How do you exchange gifts on Secret Santa?

How do you exchange gifts on Secret Santa?

When the Secret Santa wraps his/her gift, he/she should label it with the recipient’s name but doesn’t indicate whom the present is from. (Remember, most of the fun is in the secrecy.) All the gifts are then placed in a general area for opening at a designated time.

How does a Secret Santa exchange work?

A group comes together, everyone writes down their name on a piece of paper, and each participant draws a random name out of a hat. You are the Secret Santa for the person you draw. Next you write down a gift suggestion or two on a wish list and your Secret Santa chooses a gift for you from that list.

Do you reveal Secret Santa?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group or community are randomly assigned a person to whom they give a gift. The identity of the gift giver is to remain a secret and should not be revealed.

What are the rules for Dirty Santa?

How to Play Dirty Santa or White Elephant:

• A gift can be stolen no more than 3 times.
• A gift can also only be stolen once per turn.
• If your gift is stolen, you can’t steal it right back.
• In one rule variation, each participant can only be stolen from 3 times.

How is white elephant played?

The first person opens a wrapped gift, and the turn ends. On subsequent turns, each person has the choice to either unwrap a new present or to steal another’s. When a person’s gift is stolen, that person can either choose another wrapped gift to open or can steal from another player.

Do you write your name on a Secret Santa?

To do a secret Santa, write down the names of everyone participating on a piece of paper, and cut out each name so it’s on its own strip of paper. If the participants don’t know each other well, have them include their age and one of their interests before putting the names into a hat.

Does Secret Santa stay anonymous?

This is a Western Christmas tradition in which a group of people are randomly assigned another person to buy a present for. The clue is in the name and the person who has bought the present should remain anonymous.