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What is the OUAT Tree Trade?

Welcome to the 3rd Annual OUAT Tree Trade!

While we have gotten AMAZING ornaments over the last two years, our office Christmas Tree still needs your help. The OUAT Tree Trade is a way for us to get to know our community better and trade exclusive shirts that you will only be able to get by sending us an ornament with your story.

Unfortunately, we did have to make some changes to how this worked. In the past, we gave away a free shirt in exchange for an ornament with a story. It was always our intention to make it work that way, but we had more than a few people take advantage of this last year and it's frustrating and sad that we have to change things up, but it is always the few that ruin it for the many.

To participate this year, you have to reserve a shirt by clicking here.

The deadline to reserve a shirt is December 16th.

Why do I need to reserve a shirt?

We're changing to a reservation system because unfortunately, we had people taking advantage of our previous system. So for this year, we're charging the cost of the blank t-shirts to discourage people from trying to just get a dozen free exclusive tees by sending in a set of Walmart christmas ball ornaments.

Again, it's sad and frustrating to have to make changes like this and I am sorry to those of you that have been doing this with us the way that it was intended.

The one benefit to the reservation system is that we know who is planning on participating in the exchange, so we can watch out for their ornament

Can we add a Gift for the OUAT Team?

Absolutely!

We've had a bunch of people do this over the last few years and it's been so much fun. If you would like (it's be no means mandatory), please feel free to wrap a gift and send it to our team along with the ornament. It could be your favorite snacks or just something that you think we'd love.

We LOVE surprises. If you decide that you want to send us a gift, we'll send you one back (doing our best to send something with more value) with your new, festive and exclusive 2024 Tree Trade t-shirt.

Where can I download the Tree Trade form?

Click here to download our form.

If you don't have a printer, you don't have to use this form, but you will need some of the information on it (like our Address. That's kind of an important one).

If possible, please include that it is for Tree Trade in the attention slot.

What kind of ornament can I send?

That's up to you! You can buy, make or find an ornament in your current collection. The most important thing for us is the ornament to means something to you.

For example, do you love Star Wars because you grew up watching it with your family? Awesome. Mail us a Star Wars ornament and write us a note, telling us about that experience. We want to learn more about you and our community.

What happens after I ship my ornament?

After we receive your ornament, we're going to send you an awesome, exclusive t-shirt that you can only get by participating in our Tree Trade.

We're also going to try to record opening as many of your ornaments and gifts as possible, as well as putting the ornaments on the OUAT Christmas Tree.

We're really excited for this fun, little experiment to continue and we CANNOT wait to see what all of you send in this year for the 2024 Tree Trade.

We're a small, family business and we take a lot of pride in what we do. And so much of what we do is influenced by you and our community. We wouldn't be here without you and that is not something that we take for granted. This experimental project helps us get to know our community better and will also decorate our office with daily reminders of the stories that you share with us here at Once Upon a Tee.

We can't wait for this to get started! If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write our support team at support@onceuponatee.net.

Sincerely,
Jason and the OUAT Team.