Last year, I did a Secret Santa post and it was well received, so why not do it again?
What’s it about? Well, last year I asked to you share a post that you wish had gotten more attention when it was published – something I’m sure every blogger can relate to, right?
This year, I’m asking you to share a post that you think the majority of your current readers haven’t seen.
Share it by simply dropping a link in the comments section of this post. This is where Secret Santa comes in: Next, choose a post someone else shared and go give it a read – and maybe someone will choose yours.
I wish you a Merry Christmas Countdown, which for me is much more fun than Christmas itself (though I do love Christmas, a stay-in-your-pajamas kind of holiday in our family). If you have kids, I’m sure you’ll already be immersed in the world of gift-wrapping by now. (If Christmas is a part of your culture.) Seeing Christmas lights everywhere is the only was to bring brightness to the land of dark Novembers, and I’ll embrace every moment of this! In January, most of the light displays we now see over here will go back in the closet for another year.
As for my offering, I choose a blog post called Confessions From the Clouds. It’s from my early blogging days, and reading it, I can tell how my writing has evolved since then: I now focus on being more to the point. Most people don’t have the time or interest to read lengthy posts (myself included). So, while I do like this post I’m presenting you, I feel it would be different if I wrote it today. And that’s mostly thanks to blogging!
Hope you’ll come and play – c’mon, share that link, I know you want to!
Great idea! I can’t remember if I linked last year, I’ll find something for this year’s edition of Secret 🎅
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Yay, looking forward to it, Tanja! 🤗
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Such a great idea. Here is mine from my earlier post. https://travel-with-tech.blog/2019/04/22/if-the-walls-can-speak-in-venice-wanderlust-58/it Venice has been in my bucket list for a long time, and seeing the natural calamity that happened to the place in recent times left me feeling sad.
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Thanks for sharing your link! 🤗 Ah, Venice… poor thing.
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Just wondering… Is my link working? Do you see my Venice post? Because last time I checked it, it was having a link to a different post. thanks.
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Yes, wrong post. But a lovely one! Weird. Try again?
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Thanks so much.
Regards, Teresa
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https://travel-with-tech.blog/2019/04/22/if-the-walls-can-speak-in-venice-wanderlust-58/ Trying it again. Fingers crossed 🤞
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It’s working! 👍 Lovely images!
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Oh gee good, thanks for the response.
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I love yoru Secret Santa concept. So fun. I have some nice new bloggers and posts to check out. Here is mine. Embarassingly from 2010~ I feel old now.
https://forestwoodfolkart.wordpress.com/2010/04/13/scrap-bags-a-girl-can-never-have-enough-bags/
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Thanks Amanda, looking very much forward to seeing yours 🙂 2010, wow, that’s a long time! Good for you! Next year you need to do a big celebration post for 10 years!!!
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Yes – I only just realized it was 10 years next year, when I found that post.
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What a fun idea. Here’s one that kind of got lost in the shuffle. I’ll try it again. Thanks. https://libraryladytravels.com/2019/07/15/uber-blunder/
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Thanks for your link! 🙂
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Wonderful idea! It’s the gifts season and my participation features some fashion designs and gift ideas from Las Vegas: http://vegasgreatattractions.com/las-vegas-strip-at-night-fashion-design/
* Actually with the same idea in mind, I’m offering to the WP bloggers on my own challenge ( http://www.travelways.com/thursday-travel-photo-challenge-5/ ) the participation on Facebook. – Not too many enthusiasts though… 🙂 Maybe on WP bloggers are not interested in promoting themselves ??
I do, and I have to thank you very much for this opportunity! 🙂
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Thanks for participating – and yes, self-promotion amongst hobbyist bloggers isn’t always appreciated. As for me, I always participate if I see a suitable link-up somewhere Have you tried the twitter communities?
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Same here. I think that more exposure is better in all cases 😀
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I remember this from last year. A good idea then and a good idea still. I’m opting for another post from my first year blogging, a bit depressing perhaps, but something I still have warm memories of. It’s at https://grahamsisland.com/2016/02/12/the-short-lively-life-of-elua/.
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I think it’s fun to see posts from years ago and also from early blogging days. It brings perspective, makes you feel like you know the blogger just an inkling better after having seen another side of them 🙂
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Hi, this is a lovely idea! https://michellelegrandart.wordpress.com/2019/08/17/why-the-konmari-book-tidying-method-doesnt-work/ and I’m looking forward to reading other people’s posts. Happy Christmas, everyone!
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Thanks, Michelle, for sharing your post! 🎄
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I love this!!!! https://wrookieschu.com/2019/02/26/taveuni-🌺/
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Hey there, thanks for dropping by with your link! 🙂
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I’ve dug this one up from the archives:-
https://viewfromtheback.com/2011/12/09/evoking-fond-memories/
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Thanks, Sheree, for sharing it!
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I have just restarted blogging again so no old posts.. 😉
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Maybe next year? 😉
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so, this is my entry, a post from 2016, about our Portugal trip https://theredphoneboxtravels.com/2016/02/09/wines-roman-temple-evora/
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Thanks, Tanja! 🤗
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Just checked your post, read it before too 😊I’ll go and read other ppls entries during this week
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Here you are, Ms. Santa, with your generous gesture again. 🙂 I remember it from last year but I didn’t remember which post I linked to and had to check.
Again today I didn’t know which post I should introduce as the one I’d like to get more attention. The entire first half of my first blog ran under the radar as it is with zero or minimum likes, only family members were paying attention (more or less), and it was like this until I started to take part in challenges.
