Hi,

this year Secret Santa will get some help from my nephew, uncle, brother or whatever: Sinterklaas.
Allthough my delivery network covers large areas of the globe, in some areas I have fierce competition. That's why in your case I need to get some help from Sinterklaas and his team of helpers. If you don't know him just take a look at the next video:

I hope that Sinterklaas will understand your wishlist, because he not used to reading wishlists in english, and his helpers the "zwarte pieten" are notorious for messing up.
If you figured out what language this Sinterklaas is speaking, you could help him by adding comments to your wishlist in that language to your wishlist, otherwise the "zwarte pieten" will call it "vette pech" and you end up with a bunch "pepernoten en taai-taai"

Greetz Secret Santa

Subject: Dankjewel



Hi Lenny, Sint told me you did a great job in helping him by translating to dutch. He also said he will do his best to find a suitable reward soon, but be patient. I have no ideas what he has up his sleeves, you just have to wait. Maybe singing Sinterklaas songs will help to speed things up: "Zie de maan schijnt door de bomen, makkers staakt uw wild geraas...."

Greetz Secret Santa

Wow, Lenny, you really surprise me.
Your profile is really enlightened by my image.
As a reward I will send you a bonus reward.
I tried to have one of my Pieten to bring the present to you but he could not find the address. He said he went to America, looked through every chimney and could not find you or Kermit or BOB.
I did some further inquiries and figured out he went to this place:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America,_Netherlands
So it's time for Plan B: organize things myself.
This time I will use TNT to get things going. The 1st part of your gift will be on its way to you toda. As soon as I clear out the mess the Pieten made a second parcel will be send your way. Perhaps I should call Santa if I can borrow some elves...
In the meanwhile just keep singing your Sinterklaas songs. I thought I could hear you singing somewhere far away... Could you perhaps sing a bit louder?

Greetz, Sinterklaas.

Your bonus is on its way to the US of A.
Eventhough I am not using my steamboat to deliver it, it will still take some time for this package to travel all the way from Europe to you.
But it should arrive well before my name day. You can of course open this package on my name day or "pakjes"-eve.
For the other gift things are still "in progress", don't worry (yet). Perhaps we just forgot to load your present to the steamboat when we left from Spain. Some Pieten are checking now if your present is still in my big storage in Spain. As soon as the spanish business sparkles again, I can send a ship with the spanish gifts.
If things work out fine, your 2nd present should still arrive before my nameday.
So keep on singing...
The singing... when I am riding Amerigo at night when all are sleeping and everything is quiet I hear you singing. I really enjoy it, especially the new ones. They really show my fat nephew who's the man .

Greetz Sinterklaas

... here comes Sinterklaas, here comes Sinterklaas ....

Subject: Are you nuts?

Not so dear Lenny,

In these hectic times you start to promote my fat cousin? I liked the sinterfrog as he was dancing to the music. Why did you?
I am not so sure anymore if I should give you a nice present.
On the other hand, do you know what happens with frogs (and mice) during this time in the Netherlands? They get eaten. So for this time I forgive you.

As I am sending this message to you, I can update you on the status of your gift. Eventhough both are travelling separate ways, things look rather unsure. One of my pieten was steering the plane, and as you can see this almost cost you one of your presents. We will try again to retrieve the package from spain, but this time I will ask for one of Spain's National Airline pilots to fly the plane.


For the other gift something else appears to be causing a delay. I don't know exactly what's going on but perhaps you can figure this out. I think the blue suitcase near the top contains your present. My pieten are excellent climbers so they should be able to get your suitcase, if only they knew at which airport the suitcase is.

However as we speak I am working on a backup solution. Please be patient.


So Lenny, I don't know when your present will arrive, if ever. I don't have a clue. Do you?

Greetz,

Sinterklaas

Hi Lenny,

Thank you so much for making an old man happy! Of course I don't mind pictures of my nice cousin Santa Claus, but I prefer them after December 5th. Because you changed your avatar so quickly I will give you a hint on the presents. The pictures in my previous message are the clues.

