The 2024 Community Holiday Gift Exchange LIKES & DISLIKES Thread

[theshoppingmom2]

This is the 2024 Community Holiday Gift Exchange LIKES & DISLIKES  Thread

This  is to let  your  Pal  know a bit about yourself

What do you  collect, your favorite movies, books, colors , food , scents, hobbies, your pets, music, teams, drinks ( coffee , tea, ) sweets and on and on.... 

Also don't forget to let your  Pal know some of your dislikes or  can't haves ( some have allergies  to certain things)

Try to post in 1 post if you can. It will be easier for your secret  Pal ( once they have their giftee's name) to find it all in one post vs having to go hunt through several posts!

[lastade*]

Hi everyone,

 I am 67 years young and my husband and I are snowbirds between Michigan and Florida. I have been an ebay seller since 1999 and have participated in the forum since 2010.  I sell mostly needlework and sewing related items because I have always been a crafter since I was a young girl and have fun making things.  I also like to go camping.

Likes - kitchen gadgets, camping gadgets, dark chocolate, sewing notions, hand lotions, soaps,  handmade items.

Dislikes - candles

Happy holidays to all,

Lori

[mcdougle4248]

Hi Pals,

My name is Kim and I am 64 years old. I live in Arizona. I have been an eBay member since 2005 and have been actively selling since 2012.

Likes:

Chocolate and nuts. Chocolate with nuts-Yummy!

Anything handmade or homemade

All things Coca-Cola related

eBay swag

Novelty socks

Christmas CDs

Post It Notes

Dislikes:

Nothing really!

[bettimoor-0]

Hello, My name is Bettie and I live in North Carolina where I was also born and raised. I love my Southern Roots.

I am 57 years old, married with no children. I do have a Miniature Schnauzer named Skye.

I love candles and candy- of all kinds.

I collect old buttons, vintage Little Golden Books, vintage colored Pyrex and anything American Girl Related.

I don't really have dislike but maybe cologne and perfume.

This is my first Secret Pal and I am super excited.

[fashunu4eeuh]

Hello all!!

A big “thank you” to @theshoppingmom2 for all this effort expended on behalf of the community!! It is most appreciated!! What joy you bring @theshoppingmom2 with this holiday token exchange. It makes for an uplifting, fun holiday tradition.

To my Dear Secret Santa/Seller,

Thank you for your participation!! Here are a few ideas of Likes & Dislikes:

Love anything with pockets, including aprons. Like anything with plaid. Like to decorate with it for the holidays when family comes over.

Gotta have my daily dose of Dr Pepper and started to collect vintage DP-related items in childhood.

Hearts are my favorite symbol, pink my favorite color. (That sounds pretty sickeningly sweet girlie, doesn’t it? Where are the gamboling kittens and butterfly rainbows too? LOL!!)

I am currently scoping out pink Christmas tree ornaments. In addition, am a TCU fan (Go Frogs!) and on the prowl for purple, or purple and white, ornaments as well. 

Am allergic to detergents and avoid strong smells or fragrances.

Can’t have chewy treats or gum, but my top pick for treats would be pecans.

Enjoy piano playing, walking, sight-seeing, and reading—particularly biographies. Fashion magazines are a weakness!

With walking comes a need for cotton footy socks, any color. 

Am a crafter and always on the lookout for left-over notions like pretty christmas-y ribbon or lace for holiday projects.

Sizes (if needed) are Misses 2-4 or size Small. Shoes 6M or Small

Again, many many thanks!! Wishing you and our fellow participants a smooth and profitable selling season!

[museumsrock]

Hi, I am Lisa, I have been selling since 1999! I LOVE eBay and all things eBay.  Thank you Patty for all you do for this thread and group.

I have celiac so I have to eat gluten free!

I LOVE Extra and 5 mint flavored gums.

I LOVE chia tea.

I LOVE eBay shipping supplies! I only have a small store, so I do not get many supplies. 🙂

I have 7 dogs at the moment. We have a mini schnauzer and a mini micro golden doodle who fell in love and gave us 5 beautiful SCHNOODLE puppies we are trying to find Christmas furever homes for.  Follow me on FB Kevin Lisa Driskill for wonderful videos and photos - shameless plug apologies.

I LOVE all things vintage and we remodeled a 1953 vintage home keeping as much period pure as possible.

I love snuggly blankets and send note cards to a lot of people  and LOVE vintage stamps, my people I write to get a kick out of the stamps I use.

