/r/secretsanta
/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:
- Posted by throwaways, alt accounts or on behalf of another user as we cannot investigate the issue at hand.
- Complaints about gifts, Santas, or giftees. This should go through official channels rather than public shaming.
- Asking for one-on-one exchanges outside of redditgifts.
- Offering to send a gift to someone who wasn't matched or who didn't get a gift.
- "Gift spoilers." Let your giftee see their gift for the first time when open the box, not on /r/SecretSanta.
- We are a meme-free subreddit.
- No karma whoring.
- 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.
- Sorry, we cannot add anyone once signups close.
- Sign up for redditgifts now and be alerted when new exchanges are announced!
- 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.
/r/secretsanta
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Guys is this real?
I just found out about this subreddit while i was researching about how to make an amazon wishlist (which i succesfully did) and wanted to ask you guys if this is real or not. If this is real how does this work can someone explain?
20:51 UTC
Cleaning out longterm storage and I found an unopened package with my Reddit user ID on it. I opened to find a Reddit Secret Santa 2000 gift. Hilarious! And I don't have a cat.
Reddit is supposed to be anonymous. So I was dumbfounded when I saw my user name on a mail package in a random storage box. Exploding Kittens, to boot. I'm going to go through more boxes and see if I can find anything else that I didn't know existed.
00:50 UTC
Still loving my Secret Santa gifts!
Put on this aromatherapy bracelet from my Reddit Secret Santa today and was kinda sad about the demise of the exchange. I received amazing gifts and was so happy to participate with the giving part too. Many thanks to all of those who helped with the successful exchanges!
12:51 UTC
I had no idea this was a thing until today, due to a LAD Bible article that popped up on facebook for me.
https://www.ladbible.com/community/bill-gates-reddit-secret-santa-2019-gift-599077-20241218
It sounds like it was very cool thing that used to go on, it is definitely sad it ended, I would have loved to participate!
22:43 UTC
Gifted to me 4 years ago… still use them nearly every day! See
I miss the old secret Santa! I tried givin gifts but got shafted so didn’t bother trying it anymore. Anyway, thank you to this sub for always boosting my holiday spirit :)
01:20 UTC
Gift is still Gifting
A couple of years ago, one of my gifts was an ornament that my Santa made with a picture of my dog inside. I had forgotten about it until I unpacked my ornaments for this year and it was a delightful find.
My dog completed her life last September after 16 years together. I was hoping she would make it for one last Christmas together, but it wasn’t in the cards.
It was wonderful that she could still be a part of it thanks to my Santa.
I don’t know their handle or name, but wherever you are out there… Thanks my friend.
I hope you’re having the most wonderful of Christmases. May the best moments of the past be the worst moments of the future.
22:50 UTC
I miss this so much
December 2019 was the first time I had gotten any gift in my life and it was because of this sub, people and this movement that was here..I really appreciated it and I was so overwhelmed..miss those times feels like everything went down after this
12:24 UTC
Reddit gift exchange - bummer
I just learned that it had exited -- today. Definitely late. Bummner. Hope someone brings back something like it.
15:15 UTC
Wait. Is this a thing?
I always thought this was a myth. I was looking for secret Santa gift suggestions for a friend and here I am lmao
05:09 UTC
When/can we bring this back?
Title says all. I miss it. It was great and one of my favorites.
02:26 UTC
Here's the alternative to secret Santa. I know everyone misses doing it myself included.
00:16 UTC
Recently found out my wife used to do this!
Is there a reason why people don’t do secret Santa anymore? (In this group)
22:21 UTC
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.
05:45 UTC
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?
16:44 UTC
1 day left if you want to Signup for Givin Gifts' Happy Holidays 2024 exchange!! (Givin Gifts secret santa)
17:07 UTC
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!!
03:24 UTC
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
17:20 UTC
Cool tattoo design I got in 2020!
If anyone knows the person who made this dm me!
00:50 UTC
Signups for the Happy Holidays 2024 exchange are currently open!! (Givin Gifts secret santa)
17:08 UTC
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
18:53 UTC
Held on to a gift for about 6(?) years and finally got to use it today. Thank you again Secret Santa!
20:19 UTC
Are we doing Secret Santa Again???
06:36 UTC
Great gifts for the Japan Day exchange! Isekai light novel + gothic fantasy manga (GivinGifts)
10:02 UTC
My favorite Secret Santa gift!
I have read and re-read this book many times. Thanks for all the engagement, it was wonderful. 🎅🏼
20:43 UTC
Givingifts' July Official exchanges are now open! (Charity, Hobby, Cooking, History, and Japan Day) Signups open until July 30
19:50 UTC
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
22:40 UTC
Pride Day 2024
10:16 UTC
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.
04:22 UTC
Bring back arbitrary day!
14:24 UTC
/r/givingifts is currently doing an Anime & Manga themed secret santa exchange. Signups are open until March 16.
11:50 UTC