Good luck,

Sint

Hi Lenny,

one of my Pieten just reported that you received one of the gifts. One Piet said it was the present they took care off. I asked him what he meant with "they took care off" they were supposed to take care of ALL presents. "Well, uhm", he said.
So Lenny we are almost back to where we started, luckily one gift has already arrived so you can enjoy "Pakjesavond" still a littje bit.
I did so some investigation, and what happened: the lazy Pieten dispatched their job of bringing you a present to some elves of Santa. So I him an email. He quickly replied that he located the mayham caused by the Pieten and the Elves and will try to fix it, unfortunately the Elves did not take into account my Birthday some they prepared the gift for Christmas Eve. After some emails back and forth Santa agreed to make an exception for me (and so also for you) and he tries to arrange a special delivery for you.
He will inform me as soon as his sled is ready for this special mission codename STS-123, but with current wind conditions over the US he won't be able to deliver before Pakjesavond. But he wasn't sure, so if you really look forward to your presents look out for mission STS-123.
So once more I have to ask you to be patient, your patience will be rewarded.

Greetz, Sinterklaas

Hi Lenny,

I like the latest addition to your song. I am perhaps willing to give another clue if you need one. In the meanwhile I urge you to look for Santa's mission STS-123.

Greetz Sint.

Hi Lenny,

you want to know the true identity of Sinterklaas. I can tell you your 1st guess is wrong. I am supposed to be a secret sinterklaas, perhaps I will reconsider after I delivered all the presents tomorrow.
In the meanwhile I can give you an update on mission STS-123. Santa says things are running smooth. The gift is on its way from the Nordic depot to the US DC. Unfortunately Santa did not have any Sinterklaas gift wrapping so he sends your presents unwrapped. It hope this doesn't dissappoint you. See the positive side, you won't waste any time unwrapping.
Santa promised me to give an update as soon as the package arrives in US warehouse. I will keep informing you.

Sinterklaas

Hi Lenny

allthough I am very busy delivering packages tonight I can announce mission sts123 is nearing completion. Eventhough it may still take some days. This weekend I will teach you a trick so you can easier gaze the dark night and track your gift.
Could you sing extra loud tonight and tomorrow, me and my Pieten can use some songs to keep up our spirit during these busy nights.
Greetz Sint

Hi Lenny, I just arrived in Spain. All presents in the Netherlands are delivered. Now it's time to relax.Nothing better than a frozen Magarita on sunny "Costa" after a hard night's work. I invited Santa over for a drink and to discuss your case.We agreed that for now we won't give additional clues. So you can keep guessing, screaming or just wait till your hair turns green. And believe me I have seen people going for the last option.So when are you allowed to open your gift?Santa and I know deep inside you there's still the small Lenny, playfull, eager, and most important not always that patient as may appear on the outside. So Santa and I agreed that after all the singing, redecorating, guessing,etc. you may decide yourself when to open your gifts.So what's it going to be ... Greetz, Sint

A whiffin', sniffin' gift,
Especially for you.
It's from "Secret Santa"
Bet you can't guess who!

Winkin', blinkin, just don't nod.
This gift is for your eyes.
It's from Secret Santa too,
By now, that's no surprise.

Jingle, jangle, what do I hear?
It's not a reindeer sleigh--
It must be Secret Santa,
Hurrying on his way. -> choosing your gift :-)

Your Secret Santa

(listening to Flying Colors Live at Black's Woods on 2009-07-25)

Vous souffrirez ma fureur. Vous sentirez les coupes de papier du désespoir. Oh et chocolat.

Sie leiden wird mein Zorn. Sie werden Scherenschnitte der Verzweiflung. Oh, und Schokolade.

Je zal lijden mijn woede. U voelt op papier van wanhoop. Oh en chocolade.

Thank you for the message Cthanta. I now crave for chocolate.

Cthanta Claus has a taste for the darker chocolates. Chocolates of the underworld...sometimes with chili peppers in them. What sorts of evil do you partake in?

Ct-C

I spend most of my time as a good Cultist, trying to summon you from the R'lyeh pole so you can give humanity the gift it deserves.. In my free time I like to torture small animals and watch pornography. I´ve been real bad this year Cthanta Claus.

