Secret Santa Generator

Add all participants by name (an email address is optional), set a budget and exclude any pairs if needed. Everyone with an email address then gets a private link by email that shows who they're buying for; you send the others their link by WhatsApp.

In Secret Santa, everyone draws a name in secret and buys a gift for that person. Nobody knows who got who until the gifts are handed out.

Yes, it's completely free. The organizer needs a free account. Participants don't need an account, and an email address is optional. There's no limit on the size of your group.

At least 3 people. There's no upper limit, and it works just as well for a small family as for a big office party.

Whatever the whole group is comfortable with. Friends and colleagues tend to keep it small, and families often spend a bit more. Once it's set, everyone sees the budget next to the name they drew.

Yes. Each participant can add a wishlist, or a few wishes through their private link without an account, so their Secret Santa can pick something they'll actually like.

Things you'd enjoy but wouldn't buy for yourself, within the budget: the next book in a series you're reading, supplies for a hobby, a board game. Two to five wishes is plenty and still leaves your Secret Santa a choice.

Something that feels personal but works for anyone: good coffee or chocolate, something fun to use at work or at home, or a ticket for a small outing. Stick to the agreed budget and check the recipient's wishlist if they have one.

Yes. The organizer can look up who each participant drew on the settings page, and nobody else can. Participants only see their own match, and it stays private until the day of the gift exchange.

Ask them to check their spam folder first, because emails sometimes end up there. You can also send the invitation again with the 'Send reminder' button on the settings page of your draw, or copy their private link there and send it by WhatsApp.

The draw can't be redone, but you can put someone else in their place. On the settings page, change that participant's name to the new person's, and the email address too if you have it. With an email address the new person gets the invitation; without one, you send them their link yourself. Whoever drew the old participant now buys for the new one.

Yes. Nobody needs to be in the same room, so it suits a family spread over several countries as well as a team that works from home.

No. Every participant gets a private link that shows who they drew, the budget and that person's wishes. Through the same link they can add their own wishes, without an account. People with an email address get the link by email, and as the organizer you can copy each person's link or send it by WhatsApp from the settings page.

Yes. Only the names are required; an email address is optional. Whoever has one gets their link by email. For everyone else you get a private link per person after the draw, which you send by WhatsApp or copy into any other message. On that page they can also add their email address if they'd like the link by email.

Yes. Click 'Draw again' on last year's draw. A new draw opens with the same people, budget and exclusions filled in, so you only change what's different this year. Nothing is sent until you click 'Done'.