We Wish You a Merry Christmas Mystery Swap

Official start time is December 3rd at 12:01 AM CST. Official timekeeping begins then.
There is a 12 hour turn limit. If we have to wait for you longer than that, you will be bumped to the bottom of the list.
Please leave moves or a way to reach you if you plan to be away for more than 8-10 hours.
Please send your reveal to at least one other player.
And remember your reveal has to be a mystery with a Christmas theme. An actual Christmas mystery, Christmas words in the title, or set at Christmas.


Book held
Book revealed (thread)
Number of steals (max 5)

MOVES:


1. gothamgal: ~ (~) :: ~
2. molekilby: ~ (~) :: ~
3. luckaye: ~ (~) :: ~
4. Potok-fan: ~ (~) :: ~
5. rebeccaljames: ~ (~) :: ~
6. bluecat07: ~ (~) :: ~
7. cheesygiraffe: ~ (~) :: ~
8. elsi: ~ (~) :: ~
9. ramson: ~ (~) :: ~
10. Ellymae58: ~ (~) :: ~
11. Daelith: ~ (~) :: ~
12. candy-is-dandy: ~ (~) :: ~
13. blackadder75: ~ (~) :: ~
14. SciFisstrs: ~ (~) :: ~
15. shaunesay: ~ (~) :: ~
16. noumena12: ~ (~) :: ~
17. Cheriepie: ~ (~) :: ~
18. PepperVL: ~ (~) :: ~
19. FranciJo: ~ (~) :: ~
20. redhot-brat: ~ (~) :: ~

Gothamgal, looks like you're up first. Who's mysterious reveal would you like to unwrap?

I don't see an actual image, but just an "Image Hosted by Angelfire" image there in the whose turn it is line...

Ok I will upload it to my photobucket account. ;) Thanks for telling me Cherie. :kiss:

Wooo Hooo - It's Present Swapping time! :bananadance:

All right Gothamgal! Where are you?????? :giggle:

I've PMed her to tell her she was first and that I've got this play thread started early. We'll have to wait and see now. :whistle:

I'm ready!

Off to watch Tin Man now. Love the banana Kel. :giggle:

We're watching Dexter now. I set up TiVo to pick up the 3 Tin Man episodes from some of its reruns. :)

ETA - at 11pm actually

*runs and hides from the banana, hitting adblock on the way out*

:giggle:

Aww, I really wanted to see the tin man... makes me wish we still had cable...


Let me know how much it rocks, please...

My first official move is to ask Pepper to reveal...

I mean, whenever the official game starts, of course.. :whistle:

Pepper's stuffing her face right now! :giggle:

I let her know you wanted her reveal so she can come in and show you herself. :flasher:

Pepper's Reveal:

Cat/Christie 3-fer



Cat Deck the Halls by Shirley Rosseau Murphey

(from bn.com)

The cats who saved Christmas . . .

The charming seaside village of Molena Point, California, leads one to expect a quiet traditional Christmas surrounded by family and friends—but not this holiday season. Instead of singing carols and climbing into Christmas trees, Joe Grey, feline P.I., is faced with his most difficult case yet—and that's saying a lot for a wily tomcat who for years has been solving crimes the police can't even crack.

At midnight in the deserted gardens of the shopping plaza, a stranger lies dead beneath the village Christmas tree; the only witness to the shooting is a little child. But when the police arrive, summoned by an anonymous phone call of feline origin, both the body and the child have disappeared. As police scramble for leads, the grey tomcat, his tabby lady, and their tortoiseshell pal, Kit, launch their own unique investigation.

Together Joe Grey, Dulcie, and Kit face their most heartbreaking case yet as they care for the child who may be the killer's next target. Trying to sort out perplexing clues amidst the happiness of the season, they shadow a cast of colorful characters. But neither the police nor their unknown feline assistants are aware that they might have stumbled over the murderer and never known it, until an electrifying final scene when the killer's identity is revealed.

AND



A Holiday for Murder by Agatha Christie

It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man.

AND

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie

First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of corpse in chest...next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder...the strange case of the of the dead man who altered his eating habits..and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these six baffling cases? The distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.