A man after my own unbeating hearts. Your vessel is coming towards me so that I might properly adorn it in the ichor of humanities destruction. Do enjoy your animal torture porn. It keeps your smile bright and skin moist.

Ct-C

Subject: To Kyle: Naughty
Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:55 am

Santa here.

I hate to break it to ya, pal, but you were the first person on my Naughty List. In fact, you were so naughty that the other elves wanted to steal my sleigh and reindeer just so they could fly to Wisconsin to teach your naughty little arse a lesson. Cooler heads prevailed, though, and the elves agreed to send the usual lumps of coal.

I made sure that the lumps were extra powdery so you couldn't use it as a game piece without blackening your fingers.

So, uh, Happy Xmas, and . . . Oh yeah. Ho ho ho!

~Santa

Oooh, I can't wait - and just in time too!

It's starting to get cold around here, and my coal supplies are running dangerously low. Those sure are some thoughtful little elves!

Dear Murray,

Santa here - just bringing you an update on what to expect this year - and I'm afraid the answer is 'not a lot'.

Allow me to explain.

Now, firstly I need to make it clear to you that I don't have an ounce of prejudice anywhere in my rotund form .
It's just that making a few judgement calls is a part of my job - kinda comes with the territory.
Added to that, there are a lot of people relying on me come the big day and I've had to develop what I like to think of as a few 'rules of thumb' for assessing whether people are, well, naughty or nice.

And this Murray, is where we've hit a couple of snags...

First up, Ameritrash?

Really?

Are you sure?

You know, it's 2009 Murray not 1985! I'm assuming you don't gel your hair and listen to Wham anymore, so why would you be playing games that were the big thing when Ronald Reagan was president? What are you thinking?

Have you seen Santa's sleigh lately? It used to look like this:



All flash, trimming, bling and sparkles.
Remind you of anything Murray?

But now it looks like this:



See? Sleek, fast and, dare I say, elegant.

You have to move with the times!

Games have moved on Murray. They've gotten smarter, sleeker, sexier. But it seems to me that you haven't - you're stuck in the past. You're not thinking about the nuances of the core mechanisms, you're thinking about those nights as a kid when you played with toy soldiers on your bedroom floor aren't you?

Now, it's fine to remember those times fondly (goodness knows, happy kids make Santa jolly) but you have a beautiful wife and a wonderful son now Murray. Should you really be endangering their fiscal security by vicariously reliving your childhood? Aren't you putting them at risk every time you drag home one of those enormous and overweight Fantasy Flight monstrosities?

Not good Murray, not good.

But, as I say, I'm not a judgmental man and I could overlook your obsession with regressing to being an 8 year old and risking the well-being of your loved ones if that were your sole transgression.

But it isn't Murray is it?

No Murray, you do something a lot worse than that don't you?

You know what I'm talking about.....Murray, you hang around in Chit Chat.

Now, I've never actually been in Chit Chat myself so you could argue that maybe I shouldn't judge without first hand knowledge. But let me tell you this Murray. I didn't get in this position without knowing a few things about the big wide world.

How do I get to know so much while I'm busy organising this whole Christmas hoohah? One word Murray - Elves.

I have the sneaky little buggers deployed everywhere - you wouldn't believe it. And not just hanging around in Children's rooms trying to get the dirt on them either. No, I have an elite task force of the highly trained little buggers who infiltrate some of the lowest, scummiest and just-plain-naughtiest places in the world...Opium dens, houses of ill-repute, international banks and, worst of them all, Chit Chat.

And I'll be honest with you Murray, some of the the things I've heard turn Santa's jolly round stomach. Chit Chat Murray - You know it's naughty.

So let me ask you one question.

Did you really think that an Ameritrasher who hangs out in Chit Chat was going to be on my "nice" list?

There ya go.

With regret,
Santa "I calls 'em as I see 'em" Claus

Do me a solid, young considerate man
and post this on yer list
help an old man accomplish his plan
to give a gift with a twist!



=============================================================
Riddle me this:

You will know that I am coming
From the jingle of my bell,
But exactly who I am is not an easy thing to tell.

