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I'm a member of another online community (bookcrossing.com) and we have an annual ornament exchange each year. I've participated for 2 years now and have had a great time doing it. We send our contact info to a coordinator and they randomly assign you to another user. You can choose to take on an international user or not, depending on your preference. There aren't any other rules about what type of ornament or anything else you want to send.

Since my group is a book-related group, I have generally sent a book that was on the user's wishlist, an ornament and an edible that represents either who I am or where I am from. Because I chose to trade internationally, last year I sent to a user in Ireland and got one from a user in Finland. The year before I sent to a user in Australia and got one from a user in Ohio. Neat!

If anyone is interested in doing a BandLand version, just PM me your:

a)Snail Mail Address, and

b)Whether you only want to send to people in your own country.

Remember that ornaments need not be related to a specific holiday, as the exchange is intended to be all-inclusive and irrespective of faith.

Lanakila

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Count me in - sounds like a bunch of fun!

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We have several folks on the list for this exchange. I'll close off the list soon and ask folks to ship Internationals by December 1st, and domestic by December 7th. For those of you in Australia, Canada, England, etc. If you chose to ship only locally, you will be matched with someone in your country and should consider your shipment "domestic".

Please understand that you only need to send an ornament. The rest of the things that I sent were just fluff!

If you are still interested, please send me your info via PM!

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