Hey Everyone,
I'm thinking of taking the "12, or 24, Days of Christmas" into the real world and that's why I'm posting this now because it will take some time to put together. If this idea fails to gain traction then I'll just run the usual event in December.
I know that we, as a community, have given away hundreds, if not thousands of virtual gifts to the wgt community over the past four years, but I was thinking how much better it would be if we actually made a difference in the lives of "real" people by giving them "real" gifts.
This is what I'm thinking-
I would start something like a "gofundme.com page" where wgt players
could donate to the event and the money would be used to buy groceries
for complete strangers at Christmas time. After that, the money could be saved for the next year for another Santa from WGT who can do the same
thing the following year and so on.
My thoughts are I could give away the gifts the first year, the next year it could be given away by someone in Australia, after that it could be someone in England, then someone in Brazil, New Zealand or Spain.
I could make the initial investment for the cameras and wireless mics so the events can be filmed and posted on Youtube, also to show that the money wasn't ending up in my pocket. The equipment could be passed around to the players playing the next Santas, they can use them and send them to the next Santa to film their turn playing Santa.
This is only an idea, but I would love to hear would you have to say.
I'll base my decisions on your responses.
MC