Children, they adore me
for they find me jolly,
but I do not see them when the halls are decked with holly.

My job often leaves me frozen,
I am a man that all should know,
But I do not do business in times of sleet or ice or snow.

I travel much on business,
But no reindeer haul me around,
I do all my traveling firmly on the ground.

I love the time of Christmas,
But that's not my vocational season,
And I assure that is because of a sound economic reason.

Who am I?

Add my name, in BIG letters, with a sled in place of every gap: http://bit.ly/

Subject: Santa is keeping an eye on you!
Well hello there Scott!!

Santa has indeed been very busy making toys and games for all the little geekies in Geekdom...and he definitely has not forgotten about you! It seems that the elves have scheduled Santa for several big parades over the next few weeks (I can't believe its that time of the year again), but don't you worry your little head...Santa has not forgotten about you.

For the time being enjoy this song I've written for you, to the tune of "I (Santa Claus) am coming to town":

I see you when your posting,
I know you love fruitcake,
I know your having fun with games,
So play on for goodness sake!!

Well...Santa doesn't exactly know if you love fruitcake, but he is feeling hungry at the moment and can smell Mrs.Claus' baking in the next room.

Santa is on the hunt for the perfect game for you Scott. Keep up the good work, and be a good boy.

Ho Ho Ho,
Santa.

p.s. Santa checks up on you daily, so feel free to respond on your geekpage.

Subject: The Sleigh is on its Way
HoHoHo! Scott!

The elves have informed me that your gift is on its way! We are trying out a new delivery service. With all this technology now-a-days we couldn't help but try out automated reindeer and sleighs.

Have a very merry holiday season!

Santa T. Claus

Subject: SSENP Notification: Membership Suspended

Dear Tommy,

It has recently come to my attention that you may have violated one or more of the SSENP (Santa's Society for Especially Nice People) codes. Of particular concern is blatant admissions in your wishlist to Santa.

"We have a pretty good erotica collection. Everything from literature, to videos.."

"We're a lusty pair, Santa, so please only send us the unsanitised European version."

"After 30 mins, my face was sore from grinning/clenching my jaw. After 75 blistering, tension- and decision-filled minutes, it was all over."


As chairman of the SSENP I have reviewed your case and have decided that based on your previous years of good behaviour in the society we'll let your transgressions slide. As you are well aware despite forgiving you we cannot let this go unpunished . As such this year you will be banned from participating in all society activities including the ever popular reindeer races caravan, snowball skirmish ninja and the candystock festival .


As you are already aware it is customary for suspended members to be supplied with sacred coal from Santa's great hearth (or affectionately known as Santa's great heart given the warmth it provides us elves all year round). Well I suppose given this is only your first suspension you might not already be aware of this custom. We provide members with this coal as a symbol of the pain you have caused Santa . You must take a piece of his now-cold/saddened heart and reflect on your transgressions. Upon returning, and hopefully realising the errors of your ways, you place the sacred coal back into the flames warming all our hearts with your presence once again .


Our records indicate that you are in the process of moving. So that you may receive this sacred coal please inform my assistants lokides or tallboy of your new address so that it may be delivered.


Regards,
Mr Timothy Elfonce

Chairman SSENP, Santa's ESSH (Extra Special Secret Helper)
South Pole (Formerly North which has recently melted)

Subject: SSENP Notification: Suspension Withdrawn

Dear Tommy,

Thank you for your prompt response, in light of the evidence presented to us I as chairman of the SSENP have no choice but to withdraw the suspension. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope the gifts we have sent you help to make amends. I cannot tell you what these gifts are as I did not personally select them but the elves that did left the following clues:

Number one they are not.
One and a half are hot.
One of them is not.
One awards beauty, one annihilation, the other wealth.
One has cards, one has blocks, and one has neither of those.

I’m afraid that is all the information I could get from them. The elves assured me you should receive the gifts in two four weeks and that’ll be all the clues you’ll need in the meantime. Personally I think perhaps not but we will see.

As for your riddle "Assuming your geographical location is correct, exactly what colour are the bears you see when you look out any of the 4 windows?" I have asked some other elves and here’s what they came up with:

- The only bears we have here are white.

