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That is so cool, Bernie! I have just added myself to the list. I only have a question, which is in fact the same I put in the "remarks" box, which is the following:

Ahem I am guessing that I have a question... how do we know if we're supposed to send a "female" or "male" present? I guess we should just pick neutral gifts?

Do you think it would be possible know at least the sex of the person, or nothing at all? It would just be nicer if we knew it, in case we were thinking about sending a more female or more male present.

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

Do you think it would be possible know at least the sex of the person,

Well, yes. :-) I'm planning of adding that piece of information to the addresses before they are distributed. The question is not on the form because the information can easily be extracted from the NAO user profile.

Consider yourself hugged.

I see... so basically what we are getting when everything is set out to go would be a real name, and an address? If that were so though (and I assume it's like that, because otherwise there would be no way to send the package) there could be some conflict of interest :P

I mean, if for example, I get a Bernie bla bla I would know that it is a package for you!! :P I mean, on the Nao most of us know each other, if not actually physically like you, me, Tammy and all the other Naoiies who met each other last year, we would at least know more or less each other's real names. So I don't know how this would be a "surprise" package as in I don't know who I am sending this thing to.

Then you could say that afterall it's not important if you know who you're sending it to, but that it's more important that the receiver doesn't know who sent it to him. Though, that would be easily guessable too :P I think I am the only Naoiie from Italy for example, and those in America come all from different states. Here it is mandatory to write the sender's name on packages, other than the receiver's. I don't know about other countries...

Anyway, not to spoil the fun people. I was just being realist, but I am sure that even though we know who we are sending/receive the package to/from, it will be definitely cool. At least it will be a surprise until we finally open it (that would be a first for me, since I normally know what's inside my gifts, aside from Hawkeye's because he uses reverse psychology on me!)

Un bacio è un'apostrofo rosa scritto tra le parole "ti amo".

So I don't know how this would be a "surprise" package as in I don't know who I am sending this thing to.

And it probably isn't. But you still don't know where the packet with your name on it comes from.

I've even thought of increasing the randomness of the whole thing by giving everybody two addresses - one to send their packet to, and another one to forward the packet they get. That way, even if you know who's behind the addresses you get, you can neither tell where your packet goes nor where the packet for you comes from.
The obvious downsides of this idea are a) everybody pays twice the postage, and b) the packets might not make it in time.

Consider yourself hugged.