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    Unconventional Holiday Gifting

    I am one to being open about different holiday situations. This year alone has been a huge difference. I have been gifted wonderful presents due to a long distance romance. While IRL of course is amazing given the ability. I am curious if anyone else has gotten care packages from their significant other! It is a wonderful surprise and revives you mentally during a bad week. Doesnt even have to be a holiday gift! Care packages are amazing and a great way to show love and appreciation.! This is new even for me, while different im at this with open arms!

    I opened one gift and tagged my UN. Please share with me your experiences on shipping gifts or sending love out to people you care for! Can be anyone.! I've sent a few care packages out to peeps here as well. I havent heard from one but i always hope theyre okay.

    Im grateful for everyone ive met. Even more thankful for the gift of being able to talk to people.

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    Wow this cute! I haven't tried that one, most I did this holidays was buying some reversible plushies for my nieces, get them shipped to me (on last day of travelling I'm not sure if that's bad or good luck lol) and bring them all the flight with me.

    Though shipping stuff has that discovery joy!








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    Long distance romance situation for me too. But not for much longer
    What we do now is buy stuff from amazon in our respective countries and have it shipped that way by putting in the address.

    Or we do steam gifts.

    This year I get a phone and a bunch of steam games

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    I have been the past couple years sending presents to my bff! We met over the internet in like 2016 or so and have been talking everyday since then! Found out we have the same birthday and scarily similarities in likes/dislikes (really really scary lmao) and we buy presents for each other and have them shipped since postal is fucking expensive o.o

    We did do postal one year and... yeah it was more in shipping than the items we spent on each other :/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Synthbass View Post
    Long distance romance situation for me too. But not for much longer
    What we do now is buy stuff from amazon in our respective countries and have it shipped that way by putting in the address.

    Or we do steam gifts.

    This year I get a phone and a bunch of steam games

    Love this, I do a similar thing with friends overseas! Amazon kindle books are a big one for us, we sort of have a book club in the way that we gift eachother books we read and enjoy.

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    i've never done care packages before this year, and they've been so much fun. thank you for introducing me and offering. the best part is gathering it all together and getting it shipped out, then knowing that it's there.. such joy. i love to share!!!!!!!!!

    anywho, this be the christmas haul. 😳 i'm beside myself, maybe don't deserve, but i know I'll get told otherwise so.. thank you. 😭😓🥺💙💙💙


    this cutie came in one time too. 😳😳😳







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    I have done care packages before but not around Christmas. I’ve sent a care package to @(you need an account to see links) before and she has also sent me one! @(you need an account to see links) also sent me a care package last year when I got a promotion. Both of these girlies I am friends with becaus of cK and getting presents from them were highlights of my days at the time! It is so fun to send care packages to people, especially when they show up for the person when they’re not expecting it





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    I've both sent and received gifts from friends I met on ck! I've also sent holiday gifts to my sister in Guam and she has sent me care packages filled with all kinds of interesting goodies! I'm beyond thankful for all the friends I've met on this site. I never thought Neopets would introduce me to some of the most amazing people I've ever met. Happy Holidays, everyone!





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    As an Australian with mostly online friends, I send a lot of our candy/snacks to my friends. Both the good stuff and the bad stuff - everyone gets vegemite to try, most don't like it. My significant other sent me girl scout cookies from America once, and I still crave them LOL.
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    When I was in an LDR I sent care packages every so often, but she never sent me any! I did a lot of online secret santa things, I've always loved putting things together for people, and traditional mail can just be so fun! Even now I love mailing people random things when I can!
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