/r/secretsanta

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/r/secretsanta and Reddit Gifts were started in 2009 to provide a Secret Santa exchange for the Reddit community. On January 24, 2022, Redditgifts was officially closed and we are no longer running exchanges. LONG LIVE REDDITGIFTS!

What is redditgifts?

/r/secretsanta and Reddit Gifts were started in 2009 to provide a Secret Santa exchange for the Reddit community. On January 24, 2022, Redditgifts was officially closed and we are no longer running exchanges. You can read more about this decision in the announcement post here. LONG LIVE REDDITGIFTS!

Rules

Posts which include the following will be removed to the mods discretion:

  1. Posted by throwaways, alt accounts or on behalf of another user as we cannot investigate the issue at hand.
  2. Complaints about gifts, Santas, or giftees. This should go through official channels rather than public shaming.
  3. Asking for one-on-one exchanges outside of redditgifts.
  4. Offering to send a gift to someone who wasn't matched or who didn't get a gift.
  5. "Gift spoilers." Let your giftee see their gift for the first time when open the box, not on /r/SecretSanta.
  6. We are a meme-free subreddit.
  7. No karma whoring.
  8. This is one of the nicest places on the Internet, so we expect participants to be polite and civil to one another.

Self promotion

Despite the closure of the marketplace and Redditgifts, we continue to disallow self-promotion in /r/SecretSanta.

Helpful links

I have a question...

  • Have you checked the FAQ?
  • Are you looking for tips and procedures? Try Redditgifts 101!
  • Are you looking for hi-res images to use with your gift?
  • Contacting the Moderators?
  • Please do not use a throwaway account when contacting the mods, and please include your username.
  • Missed the signups?
  • Is there a cost to participating?
    • No, redditgifts is free to participate. However, you are expected to send a thoughtful gift.

    What exchanges are going on and coming up?

    Check out the exchanges page for more detail on past, present, and future exchanges.

    For a list of upcoming exchanges for 2021, please click here. For a calendar of key dates, check out this Google Calendar we've created. Dates for future exchanges may change, but current exchanges will be correct.

    FAQ

    /r/secretsanta

    215,423 Subscribers

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    Secret Santa ideas UK

    I have a £10 secret Santa (work) to buy. They love roast dinners, work in marketing, likes skincare, and works out. Any ideas?

    0 Comments
    2024/12/01
    10:52 UTC

    1

    Best gifts to give to a family with different aged kids?

    One bigger family gift/budget friendly

    4 Comments
    2024/12/01
    05:20 UTC

    2

    Here's the alternative to secret Santa. I know everyone misses doing it myself included.

    1 Comment
    2024/12/01
    00:16 UTC

    61

    Recently found out my wife used to do this!

    Is there a reason why people don’t do secret Santa anymore? (In this group)

    75 Comments
    2024/11/24
    22:21 UTC

    194

    Another Year of missing Secret Santa :/

    This was personally my favorite christmas tradition. After moving away from family and having a harder time exchanging gifts, this was the one thing i looked forward to every year. Making someone super happy and anxiously awaiting my own surprise. I still use my last 3 gifts ALL THE TIME! Oh well...thanks for the memories.

    61 Comments
    2024/11/22
    05:45 UTC

    11

    What has or will replace Imgur and Reddit's Secret Santas?

    With a great many things happening, I had forgotten about all about doing Secret Santa and I was looking forward to it...Are there any other online Secret Santa events happening?

    11 Comments
    2024/11/19
    16:44 UTC

    15

    1 day left if you want to Signup for Givin Gifts' Happy Holidays 2024 exchange!! (Givin Gifts secret santa)

    17 Comments
    2024/11/13
    17:07 UTC

    90

    Missing Reddit Gifts

    I’m still so bummed it’s gone I only got to participate a few years but it renewed my faith in humanity and was a way to feel connected to the bigger world out there I wish they would bring it back!!

    12 Comments
    2024/11/13
    03:24 UTC

    32

    No more imgur secret Santa

    Signups last week when I checked said you would be able sign up today Nov 1st, but when I just checked now I saw this. Very sad. https://imgur.com/secretsanta

    94 Comments
    2024/11/01
    17:20 UTC

    45

    Cool tattoo design I got in 2020!

