secret santa. Free Online Gift Exchange Organizer

Organize a Secret Santa for friends, coworkers, classmates, or family. Invite everyone by link or email, let them write a letter to Santa with gift preferences and wish lists, and run a free private draw online.

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How to Organize a Secret Santa Online

Create Your Game

Choose a festive name, set a gift budget, and customize the rules if needed—then your Secret Santa is ready to welcome everyone.

Invite Everyone to Write a Letter to Santa

Share an invitation link or send invitations by email. Everyone can join and write a letter to their future Secret Santa, share gift preferences and wish lists, and, if their surprise needs to travel, add an optional mailing address.

Christopher

Hi, Secret Santa! I almost managed to stay on the nice list all year. I love books, cozy blankets, and funny socks. And I already have so many mugs, they might start exchanging gifts with each other.

Set Exclusions and Run the Draw

When everyone has joined and completed their cards, add exclusions if needed—for example, keep certain participants from drawing one another. Then run the draw: each person receives a private notification and discovers who they get to surprise with a gift.

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Hello, Christopher!

The draw in the "Secret Santa" box has been conducted, and you have been assigned a giftee! Hurry to the website to find out who it is!

Find out your giftee

Create a Secret Santa Game

Secret Santa Questions and Answers

Step 1. Create a Box, specifying the necessary settings — name, gift price limit, the necessity of providing postal addresses for participants, and others.

Step 2. Invite participants. This can be done in two ways — enter their names and email addresses yourself through a special invitation table or send participants an invitation link, which they can use to create their own card.
If you plan to participate in the game yourself — create your own participant card.

Step 3. Wait until all participants register and conduct the draw (you can conduct the draw without waiting for confirmation from all participants). Settings for the box and the draw are available only to you as the organizer. If desired, you can adjust the draw — for example, mark cards so that certain participants do not get each other or make the draw go in a circle, i.e., avoiding a situation where two participants give gifts to each other.

Step 4. Monitor the game and assist players with any arising questions. On the participants' page, it will be shown who confirmed their participation, who already knows their recipient, who is waiting for a gift, and who has already received one. If necessary, you can check who is the Secret Santa for another to control the process (this can be done on the "Who is whose Santa? Participants' table" through the box settings).

Yes. If you do not want to create a box and spend time on registering players, you can conduct a Quick Draw, by only specifying names and email addresses in a table — participants will receive notifications with the names of their recipients by email, and you, as the organizer, will receive a link to the page with the draw results.

This method deprives participants of the opportunity to specify their wishes and communicate with their recipient, and the organizer cannot adjust the draw.

The limit for participation in a quick draw is 100 people

Usually, the draw for "Secret Santa" is conducted using pieces of paper with the names of participants — each person from the group draws a piece of paper with the name of their recipient from a hat or a box. As a result, each participant gets a random recipient. Although this method is fun and exciting, it has a couple of inconveniences: first, all participants need to gather in one place beforehand for the draw, and second, there is a chance that the last participant will draw their own name, requiring a redo of the draw.

Once, the creator of the site wanted to play "Secret Santa" with friends, but there was no opportunity to gather everyone together in advance for the draw, so this service was created.

This service is created for those who want to organize a "Secret Santa" game among their friends, colleagues, or any other groups of people.

Have more questions?Look for the answer on the 'Frequently Asked Questions' page

Frequently Asked Questions