Get a Secret Blogging Santa! Holiday Party
December 21, 2007 - Written by Gyutae Park
To celebrate the holiday season, we’re going to run a Secret Blogging Santa event here at Winning the Web. This is a great way to grow the blogging community and to spread the holiday cheer. Don’t miss out!
Here’s how Secret Blogging Santa works:
- If you’d like to participate, comment on this post using the URL of the site that you want to use.
- On Sunday night (12/23 11:59 PM ET), new entries for the event will be closed so be sure to act ASAP.
- I will then randomly assign each participating blogger to another as a secret Santa and notify through email.
- The secret Santas will then go to their assigned blogs and leave comments, feedback, links, and some holiday cheer.
- On Christmas day (or the day after) everyone will guess who they think their secret Santas were by commenting on this post.
This should be a fun event more than anything else. Let’s all encourage one another through this holiday season.
Update: Entries for this event are now closed. For those of you who left a comment, you should have received an email with your randomly assigned blogging Santa. Do your best to leave comments, links, feedback, and holiday cheer. Someone will be doing the same on your blog as well. On Christmas day, you’ll have a chance to guess who your Secret Blogging Santa was. Good luck!
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Wow, another really cool idea! It hasn’t even been an hour before your last promotion finished and you are already coming up with great ways to keep people active and work together.
I’m definitely in!
http://www.TalkDots.com
What a unique holiday blogging idea. Sounds like fun. Count me in.
i wish i was the one who should say MOO
OOW
P.S. Smart ass replies aside. I’d like to take part.
http://www.bankruptcytomillionaire.com
That’s a great idea. This blog comes up with some pretty creative stuff. I might steal this one. lol
Oh I didn’t specify in my post but my site is http://www.earn-money.net
Thanks.
Hi,
OOM!
okay count me in…
who will be my santa?
http://stentorized.blogspot.com/
is the site..
Happy Holidays to all!
Nice idea! I’m in at http://www.learnhow2earn.com
COunt me in with http://www.svensworld.de
I am in!!
My blog: http://pctonic.blogspot.com/
I am in!!
My blog: http://pctonic.blogspot.com/
Who ever is my Secret Santa please leave positive comments!!
Count Me In!
http://sneezymelon.blogspot.com
According to me this is quite lame, but still there isn’t any harm in trying it out. So here goes-
http://apoorvkhatreja.blogspot.com
I’m in. You’ve got some fans.
http://imakemoneyhoney.blogspot.com
@Apoorv Khatreja
According to me, YOU’RE lame.
Great idea! Too bad I do not have a blogging website.
Moo. I really wonder which post I had to make to
“Moo” on
ps. I will take those extra comments nevertheless
This sounds like fun! And I’m always ON for fun. Count me in, too!
my site is:
http://sweetmummy.lifewithchrist.org
Great idea! Count me in
Let me try this again! Here’s my site:
http://www.frugalshoppingwithjulie.blogspot.com
I want to be a Blogging Santa
. My site is: http://imbadev.com
i’m first time here, count me in!
http://bbmarketplace.blogspot.com
Hohohohoho Merry Christmas ! Good idea for a Christmas gift. Let me wear the red suit so that I can be counted in as a blogging santa. My site is http://www.zdiaz.com
I’m in for a blogging Secret Santa! I hope I made the deadline.
Essie
Oops, my site is Essentral,
http://essentral.quaboo.com/
Essie
When do we get to guess our blogging santa ?
Yes, I see no sign of a place to guess! Hmm… ?
You have to start guessing dudes!
Ok ,let me start-
My Guess: Apoorv Khatreja (the weirdest name I cud find
)
I’ve still got some evening left of Dec. 25th where I am located so I’m going to restrain myself and then make a wild guess
before I tuck in for the night. 
@Sneezy Melon
Yep, you guessed right! Congrats! I hope it was a good experience for you and you have a great holiday.
oops…I should have posted here….
Anyway my Secret Blogging Santa is Sven.
@Ashu
Yep, you got it. 2 for 2 so far. Keep the guesses coming.
I didn’t get any comments or feedback! So I have no idea who my SBS is!
Secret Bad Santa??
Hello, I will take my wild guess that my wonderful secret Santa was … Zigfred, of Higher Calling!
I make comments to my assigned blog.
but I could not guess
who is assigned to me…
I noticed Apoorv Khatreja
visited my blog I thought he is..
Zigfred dude, you weren’t supposed to comment on someone’s blog under the same name as here. It would then be obvious to the owner of the blog that You are their Secret Santa (Duh:P). Well, anyway…maybe i got it wrong, maybe you just commented on essie’s blog, without being santa,..etc..we’ll see
My secret Santa never showed, so there’s no guessing for me. I did have fun playing Secret Santa elsewhere though
hts: Sorry dude, I did not think about that. Well I plead guilty to the charge. I am Esse’s secret Santa. I guess it wasn’t so secret after all. I really appreciate what my secret Santa Did. I got the highest hits in my entire blogging career on December 24. I knew it has to be his/her doing. (My blog is relatively new traffic is still low)I’d say my secret santa is Esse. The stumble upon website indicates that the person who is helping drive traffic to my site is from San Diego California, and she is from the area so its got to be her !
@Apoorv Khatreja & Julie
That’s unfortunate. I would have hoped that everyone participated. Maybe they’ll still show.
@Essie Webber
Yep, you got it too.
@Stentorized
Nope. Not him.
@Zigfred
Haha, well it’s okay. Your Secret Santa was Essie.
Congrats on the high traffic!
Just wanted to note that there are definitely some that had to wait until today to do their stops as I was one of them
. I just made my stop as Santa 
.
As far as I can tell I haven’t been visited yet but still holding out since it’s obviously a busy time of year
.
Happy holidays everyone!
Hey there. I had a great Secret Santa – I totally don’t have a guess, though. BUT, I didn’t get info re: who I was supposed to Secret Santa – So maybe I’m one of the “no shows”. I tried to e-mail (to stay more anonymous) and get my SBS partner, but after reading these comments I just wanted to say I’m SO sorry. I am not one to drop the ball on these things…
my guess would have been ashu as well, he wrote pretty much the same to an answer of my comment on his blog as the secret santa to my reply to his comment… does this make sense?
uum..it seems I am among the few who didn’t guess who their blogging santa was
…so, can you please reveal yourself now? I’m curious PS: even if you choose to remain “silent” – thanks anyway for the comments 
Your Secret Santa was me, hts
oh well..thanks for letting me know…and thanks for the comments