- The bears aren’t actually white their fur is transparent it’s just because that is the only colour present. Their colour would depend on their background.

- Red, green, blue and yellow.

- We don’t have any windows we’re oppressed, doomed to work in front of a bloomin’ roasting fire till the day we die.

- Can’t see anything it’s a whiteout.

- Four windows how big are these windows is there even enough room for a door to get into the room in the first place?

- Red. If there are that many bears you can see them from every window they are no doubt fiercely fighting over who should eat you. Therefore red because of the blood they’re spilling.

Of course I think it probably has nothing to do with bears as an animal but rather as a symbol of strength or something perhaps? Quite the conundrum perhaps you should post it on the SSENP message board?


Regards,
Mr Timothy Elfonce

Chairman SSENP, Santa's ESSH (Extra Special Secret Helper)
South Pole (Formerly North which has recently melted)

From your game list, I cannot tell if you have been naughty or nice. You seem to want a lot of conflict... so that tells me you may be naughty! I will have to watch you closely to ensure you are truly nice.

Your Secret Santa

Ho ho ho! Santa has been working his present lists early. I've had to go ahead and assume that you are correct and certain games demand an iron fist to play. So, I am going to bet that you are... NICE!

You should hold off on game buying until Christmas... well, at least games in your top two tiers. But I'll give you two dreamy hints: you will recieve four presents (plus one tiny, tiny thoughtful item) and none of them are out of print. So trade for those out of prints until your heart is content.

I think Santa made a mistake, though, and had an invoice sent your way. Santa just cannot remember if I checked the gift box or not. If Santa made a mistake, I know that you are 'nice' and will just throw it away before discovering my secret identity. Just make sure you don't open any strange boxes until Christmas!

The elves appear to be in the cookie jar, again. I must go beat them.
Santa

Subject: IDAHOHOHO
Hello there little Becky,

Santa has been going over your list and as soon as I get a report on your past years activities from the elves I'll see if my sleigh will be stopping in Sugar City this year.

Because you come from a 'snow' state, santa has high expectations for you when it comes to Christmas Cheer.

Keep doing those good deeds and put away your tricorder and the family edition of Agricola. I think we may some new ideas for your stocking this year.

Ho Ho and Harumph..

S A N T A

Well now Little Becky, I'm pleased to hear you still believe in me!

I'm sorry about the lack of emails the last two years. It's not widely known, but in 2007 Santa had a bit of labour trouble with the elven union and ended up doing a fair bit of extra toymaking work over the holidays. Then last year, Santa decided to outsource my entire operation to an off-shore syndicate. I saved a bundle on elf and reindeer costs and was happy with the results but Mrs Clause didn't like me being 'not-busy' and 'around the house' so much...

So, I'm back at it with the elves this year and answering mail as regularly as I can.

Keep believing in Santa Becky... I have my report in from the elves and it looks like you've been very good this year!!

S A N T A

Hello again Becky,

I'm glad you got Santa's last email. The agreement between myself and the elves is working well so far (that outsource I did last year put quite a scare into the little fellows... hoho) but it does appear we still have one or two malcontents. I have Donder and a few of his reindeer friends slow-roasting one of them to determine who was doing this email pilfering. Santa should probably use a better password but I'm an old man and my memories not that good you know.

Speaking off making lists to remember things, Santa is honing in on your wishlist and I have some jolly good ideas I think. I'll let you know when I've got the sleigh loaded.

PS: Are you one of those little girls who opens their presents early? Santa's not sure how he feels about that sort of thing... I may attach special eleven string on those parcels (extra long stuff that I can use to drag them back to the pole)

S A N T A

Hello Little Becky,

I hope you're ready for some sleuthing...

This is the big red guy dropping you a quick line from the NP. I've just instructed my Elf factory to prep your gifts at their West Coast location. I've also got Mrs. Clause doing a special gift that will come straight to you from the North.

I hope all is well in Sugar City. Santa can't believe he doesn't remember a place with a name like that... but then I do visit an awful lot of towns on my route. I see it on google maps though so it must really exist just like you said in your letter.