Merry Christmas to All!!! Hope your Q4 is going better than mine! See you all at UnWrapping Day!!!!

[becksrelics]

Nuts about nuts lol and of course chocolate ...loooooooooooooove jewelry ... FSU grad so that's cool too...

I too like buttons ....Black hoodies(medium) lol...  @theshoppingmom2  - what else ? 

Of course shipping supplies...boxes , tapes ...

I'm a Florida native transplanted to Ohio ...a lady most of the time 😋

[greenthreadspb]

Dear Secret Santa,

I collect vintage clothing, especially leather items, and I collect vintage copper pots that I have on display on a pot rack in the kitchen. I love wild flowers, the color blue, coffee, interesting coffee mugs, silver, audiobooks and chocolate. I live in South Florida, in a quiet, rural area with my fiancé, 2 dogs and many roly poly outdoor cats who wander around from house to house pretending to be hungry, and the kindhearted neighbors buy into it and feed them, just like we do. I am a hobby gardener, dislike cooking, love reservations! I cannot chew gum and jump rope at the same time, so I don't do either lol. If it is a gift I will love it! Happy Holidays!

[iamalwaysright]

Hey all (or just to the Secret Santa who's reading this),

I'm male, mid 40's living in Socal all my life. Used to be in civil engineering but gave all that up to sell online around 20 years now. I'm a father of 2 kids (6 and 4 years old). I've become a bit of a homebody now because my kids are quite the handful. Most leisure time is spent with my wife and them. I'm okay not going out as much as my pre-kids era, frankly because most of my friends are in the same boat as I am. We mainly just hang during family get togethers. I know I'm going to miss these moments once our kids get older and it's uncool to hang with your parents so I'm remembering to enjoy the chaos.

I like to tinker or puzzle solve in general. Little things here and there but it's tough to find the time, so I'm left with fixing small things that break around the house. My son likes his legos and puzzles so I enjoy that time with him. I might introduce him to kid friendly robotics kits, because that's something I totally would have loved as a kid. As a kid I did like model building and thought it'd be nice to introduce that to him too when he's older.

Dislikes. Never really thought of it. Basically just clutter I guess. But then "clutter" is really subjective. An item's value can vary quite a bit between person to person. Maybe it's because our house is filled with a bunch of kids toys and things like ordinary rocks my kids "collect" off the ground. Too much to count that they've taken over our home. lol.

[inhawaii]

Likes:

Maybe an unusual food/snack/candy from your area?

Large amounts of cash.

Dislikes: No books.  I hate to read.

[sfau]

What do you  collect - we are trying to downsize and purge - lol

your favorite movies - usually rom-coms

books - do not have time to read books,

colors - purple

scents - can't have due to allergies

hobbies - traveling, gardening

your pets - cats

music - taylor swift,

teams - Mets, Yankees

drinks ( coffee , tea, ) - neither, mostly water

[gauntlettgems]

I forgot to post mine!!!!

I like scented candles and soaps. Gardenia, fresh linen, lavender are some of my favorite smells. My favorite candies are caramels. Milk or dark chocolate. If it’s got a dash of salt, even better. I love nuts cause I am one. Horses are my spirit animal. If it’s jewelry it has to be a loooong necklace, pin, size 7.5-11 ring, or 8” bracelet. Anything durable for Mr Apollo if you want I also love to cook. I’m happy with most anything. Don’t stress this. Make it fun!!

I don’t like anything coffee, 🤮 it’s for adults only. Nothing rose or grape scented. I really only read trash magazines and not so much anymore cause it’s all online

[welchfamilyonlinegaragesale]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Steven.  I work in maintenance and have 4 amazing kiddos, who I love spending time with. My likes would include reselling items I find that interest me. I enjoy handmade items along with odd/interesting/strange things. My favorite color is Red. I spend a lot of time outside playing sports with my kids. I enjoy Hersheys Chocolate with Almonds, Reses, Moco Loco Monster, and Snickers. 

My dislikes would include Junior Mints, Andes Mints, and paying so much in taxes and add fees on Ebay. 

Happy Holidays!

[welchfamilyonlinegaragesale]

Just curious on how you get the address for your secret person?

[mcdougle4248]

@welchfamilyonlinegaragesale 

In the past, @theshoppingmom2 asked for our address via eBay messages and then shared it with our secret pal.

Keep an eye on this thread and your messages for the details.