Oh...I've decided to read all Holiday-related books the month of December. Of course, I had to go out an buy a bunch to add to the ones I already have! :) (It was to make up for my speeding ticket [52 in a 35 mph zone]. Of course, DH thought I should be saving my money to pay for the damn ticket.

Will pick a book and send out my reveal shortly.

And if whoever ends up with my reveal doesn't want all of the books, I'm cool with that too. :lol: I'm just in a "get these things out of my apartment" mood at the moment, so I'm offering extras just about everywhere.

Sent reveal to: Cheesy, Cherie, Kel, and Shaunie (via email)

Looks like I'm going to get to pull an all nighter for work. Although I'm about to crash...I'm going to try to get a catnap in before things to crazy.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas Mystery Swap

Official start time is December 3rd at 12:01 AM CST. Official timekeeping begins then.
There is a 12 hour turn limit. If we have to wait for you longer than that, you will be bumped to the bottom of the list.
Please leave moves or a way to reach you if you plan to be away for more than 8-10 hours.
Please send your reveal to at least one other player.
And remember your reveal has to be a mystery with a Christmas theme. An actual Christmas mystery, Christmas words in the title, or set at Christmas.



Book held
Book revealed (thread)
Number of steals (max 5)

MOVES:

Gothamgal has Pepper reveal the Cat/Christie 3-fer


1. gothamgal: Cat/Christie 3-fer (~) :: ~
2. molekilby: ~ (~) :: ~
3. luckaye: ~ (~) :: ~
4. Potok-fan: ~ (~) :: ~
5. rebeccaljames: ~ (~) :: ~
6. bluecat07: ~ (~) :: ~
7. cheesygiraffe: ~ (~) :: ~
8. elsi: ~ (~) :: ~
9. ramson: ~ (~) :: ~
10. Ellymae58: ~ (~) :: ~
11. Daelith: ~ (~) :: ~
12. candy-is-dandy: ~ (~) :: ~
13. blackadder75: ~ (~) :: ~
14. SciFisstrs: ~ (~) :: ~
15. shaunesay: ~ (~) :: ~
16. noumena12: ~ (~) :: ~
17. Cheriepie: ~ (~) :: ~
18. PepperVL: ~ (~) :: Cat/Christie 3-fer
19. FranciJo: ~ (~) :: ~
20. redhot-brat: ~ (~) :: ~

Molekilby, it's your turn! Who's mysterious reveal would you like to steal :pirate2: or unwrap?

:pm: to molekilby

Thanks Pepper. Your reveals look good btw. ;)

I am waiting to hear from cheesy to see if she will let me use the reveal I pmd her about. After she gives me her approval or not I will send out my reveal.

Checking in -- I sent my reveal to noumena12. I will be flying to DC on Monday morning and returning to TX on Thursday evening. Other than those times (and when I'm sleeping, of course) I'll be online near continuously.

Pweeeease let Becky play, Mommy!! :angel:

Becky can play. Sorry I got on IMDb and was looking up the cast of Tin Man. :blush: :lol:

I'm off to bed.

Just thought you should know in case you get through the next 17 people in 7 hours. :rofl:

Errr I knew you PMed him but for some reason I just PMed him too. :blush: Brain fart! :duh: Well mole will get 2 PMs. :giggle: He'll feel special. :wink:

This is an ALS didn't you know that? :whistle: :rofl: :j/k:

I'm going to bed. I will check in before work.

Feeling very special. :hug:

Thanks.

I'll ask SciFisstrs for their reveal please.

Sci is online here so I will wait and let her reveal herself. ;)

I am home :tada:

I swear she's off over in chit chat posting away but I did PM her. :blink:

Welcome home! :wave: :hug:

You're up once we get Sci's reveal. I do have it if she wanders off before revealing. :giggle:

heading to bed to start my Christmasy Mystery! ;)

You won't be needing me for awhile!

:pm: to Sci to let her know her reveal was requested.

:doh: I replied before realizing there was a 2nd page. :dunce:

I sent her one already. :rolleyes: Pay attention :giggle: :whip: :hug:

No! I don't want to pay! It's too expensive!! :shedevil:

Thanks! I went to see the arthritis doc who said the arthritis in my hands has gotten bad enough to put me on medication :( I am going to rattle when I walk soon! :P