    If anyone knows the person who made this dm me!

    2 Comments
    2024/10/29
    00:50 UTC

    17

    Signups for the Happy Holidays 2024 exchange are currently open!! (Givin Gifts secret santa)

    3 Comments
    2024/10/24
    17:08 UTC

    95

    Still wearing my t-shirt from my Secret Santa from Montana (I’m from the Netherlands)

    I think it was back in 2017 or 2018 maybe

    13 Comments
    2024/10/14
    18:53 UTC

    215

    Held on to a gift for about 6(?) years and finally got to use it today. Thank you again Secret Santa!

    8 Comments
    2024/10/10
    20:19 UTC

    59

    Are we doing Secret Santa Again???

    39 Comments
    2024/09/21
    06:36 UTC

    4

    Great gifts for the Japan Day exchange! Isekai light novel + gothic fantasy manga (GivinGifts)

    5 Comments
    2024/09/03
    10:02 UTC

    42

    My favorite Secret Santa gift!

    I have read and re-read this book many times. Thanks for all the engagement, it was wonderful. 🎅🏼

    1 Comment
    2024/08/06
    20:43 UTC

    6

    Givingifts' July Official exchanges are now open! (Charity, Hobby, Cooking, History, and Japan Day) Signups open until July 30

    1 Comment
    2024/07/24
    19:50 UTC

    13

    Any alternatives?

    Other than Givin Gifts are there other alternatives? Not had a great experience om givin gifts but really want to do things like this again

    8 Comments
    2024/07/23
    22:40 UTC

    13

    Pride Day 2024

    2 Comments
    2024/06/03
    10:16 UTC

    23

    Getting back into it...Any other Aussies??

    So I recently joined GivinGifts. I was lucky to find out I could transfer my points from RedditGifts to GivinGifts, which is a lot, and also joined as premium. Anyway, I have had 2 now, and didn't get anything in reply. Both were Domestic. Then I was like okay, so I signed up as International-->Worldwide and got no match. Am I not doing something right? I think there may be only one other Aussie at GivinGifts. Really need to increase the traffic of GivinGifts I think. Maybe a whole subreddit? There is also a lot of user exchanges which means the different exchanges are spread thin which reduces mass participation. Oh I used to love making amazing packages with tissue paper and wrapping mini presents and fun things. And now it's like...what's the point.

    17 Comments
    2024/05/28
    04:22 UTC

    25

    Bring back arbitrary day!

    6 Comments
    2024/03/13
    14:24 UTC

    9

    /r/givingifts is currently doing an Anime & Manga themed secret santa exchange. Signups are open until March 16.

    3 Comments
    2024/03/09
    11:50 UTC

    28

    My favorite gift I got back in 2018. Trying to find the artist for it, since I want to buy more art from him

    I absolutely loved the art style but couldn't read their signature and lost the card in a move too.

    3 Comments
    2023/12/26
    22:20 UTC

    48

    Giving gifts is a hit or miss

    I really miss reddit secret Santa. This giving gifts is hit or miss. Nor the original Santa or the rematch Santa are serious about sending gifts. Same with imgur.

    25 Comments
    2023/12/21
    03:34 UTC

    58

    Missing redditsecretsanta

    So I missing Reddit secret Santa… I found it after my husband passed away and it was a fun way to get a surprise gift during the holidays.

    11 Comments
    2023/12/13
    13:04 UTC

    15

    Alternative gift exchange

    I’m participating in the givin gifts exchange! Similar to the old one

    https://givin.gifts

    1 Comment
    2023/12/09
    21:08 UTC

    14

    Will it ever come back?

    Christmas isnt a good time for me. And it got me through!

    7 Comments
    2023/12/08
    16:51 UTC

    189

    Remembering Reddit Secret Santa 2017 one of my many gifts was a home made paper flower. To this day still hangs in my kitchen.

    11 Comments
    2023/12/08
    01:28 UTC

    54

    I miss Reddits secret santa

    Not sure if I tagged the right r/

    10 Comments
    2023/12/07
    05:05 UTC

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