Secret Santa is a popular group gift-giving game, especially at Christmas, where instead of everyone buying a present for everyone else, each person is secretly assigned just one other person to buy a gift for — keeping it a surprise until the gifts are opened.
It's brilliant for groups — workplaces, big families, friend groups — because it dramatically cuts the cost and effort versus everyone buying for everyone, while keeping the fun of giving and receiving. Setting a spending limit keeps it fair and affordable, and the secrecy and guessing add to the enjoyment.
Agree a budget and a date, draw names (online tools can do this and even email people privately, so the organiser can join in too), and perhaps set a theme or let people share a wishlist. Our free Secret Santa organiser and questionnaire make it easy to run — the questionnaire helps people buy something the recipient will actually like.