I’m on my fifth blog and I can see that – just like generally in life – it’s instant karma, meaning that the only attention a post will get is in the first few days after posting. Only a random and fortunate one will go back and browse your back pages. And if you’re really lucky, she will read everything too. 🙂
So I started to browse my first blog to get an idea which post to choose for Ms. Santa. I decided on a cute little entry about Italian food from 2014. Cute because it was so off-the-mark. It was my first year in Italy and I was still under the impression – and trying to do that Jedi self-convincing trick – that Italians are not fat due to some magic and they will pass it to me. Right… All these years later I can just say that even though I still eat the same crackers, the nutritionist wouldn’t do any more squealing. To put it mildly.
https://manjamaksimovic.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/misura/
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A lovely read, your post, and relevant to my situation right now 😁 Also, “misura” sounds like it might mean “misery” in some language, which is kind of fitting for diet food 😊 Instant karma, oh yes. Even if you really connect with people, very few are interested in exploring a blog’s past posts, even if they are neatly displayed in menus and widgets easy to click. The interest is superficial. Luckily, the rare exception exists 😊
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Hihih, thanks, misery sounds about right. 😀 Right… one just can’t make people look back. I know how that is – my browser is full of open windows all the time with very interesting stuff but I just can’t go through all. So I only read some and save the links to others but rarely go back to view them later. And they pile up. With so much content on offer, we can be happy that anybody takes time for anything we do at all. Yay to exceptions. 🙂
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It’s true. Too much content available and sorting through it takes the energy and time required to really read the best of them.
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What a fun and wonderful idea, Snow! Most of my early posts did not have any readers and it did not really bother me because I was primarily just writing for myself…sharing anecdotes from here and there. And also no one knew about my blog (as in friends and family, since I never told anyone!!). So for this, I am sharing a post that has always been very close to my heart…something that was one of the inspirations behind me starting a blog…tales of the past:) It’s nothing fancy but it is dear to me. Thanks for this , Snow. https://acacophonouslife.com/2017/11/21/a-thousand-memories-come-rushing-by/
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Thanks for joining us, Moon 😊 Our blogs grow and evolve with us
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What a wonderful idea. I have a post that I wrote seven years ago. It’s one of my all time favourite memories of Christmas as a child.
https://wordpress.com/posts/mamacormier.com?s=2012
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Thanks for sharing your story 😊
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Ah, wait. I think the link isn’t working. Try again? Open your post in a browser (not the WP feed) and copy the url here
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I think I found it. 🙂 Was curious. 😉 https://mamacormier.com/2012/12/23/my-fondest-memory-of-christmas-as-a-child/
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Yay, Miss Detective!
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What a fun idea, I absolutely loved it! I have a post I recently published, it’s regarding making your own holiday greeting cards. As I was away from my blog for long time it haven’t reached out to audience. I thought this link will help people who want to make handmade card for the holiday season 🎄 https://artsnehal.wordpress.com/2019/12/14/🎄new-skillshare-class-is-published🎄/
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Hey, thanks for sharing!
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Quick quick…! I want to take part but I’m already late!!
Here is an old post. The subject might be a bit “not christmassy”, but oh well…
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/81124475/posts/2523439396
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Thanks Véro! 🤗 Happy you joined in!
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Talk about late! … I thought Oh, this is fun; I must do it, and then spent the week dredging through my blog for something to share. I ultimately thought this one about Jerusalem might be appropriate at a time of year when a number of faiths have holidays. And it’s a little shot of summer!
https://lexklein.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/the-warmth-of-israel/
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Such an upbeat post, Lexie! I’m happy you found the time (and the post) to join in 😊
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Here’s my last post. I haven’t blogged in 2019 as much as I did the previous year but I still persevere http://comewithg.blog/2019/12/08/st-georges-walkabout-bermuda/. This is a local post.
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Thanks for sharing! The photos looked amazing 😊
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Thank you.
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Aaah, this is such a great idea Snow! Sorry that I missed it 😦 Late to the party, but I’m going to participate anyway! This is one of my first posts and is a fun memory from my travels!
http://mydustyflipflops.com/2017/08/19/lost-in-vietnam/
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You’re welcome to join the party late, no problems! 🤗 Just read your story, loved it! Travel brings so much adventure 💕
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Ah thank you so much Snow! It does doesn’t it, one of things I love about travel, you never know what is around the corner 🙂
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I love this idea! But as I’ve just found your blog, I’m too late – but will definitely take part next year! 🙂
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Thanks, do join in next year! 🤗
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This looked like a Thai boat. I have been to Krabi… 🙂
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Yes, Krabi. We went several times, always for a week at a time at Sofitel, no less, with its infinity pool, luscious breakfast, and Occitane bathroom products courtesy of the hotel. It was the nicest hotel I’ve ever been to. The people in the photo are flight attendants too, we took 2 or 3 boats and did a day trip to an island
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That sounds nice. We didn’t stay in Krabi, just landed there and took a van to Koh Lanta, one of the islands to the South. The boats are very pretty but those truck engines are way too loud! 🙂
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Aw I missed this. Such a fun idea actually. I’m thinking right now and I wish more people had read my Switzerland or California stories. We had so much fun memories there. 🙂
https://wetravelhappy.com/2017/08/12/summer-in-switzerland-and-a-touch-of-paris/
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Never too late to share, my dear! Thanks for the link – I’m looking forward to checking it out – soon!
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