Nice to see such a joyous response from everyone. So far we have folks registered from four different countries (not including Texas).
I've had a couple messages in PMs so I thought I'd answer them here...
I assign folks their Secret Santa based on their willingness to ship abroad; everyone who will ship outside the CONUS goes into one pool, those unwilling to ship outside the CONUS go into another. Secret Santas will be matched with victims from their respective pool.
On another note, the previous Secret Santa Elf (Gunnar) used to assign pairs; for example, if I was Peck's Secret Santa, he was also my Secret Santa. The current version of the (un)Official Pipes Magazine Secret Santa - 2016 Edition is not set up this way. You should not assume that the person you are gifting is the person who is sending you your present.
Ho ho ho
-- Pat