good time before Christmas! (Sweden, England and Estonia).

Four more cards have made their way to me.

syntheticdecay, SassySnail, and then two that don't have their LT names, Sarah in PA and Jen in WI.

Three more cards retrieved from my mailbox as I went out on a holiday family visit. Thank you to Carmela, Andrea, and the LibraryThing staff!

What wonderful cards...! I forgot to put our LT ID on the ones we sent (whoops) but we have loved receiving cards from California, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Alabama, Maine, and Massachusetts so far. Merry Christmas to all!

Thank you all for the wonderful cards!

To: Sarah in PA
Thank you for the fantastic, Christmas Card and bookmarks.
Happy Holidays! :o)

I have received 8 out of 10 cards thus far. Many thanks too: Tanglewood, Nicole W., KWP, Thornton 37814, Tanel Mazur, Heather (from AZ), A-raz & Arjan Moraal. It was very exciting to get cards from the U.S., the Netherlands, Estonia & the UK.

Thank you to Carissa in Ft. Smith for the lovely cat card. Happy holidays!

Thank you 1Avidfan in California for sending me the cute christmas card. :)

Three cards today, from Sylak, beaniebear and bnielsen - I'll pm you to thank you properly, but general thanks here!

I received 6 of 7 cards so far and am so very happy! Thank you very much Aoife from CO for the beautiful card and tea. It was absolutely perfect timing :). Thank you also to Carmela J from OR and Jen B from WI for the so very cute cards. You guys have no idea how receiving these cards has just brightened up my holiday season. I will definitely participate again next year! Happy holidays everyone!

I received my first card :) from WeeTurtle. Thanks so much

I have three more cards at home! My housemate will bring them out when she comes to visit. I'm still away from home. Darnit!

Hi to my two special Christmas card senders-Bridget, and Kate. I just wanted to say, thank you so very much for sending me two beautiful Christmas cards, all the way here to New Zealand. I received them today, and I loved them. Thank you too, for the kind words, and I wish both you, and your families a Happy New Year, and an amazing 2019!

Have another card in hand from tardis!:)

Cards in from Australia and Texas! Two more at home but I'm still not there yet. Next week maybe.

I haven't checked my mail lately because we have had rain. I will try to check later today or tomorrow. I want to thank those who have sent me cards so far. I don't have the cards in front of me and I cannot remember the names.

I received lovely holiday wishes from A_Raz - thank you very much!

Thank you to Bowerbirds and tardis for their wonderful cards. And now all mine have arrived.

Thank you to everyone who sent cards - received all of mine! All were beautiful and made the holidays brighter, and I appreciated them all. And I hope everyone received the cards I sent. Happy New Year and happy reading!

Two lovely cards today from @amanda4242 and @crescentvenus!

I’ve received all 8 of my cards now and sent thanks on the sender’s profiles. About half were from LTers that I’ve shared cards with in past years and I love that annual connection. And although I’ve checked off international in years past, this was the first year I received cards from outside the US - Germany and GB. All were beautiful and thoughtful!

Thank you to the LT staff for coordinating this exchange!!

I couldn't determine who some of my senders were because they did not include their LT aliases. Thank you if you were one of them!

The international card I sent to Albania was returned as undeliverable and unable to forward.

Thank you @Jenni_Canuck for the card and teas!

Got one more card! Two still outstanding. Yay, mail!

Thank you Elizabeth and Rusty in Fort Wayne, IN for the charming Christmas Card and bookmarks! I hope you are enjoying the new year. :o)

@princefan Your'e so welcome! And we are -- except the arctic chill in the forecast for this week. Brrr! Curling up with a good book will keep me warm. :) Happy New Year!

Can't wait for this year's exchange to be announced!

Done!