/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

    215,354 Subscribers

    33

    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

    14

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

    3 Comments
    2024/10/24
    17:08 UTC

    79

    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

    11 Comments
    2024/10/14
    18:53 UTC

    205

    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

    57

    Are we doing Secret Santa Again???

    39 Comments
    2024/09/21
    06:36 UTC

    3

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

    5 Comments
    2024/09/03
    10:02 UTC

    40

    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

    7

    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

    7 Comments
    2024/07/23
    22:40 UTC

    17

    Pride Day 2024

    2 Comments
    2024/06/03
    10:16 UTC

    21

    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

    26

    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

    29

    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

    50

    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

    57

    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

    13

    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

    52

    I miss Reddits secret santa

    Not sure if I tagged the right r/

    10 Comments
    2023/12/07
    05:05 UTC

    244

    Can We Bring it back!?

    26 Comments
    2023/12/06
    14:13 UTC

    7

    I accidentally sent something to old exchanger 0 can I find info?

    It turns out that the last address I had in lego.com was for an exchange and I didn't notice. I need to contact them to get my legos back... how can I see my old exchanges?

    11 Comments
    2023/12/05
    17:35 UTC

    10

    Gift Exchange

    My son and I used to do a Reddit gift exchange...years back...was wonder if this is still something hat happens on here? Or does anyone have a site that does this type of thing?

    7 Comments
    2023/11/30
    16:26 UTC

    44

    Time to bring it back

    Came here to sign up and saw the bad news. I would love to send someone random a gift and make them smile.

    Edit, thank you for the advice. Happy to see this is still a kind and helpful community

    20 Comments
    2023/11/29
    14:29 UTC

    4

    Any Secret Santa Exchanges that still have open registration?

    I'm looking for any secret Santa exchanges that the registration hasn't closed on. I signed up for the Imgur one (registration closes tomorrow November 30) but I'm curious if there are any others.

    2 Comments
    2023/11/29
    11:26 UTC

    20

    Met for the first time IRL

    My first giftee ( u/detroittoatlanta ) and I finally got to meet in real life last night; we were supposed to meet two years ago, but I had some pregnancy complications and ended up bedridden and we couldn’t meet, but last night we finally got to have dinner and catch up in person! Forever grateful for the matching algorithm that selected her for me. She has been an amazing and supportive friend. Always so thoughtful and I love just being able to check in and vent about the world and share jokes, memes and many insta reels! To think our friendship all started here just is one of those amazing stories that this community made possible✨❤️

    4 Comments
    2023/11/26
    18:54 UTC

    176

    A gift exchange led me to one of my most cherished friends.

    Hi everyone! Like many of you, I miss the exchanges so much. It was such a positive time in a really dark place in my life and I will be forever thankful.

    In one of the small exchanges 11 summers ago, I was matched with one of the sweetest souls I have ever met. We ended up connecting after the exchange and stayed great friends after. She was a confidant during my first pregnancy, helped me through family struggles, and was just a constant friend that I will truly cherish forever. She knitted gifts for my babies, wrote letters monthly, called weekly, and truly became a part of my family.

    I flew across the country and attended her funeral today. It was gut wrenching, but I’m truly so thankful for this sub. It connected me with one of my sweetest friends, nearly 3,000 miles away. It was incredible to see what a beautiful life she lived. Her sweet children were so kind and asked that I pass on the sentiment that this sub brought her so much joy. Even in her 70s, she loved Reddit and participated in as many exchanges as she could.

    Anyway, now I’m crying and navigating a phase of grief I’m not sure how to process just yet.

    To my favorite penpal, I will miss you forever. xoxo

    19 Comments
    2023/11/22
    02:20 UTC

    15

    Has anyone done the Imgur Secret Santa?

    Imgur seems less of a community than Reddit but it does have a wide user base. Not sure how many people participate in that. Just wondering if it is a worthwhile alternative to Reddit Gifts

    35 Comments
    2023/11/21
    21:23 UTC

    18

    is there any alternative to redditgifts?

    I really loved redditgifts, it was even the reason I started to use reddit.

    is there any alternative to it? also possible outside reddit.

    31 Comments
    2023/11/20
    23:02 UTC

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