Secret Santa: yay or nay?

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Secret Santa?

This time of year lots of people are scrambling around to buy a keyring for their colleague because they forgot about secret Santa and it has to be done before Janet goes off.

Some people don't like secret Santa (as a concept), personally I'm all for it.

What do you think?

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Reply 1

CheeseIsVeg

22

Pretty mixed
In friendship groups it can be ok

In the workplace it is just odd, I got a very senior colleague in my first work secret santa and I just gave him some second hand university merchandise because that is literally all I knew about him :rofl:

Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double Hate. Loathe entirely!

Reply 3

agent_duck343

16

I love the idea of secret santa so you don’t have to buy lots of presents especially bc I have a friend group of 8 so that ends up being a lot of money otherwise

Reply 4

agent_duck343

16

Original post by The Grinch

Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double Hate. Loathe entirely!

My current phone wallpaper says this

Original post by agent_duck343

My current phone wallpaper says this

It's because I'm green, isn't it?

Ooh I just love any opportunity to spread the festive cheer :santa2:

, whether at home or at work :smile:

All good fun and an extra gift to open for Christmas :xmas:

Yay.

I'm instinctively a hard no here, and then somehow I ended up co-organising the Secret Santa in my office this year nonetheless :lol:

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Reply 9

Ghostlady

21

nay, its a risk spending all that money for them not to like the gift. Plus its over in 5 mins. Might as well all club together and contibute to a buffet where everyon can enjoy, and play some christmas music.

Original post by Ghostlady

nay, its a risk spending all that money for them not to like the gift. Plus its over in 5 mins. Might as well all club together and contibute to a buffet where everyon can enjoy, and play some christmas music.

Can't say no to a buffet and festive tunes! :xmasgrin:

Sounds like a wonderful alternative

Original post by Saracen's Fez

I'm instinctively a hard no here, and then somehow I ended up co-organising the Secret Santa in my office this year nonetheless :lol:

How strange :eyeball:

Christmas is just awful, so is Secret Santa, maybe you should try being a bit more Grinchy next year :mmm:

Original post by Ghostlady

nay, its a risk spending all that money for them not to like the gift. Plus its over in 5 mins. Might as well all club together and contibute to a buffet where everyon can enjoy, and play some christmas music.

mwehehe I do hate unnecessary festivities! :u:

Reply 12

gjd800

20

No. I dont like anyone I work with enough to spend money on them.

Family and mates I will sort in the usual ways.

Reply 13

NewJobStarter

7

I had a secret Santa once that bought me condoms

Didn’t know what to make of it until i found out it was the hot receptionist and she wanted me to be prepared for the nights entertainment she had planned .

Then I thought it was the most thoughtful gift ever.