{"id":4601,"date":"2013-10-27T20:42:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T00:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2024-07-09T17:30:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:30:02","slug":"the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"The most wonderful time of the year!"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you can imagine, this time of year is very busy for all of us at Elfster.\u00a0 We love it<\/em>.\u00a0 We wait all year for this, and we get so excited when our site gets super busy!\u00a0 We are inspired by all the groups that use Elfster, and love to hear their stories and find out more about the groups.<\/p>\n

One group that caught our eye, is the gift exchange for the followers of the wildly popular Australian blog, Fat Mum Slim<\/a>.\u00a0 The blog not only features recipes, parenthood musings, photography, and social media tips, but also hosts the Photo A Day<\/a> challenge.\u00a0 This challenge began in 2012 and has a list of simple prompts for daily photos.\u00a0 Now, over twenty million photos from all around the world have been submitted, and followers anxiously await the list for the next month.\u00a0 The group is able to share the photos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, their own blogs, and Google+.<\/p>\n

Chantelle, the woman behind Fat Mum Slim, has hosted gift exchanges for the past few years.\u00a0 In the past, participants could choose if they wanted to be paired with someone from their own country, or opt to join the worldwide exchange.\u00a0 This year, to simplify things, there is going to be one large exchange made up of people from all over the world.\u00a0 The requirement to join is that you need to be active on social media- either through your own blog, their private Facebook group, or Instagram so that your partner can use this online presence to learn more about their partner.<\/p>\n

According to Chantelle, using Elfster has allowed her to easily accommodate her large group.\u00a0 For the first year of the exchange, she did everything herself, and recalls that it was an \u201cepic task\u201d.\u00a0 Although the group is able to communicate swiftly with each other through their Facebook group, Elfster keeps the whole thing organized, and allows people to have fun with their wishlists.<\/p>\n

We are so excited to welcome back all of the Fat Mum Slim readers to Elfster again this year.\u00a0 As Chantelle reminds everyone, \u201cThis is a feel-good activity, where you take a chance on a person somewhere in the world and the postal system at the busiest time of the year.\u201d\u00a0 Cheers to a group that has found a perfect way to connect and inspire each other daily with their phenomenal growth and participation.\u00a0 We hope you all have a great exchange, and that the exchange adds a bright spot to your upcoming holiday season!\u00a0 And, of course, don\u2019t forget the photos ;)<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

photo credit:\u00a0 Jessica Enig- such pretty things<\/a>, Tim Green<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you can imagine, this time of year is very busy for all of us at Elfster.\u00a0 We love it.\u00a0 We wait all year for this, and we get so excited when our site gets [read more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2742,"featured_media":6000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[533,532],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-christmas","8":"category-gift-giving"},"yoast_head":"\nThe most wonderful time of the year! - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The most wonderful time of the year! - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As you can imagine, this time of year is very busy for all of us at Elfster.\u00a0 We love it.\u00a0 We wait all year for this, and we get so excited when our site gets [read more]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Good Cheer | Elfster Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elfster\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-10-28T00:42:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-09T21:30:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"240\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"159\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Meghan Langseder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@elfster\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@elfster\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Meghan Langseder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Meghan Langseder\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fd7b8cfbd09d8ef14a08d654e9908a5\"},\"headline\":\"The most wonderful time of the year!\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-28T00:42:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-09T21:30:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\"},\"wordCount\":442,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Christmas\",\"Gift Giving\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\",\"name\":\"The most wonderful time of the year! - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-10-28T00:42:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-09T21:30:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg\",\"width\":240,\"height\":159},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The most wonderful time of the year!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Good Cheer | Elfster Blog\",\"description\":\"Christmas Gift & Holiday Party Game Ideas\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Elfster\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/elfster-text-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/elfster-text-logo.svg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":37,\"caption\":\"Elfster\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elfster\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/elfster\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elfster\",\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/elfster\",\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/elfster\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fd7b8cfbd09d8ef14a08d654e9908a5\",\"name\":\"Meghan Langseder\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff2752cfafe996c7a7f75ee1b76cdbdc5af330c462e145232912169cdba1360b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff2752cfafe996c7a7f75ee1b76cdbdc5af330c462e145232912169cdba1360b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff2752cfafe996c7a7f75ee1b76cdbdc5af330c462e145232912169cdba1360b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Meghan Langseder\"},\"description\":\"Meghan L has been elfing it since she joined the team in 2009. She enjoys coordinating exchanges, talking to organizers, and all things Christmas. Join her for an eggnog latte anytime at Elfster.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/author\/shannon\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The most wonderful time of the year! - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The most wonderful time of the year! - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog","og_description":"As you can imagine, this time of year is very busy for all of us at Elfster.\u00a0 We love it.\u00a0 We wait all year for this, and we get so excited when our site gets [read more]","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/","og_site_name":"Good Cheer | Elfster Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elfster","article_published_time":"2013-10-28T00:42:01+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-07-09T21:30:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":240,"height":159,"url":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Meghan Langseder","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@elfster","twitter_site":"@elfster","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Meghan Langseder","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Meghan Langseder","@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fd7b8cfbd09d8ef14a08d654e9908a5"},"headline":"The most wonderful time of the year!","datePublished":"2013-10-28T00:42:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-09T21:30:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/"},"wordCount":442,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg","articleSection":["Christmas","Gift Giving"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/","name":"The most wonderful time of the year! - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg","datePublished":"2013-10-28T00:42:01+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-09T21:30:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg","width":240,"height":159},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/27\/the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.elfster.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The most wonderful time of the year!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/","name":"Good Cheer | Elfster Blog","description":"Christmas Gift & Holiday Party Game Ideas","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Elfster","url":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/elfster-text-logo.svg","contentUrl":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/elfster-text-logo.svg","width":150,"height":37,"caption":"Elfster"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/elfster","https:\/\/x.com\/elfster","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/elfster","https:\/\/pinterest.com\/elfster","https:\/\/youtube.com\/elfster"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3fd7b8cfbd09d8ef14a08d654e9908a5","name":"Meghan Langseder","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff2752cfafe996c7a7f75ee1b76cdbdc5af330c462e145232912169cdba1360b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff2752cfafe996c7a7f75ee1b76cdbdc5af330c462e145232912169cdba1360b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff2752cfafe996c7a7f75ee1b76cdbdc5af330c462e145232912169cdba1360b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Meghan Langseder"},"description":"Meghan L has been elfing it since she joined the team in 2009. She enjoys coordinating exchanges, talking to organizers, and all things Christmas. Join her for an eggnog latte anytime at Elfster.com","url":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/author\/shannon\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4157647991_90edc78e9c_m.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}