When the elves confirm that they've wrapped and shipped your parcel I'll let you know.

Keep doing those good deeds and reember your promise..

S A N T A

Hello Becky,

Is it snowing in Idaho yet? We don't have snow here yet either - I can't believe it. Actually there's lots of snow around us but none right here.

Santa just wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know that the Elves have shipped your parcel. I have a tracking number but it's in a foreign language you wouldn't understand. When it gets to your country maybe I'll let you now then but I'm sure it will get there... how many Sugar City, Idaho, USA's can there be in this world?

Mrs. Clause and I still need to wrap another item here that we're sending direct to you - hopefully in a day or two it will be on the way.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving this Thursday.

S A N T A


P.S.
I forgot to mention...

It's a little bit old, it's a little bit new hmmn

One involves Tom Arnold and Bill Smith? hmmmnn

S A N T A

Hello Becky,

It's good to hear you got some snow - we are supposed to have some in our weekend forecast. I won't be celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday but wish you the best - it sounds like you will have a lot of fun. I know I shouldn't go out of my way to exclude games from my hinting and taunts but... one of my elves was wanting to send you a copy of Werewolves of Miller's Hollow and it was almost in the sack and then pulled out at the last second as Santa wasn't sure you would have enough people to play!?! Oh well, another Elf came up with an alternate idea...

Speaking of which, here's a clue for your third item (a bit easier I think)...

"I come from down in the valley
where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
when she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green"

Will you be sending some turkey to your target?

Bye for now,
S A N T A

Cheers from the North

S A N T A (the one who lives in the North Pole... I'm not aware of any relatives I have who live in Canada so be warned there may be an imposter)

Hello Becky,

This is Santa again,

Pretty soon, I'll be landing my sleigh down on Yellowstone Highway and tramping up to your chimney! But it's still a few weeks away and while I'm very very busy I know that you have a lot of time on your hands after that big Thanksgiving feast. So, here's a couple of clues for Becky the detective to chew on until Santa arrives.

"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by ThreeFour SpiritsPresents."



A clue to each:

Mad Hatter Most Unlikely Suspect
Your oven really talks? backwards
Bruce Springsteen (already gave you that one)
June, 1926 and The Three Boars and A Big Game Hunter

Oh Oh Oh - That's way too easy!!

I better get back to my lists before I spoil the whole thing!

I can't give you an exact location Becky but if you walk North from Sugar City and keep walking North and keep walking, at a certain point you will start heading South and if you stop and back up a step - that's the North Pole.

I like Canada because it does have snow, and is very close to home so it's nice to be able to stop there first on Christmas Eve and unload all the hockey sticks because they're heavy and they don't fit in the sleigh too well.

They seem to think I live in their country and have made up a cute address and postal code for me but the truth is that the North Pole is more of a Principality... that way Santa can do his own thing and not get caught up in the taxes and hockey fantasy pools that come with being a Canadian. I do like maple syrup though! I just need to keep the elves away from it.

Did you get Santa's second email yesterday with clues?

I know I said I was going to focus on my list but here's another puzzle for you...

If 1 is a 1 and 2 is a 2 then why are 3 and 4 neither?


Oh I forgot... I like the ketchup potato chips some of the Canadian kids leave me for snacks. Soooo those chips and maple syrup are pretty good but other than that I could really do with out the Canadians. I think the cold weather makes them extra naughty.

Good night and good guessing!

S A N T A

Subject:STEaDS announcements and industry trends

Press release for immediate distribution:

SECRET SANTA 2009 UPDATE:
You may be aware that we are in worldwide tough economic times. Corporate funding tight as we enter the holiday season and many of our competitors are tightening their belts. In the industry, everyone is expected to do more with less and trade imbalances are on everyone's mind.

Santa's Toy Emporium and Delivery Service (d.b.a. Secret Santa) is very proud to able to announce today that even in these tough times we are keeping our targets as GOAL NUMBER ONE. We are proud to announce the hiring of additional seasonal elf employees to make sure that we meet our customer expectations. We always keep our company's motto as our primary focus: At STEaDS no target will be left behind.

