I know, it's barely November. Halloween is hardly over, and Thanksgiving is weeks ahead in the US, but here I am with a Christmas post? The audacity!
But my game group and my library are already discussing Secret Santa assignments, so I thought it might already be time to share a concept I tested at work today. I made this hastily in Canva and welcome anyone to use it. This is for US 8-1/2" x 11" letter-size paper, but scale it to fit A4 and you'll be fine. Cut into eight slips and you're set for a Secret Santa drawing!
The idea is to give some loose framework for Secret Santa gifts that won't be as likely to miss the mark while leaving the hints wide open to interpretation. I also thought it would be a good idea to leave room for what would NOT work. Each participant can fill one out for themselves, and then all the slips are put in a drawing. Once names are distributed, they have better guidelines for a gift that better suits whoever they drew.
Suppose my Secret Santa victim recipient says they like the color red, moose are their favorite animal, they drink coffee, they enjoy scrapbooking, collect souvenir shot glasses, and dislike cilantro (Coriander leaves). Maybe I am inspired to buy a red coffee mug with a moose on it and some fair-trade ground coffee. Maybe I have something completely outside these suggestions in mind, and just want to avoid getting something they might not enjoy as much, like a gift certificate for the local Mexican restaurant.
What do you think? How would you change this to work even better? I can share revisions if you have good suggestions in the comments!
And let's not kid ourselves, everyone loves Mexican food!
