Organise a Secret Santa without the hat, the arguments or the one person who always draws their own name. Set it up, send the link, and let everyone join in their own time.
Set up the group, share the join link, and everyone adds themselves. When you are ready, the names are drawn automatically and each person is told only who they are buying for. Nobody sees the whole picture, including you, even though you set it up.
That matters more than it sounds. In most office and family Secret Santas the organiser ends up knowing half the pairings, which quietly spoils it for everybody.
The hardest part of Secret Santa is buying for someone you barely know. Each person can add a wish list to the group, so whoever drew them has something real to work from instead of guessing from a name on a slip of paper.
Set a budget note for the group and it sits on the page where everyone can see it, so nobody turns up with a twenty dollar gift to a five dollar exchange.
There are two flavours. A classic Secret Santa draws names so everyone buys for one person. A gifting group skips the draw and simply lets everyone share a list, which suits a family where people buy for several others.
Either way it is free, nobody needs an account to join, and the link works on a phone without installing anything.
Set up your Secret Santa now and send the join link to the group.
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