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Oddball

Part of the Furniture Now
Dec 29, 2022
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TN
I feel like we should treat mike's emergencies like the som betsths they are...


Again trying to feel out how we are supposed to treat each other in this thread.
 
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wyfbane

Lifer
Apr 26, 2013
6,619
11,978
Tennessee
I feel like we should treat mike's emergencies like the som betsths they are...


Again trying to feel out how we are supposed to treat each other in this thread.
Well I tend to be kind to people unless they really irk me. You have to just read threads until you get a feel for folks and then just wade in on the crap talking.

But also, this isn't the thread to be a total jackass on, for fear of getting matched with the dottle shipper from last year... lol
 

Brad H

Lifer
Dec 17, 2024
2,008
10,793
Well I tend to be kind to people unless they really irk me. You have to just read threads until you get a feel for folks and then just wade in on the crap talking.

But also, this isn't the thread to be a total jackass on, for fear of getting matched with the dottle shipper from last year... lol
I have 19 used gift cards and 1 unused gift card. They are all for different stores and restaurants. The recipient will have to try all of them until they find the one with a balance still on it.
 

mikethompson

Commissar of Christmas
Jun 26, 2016
12,120
26,823
Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada
’Twas the month before the mailings, when across all the sites,
Pipe-smokers were stirring through long winter nights.
Their briars were polished, their cellars aligned,
In hopes that Santa Mike soon would assign

Each Secret Santa pairing with wisdom and stealth—
The way only he could, with pipe-smoking wealth.
The forum was buzzing with yuletide requests,
And whispers of something called SOM BESTHS…

No one knew its meaning—some ancient pipe myth?
Or merely a typo that wouldn’t desist?
Yet every few posts, like a magical crest,
Someone would type it: SOM BESTHS, no less.

Now members were nestled with blends rich and deep,
While visions of parcels danced into their sleep.
Latakia lovers and Virginia fans too
All waited for matches that soon would be due.

And Santa Mike, seated with spreadsheets so bright,
Checked every address in the soft glow of night.
With a puff of his pipe and a grin warm and deft,
He sorted each paring from right unto left.

He muttered, “Be merry! Let gifting be blessed!
But who keeps repeating this SOM BESTHS, I jest?”
He chuckled and typed as he tightened his cloak,
Then sent every match with a lighthearted joke.

When dawn finally broke with a crisp winter gleam,
The forum erupted—a jubilant scene.
For parcels were flying from north, south, and west,
Each tagged with the spirit of SOM BESTHS, no less.

And somewhere, Santa Mike raised a bowl to the cheer,
Content that his work brought good will every year.
For nothing brings joy—this the pipe-folk profess—
Like friendship, good leaf, and a shout of SOM BESTHS!
Very nice - an extra match for you
 

khiddy

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 21, 2024
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4,497
South Bend, Indiana
blog.hallenius.org


The door is now closed for entry into PMSS 2025! Thank you all who have thrown their name into the hat. Now for the long and difficult process of making the matches and sending out 120+ emails!

Thank you in advance for your patience - I hope to have the matches out by mid-week.

Som Besths to you all.
Oh dear. I certainly interpreted “ends Nov. 15” as 11:59PM, when I sent my email last night. Bummer.
 

Brad H

Lifer
Dec 17, 2024
2,008
10,793
Dr Seuss’s Christmas: PMSS25


In the frizzle frazzle month of December boo,
Commissar of Christmas Mike cried, “Oh what shall I do?”
Spreadsheets like mountains, coffee all zapped,
While old men and usernames all gronkled and snapped.

OddBall stomped loudly, his briar went thwap-thwap,
Wyfbane puffed smoke in a wild wiggle-wap.
Ahi Ka spun upside down with a jar of Latakia,
AshDigger’s plug burst into a cloud of paprika!

InfectedPsyche rode a catapult of cherry,
Keith929’s blend exploded in a flurry.
Ryan juggled tins of aromatic delight,
Kingsley blew smoke rings that glowed in the night.

DublinPiper90 tripped on a bowl of Virginia,
Pipenschmoeker123’s tobaccos danced in mania.
Dcrguns hurled a meerschaum that sang boing-boing,
Mtwaller’s wrapped cigars started to sing.

TubbyinTweed flopped on a pipe ribbon trampoline,
Trouttimes smoked a cob that glimmered turquoise green.
GKChesterton’s pipe erupted with sparkly plumes,
DeaconPiper twirled in a field of aromatic fumes.

AndreT_NY tied Sablebrush52 to a hookah kite,
While Jerry and Shift’s tobacco tins flew out of sight.
Infantry23 lit a pipe that belched peppermint smoke,
Sobrbiker and Revnatorade CNG sank in a blendy cloak.

Dr. Van Loafer sneezed up a bag of mysterious blend,
CSTREEPER541’s briar grew arms without end.
Questionable Source wrapped RSChrecks in ribbons of Latakia,
FLDRD’s cherry plug launched into JoeW’s pizzeria!

Chalaw87 spun a tobacco scented tornado with Abe Cox,
Speakeasy swung B.Lew in a cloud of fragrant flocks.
HawkeyeLinus arrived just in nick of time,
Username puffed a pipe of chocolate smoky lime.

BluegrassBrian bounced with Manawydan’s pouch of Cavendish,
Thermonicscott’s meerschaum exploded in a peppermint swish.
The Iron Monkey juggled MasterBlaster’s tin,
Sidehatch rolled Burley down the chimney with a spin.

SLEVY007 hurled LotusEater’s tobacco into the snow,
OddBall and Briaronboerum smoked plug loops below.
Tmcg81, Pypke, BenMN, MikePiper in shock,
Beef and HeavyLeadBelly puffed pipes that went pop-pop-pop!

Jacob74 rode a flying briar like a broom,
Manny Torres tripped in a Virginia scented room.
JWebb90 slid on Lupy1234’s ribbon of Burley,
SBC and Brad H puffed clouds that twirled early.

TNJed drank CoffeeAndBourbon while lighting a cob,
Bobpnm somersaulted through aromatic tobacco smog.

And then oh then! Mike was spinning, spinning, spinning,
Through a 3D maze of pipes and tins, the world thinning.
Smoke clouds swirled like cosmic cotton candy,
Boxes flipped, ribbons twisted, the space all dandy.

SOM BESTHS laughed and warped the laws of all things,
Time looped like ribbons, gravity had wings.
Misspelled names collided in smoke filled delight,
“sobrbiker” tangled with “Sobriker” mid flight.

Every username had gifts bouncing, flying, exploding,
Latakia rivers and Burley clouds exploding, corroding.
HawkeyeLinus twisted through “hawkeyelinus”’s tin,
While “AndreT_NY” and “Andre_T” spun in a spin.

Boxes became dragons puffing aromatic streams,
Candy canes galloped in Latakia dreams.
Even the grumpiest, grouchiest, smoke blowing guest,
Loved Secret Santa chaos and SOM BESTHS the best!

Mike clutched his poor head, spiraling still,
Through the pipe tobacco maze, against all will.
And I, scribble scrabbler, to outshine old Jerry,
Made this tale the zaniest, wildest, most merry!