This additional headcount will allow us to get a head start on our busy fourth quarter. These elves are six sigma vetting specialists and will be used to improve our Quality Control methodology. Their assignment will be to double check the multiple listing agency's "Naughty and Nice List" and improve our overall operation. Specifically, we expect these additional resources to reduce cycle time year over year by over 5% and accuracy of the final report will improve by over 15%. This will provide a higher percent of on-time delivery for our most in demand items. This will also reduce mistakes made in past seasons where certain customers received Lumps, the Game of Big Rolls and Smart Holds when their past year's conduct suggest a merit award of Christmas Party Gift Exchange Game.

INDUSTRY TRENDS
We have noticed a sharp rise in demand of war time titles this year. In the season of "Goodwill and joy to all men" this is disturbing as forecasts had suggested that we ramp up production for delivery of the exploration of space and lost civilization product lines. Another surprise is that the political infighting lines remain strong. The transportation sector is also making a strong showing this year, this is not as surprising as it is a cash cow and we do not see demand falling any time soon.

Certain sections of this Report contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. Words such as expects, anticipates, plans, believes, scheduled, estimates and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which include but are not limited to projections of revenues, earnings, segment performance, cash flows, contract awards, game production, deliveries and backlog stability. Forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors.

From: Chanfan
To: Santa
Date: 2009-11-25 12:06:21
Subject: Re:STEaDS announcements and industry trends

Dear Santa;

Thank you so much for your report! I wish you and yours a healthy and happy holiday season, and hope your business model can adapt and survive with the changing and challenging economy.

In light if your industry growing against trends, might you be able to help this fellow, mentioned in the attached letter? Thanks so much.

--Chanfan


Begin Attachment:

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
File #A 019-272-863

Dear Mr. Dan E. Elfman;

As you know, following your hearing in your case you were found deportable and the hearing officer has entered in an order of deportation. As your H1B work visa supplied by Santa's Toy Emporium and Delivery Service (name of company) has been withdrawn, and a review of your file indicates there is no administrative relief that can be extended to you, it is now incumbent upon this Service to enforce your departure from the United States.

Arrangements have been made for your departure to The Republic of Elbonia (country) on to be determined (date) from to be determined (port of departure) on the to be determined (name of vessel, airline, or other transportation).

You should report to a United States Immigration Officer in Room 207 completely ready for deportation. At the time of your departure you will be limited to 2 pounds of baggage. Should you personal effects in excess of this amount, they will be burned in front of you, unless there's something good in it we want, like non-Monoploy board games.

Very Truly Yours;

Aldie
Supervisory Detention & Deportation Officer

Thank you for your concern about Mr. Elfman.

It may please you to know that Mr. Elfman was in charge of Quality Control at the time your portion of the N&N list was reviewed. While we noted minor defects in his findings from time to time, we've found that he generally made the correct interpretation. We hope that you will not be adversely affected by said defects.

Every attempt was made to sway Aldie towards recognizing the amazing and unrepeatable job that Mr. Elfman has done for us. Mr. Elfman was provided the best representation we could afford.

Unfortunately, Aldie determined that Mr. Elfman does not have a unique BFoQ that will allow him to remain in this country. As his decision is final, we are required to observe his findings.

However I do want to tell you that I will be personally contacting our HR Director in Elbonia, Mr. Catbert. I fully expect that with your personal recommendation we will be able to find a position for Mr. Elfman in no time at all.

We have also offered him free shipping on his personal belongings valued over $125 (except for the previously mentioned Monopoly and a contraband original version of Risk. Those have been confiscated).

Thank you for your concern in this matter.

STEaDS
CPO (Chief People Officer)


Best wishes to you for a very happy, healthy and fun holiday!

From: Santa
To: Chanfan
Date: 2009-12-03 11:41:37
Subject: Re:STEaDS announcements and industry trends



Just a quick note to say Santa saw your "Thanks Santa" post and hopes you enjoy your holiday!

Also, thanks for calling in some help with the big guy on my job and visa issues. Things here are muddy but over all quite pleasant.

Regards,
Dan E. Elfman