Cards Against Humanity: 12 Days Of Holiday Bullshit

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In the middle of November, I was tipped off that Cards Against Humanity had launched a campaign called 12 Days Of Holiday Bullshit.  If you were signed up for their mailing list, you got an email about this.  I was not at the time, but thankfully heard about it early enough to get in on the fun.  The concept is simple.  Pay $12, and Cards Against Humanity will send you 12 “presents” during the holiday season.  No more information other than this was given.  Being a fan of the game, I didn’t need any more information, and gladly signed up.  When signing up, you are given a small survey.  Below are the answers I filled out on November 13th:

My filled out questionnaire after signing up for 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit

I have a number of friends who signed up for this as well.  On Wednesday, 12-11, I got a text from someone that they had received their first piece of bullshit in the mail.  I had gone directly from work to an advance screening of Saving Mr. Banks (see my review here on puregeekery), so I was excited when I got home to check my mail…only to find nothing :/  The next day, my same friend texted me saying she received two more pieces of bullshit in the mail.  I still got nothing in the mail that day.

Finally on Friday, I received my first piece of bullshit in the mail.  Below I will document the things I have received from 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit in detail (with pictures).  If you are signed up for this as well, and are still waiting to receive things, consider this your warning that I am about to SPOIL THIS FOR YOU!

Bullshit #1 (arrived 12-13-13):

Front of envelope 1 (address removed)

Back of Envelope

Message inside envelope

Front of sleeve in envelope

Back of sleeve in envelope

Cards inside envelope

Here is where I noticed a problem.  The message details the fact that all 12 pieces of bullshit contain a puzzle, and the first person to crack the puzzle will get a special prize.  I personally don’t really care about the prize, but the fact that people are receiving things earlier than others makes this contest very much not fair.  Also, it lets you know that you can follow along with the “daily” presents at http://www.holidaybullshit.com/.  Each present has a funny video Cards Against Humanity has made to go along with it.  This is great.  What is less great is resisting temptation to look down further than what I have received in the mail, spoiling the surprise for myself.  I’ll do my best, but I don’t have high hopes that I can hold out.

On Saturday, 12-14, I received bullshits 2 and 3 in the mail.  Below is details on what I received.

Bullshit #2:

Front of envelope (address removed)

A lump of coal!

Bullshit #3:

Front of envelope (address removed)

Front of sleeve in envelope

Back of sleeve in envelope

Cards inside envelope

3 days down, 9 to go!  I’m having fun with this, and the cards I’ve gotten so far are pretty good (I’ve checked with others getting gifts as well, and everyone is getting the same stuff.  I hope they personalize some cards based on the questionnaire answers before this ends).  Check back here in days to come, as I will update this post as I receive more gifts from the wonderful folks at Cards Against Humanity.

12-16 update: Per Nicole’s request, I will be creating separate blog posts when more gifts come in due to updating an article not showing up in RSS feeds.  I will post links to the new articles here as well for anyone that has bookmarked this and is checking back for updates. – Ryan

For all my coverage on 2013 and 2014’s holiday bullshit campaigns, see the links below:

Read about Days 1 through 3 of the 2014 10 Days Or Whatever Of Kwanzaa here.

Read about gifts 4-7 of 2014’s 10 Days Or Whatever Of Kwanzaa here.

Read about gifts 8-10 of 2014’s 10 Days Or Whatever Of Kwanzaa here

Read about the Day Whatever of 2014’s 10 Days Or Whatever Of Kwanzaa here.

Read about days 1 through 3 of  the 2013 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit here.

Read about Days 4 and 5 of  the 2013 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit here.

Read about 3 more gifts from the 2013 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit here.

Read about the final 4 gifts from the 2013 12 Days of Holiday Bulllshit here.