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Secret Santa is a pain in the posterior!

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Desdemona Sun 14-Dec-25 16:41:47

We have a new manager in work who is trying to jolly everyone up when there is little motivation any more, and has decided on a Secret Santa.

To be fair, you were encouraged rather than forced to take part, but me being a "people pleaser" said yes.

I have spent the last fortnight obsessing about it, what is too much or too little to put in, whether it is the right type of present etc.

Bored now. I am never doing this again.

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grandMattie Tue 16-Dec-25 22:00:54

The last time I did a secret Santa, the recipient spent her time mocking my carefully chosen gift! I never let on, but was deeply hurt.
I received smellies which I can’t use because of allergies. Again I remained stumm.
Never again…

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NotSpaghetti Tue 16-Dec-25 23:07:47

grandMattie I suppose you could have suggested you did an exchange... and then, if you didn't fancy it yourself, you might have been able to return it to the shop!
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nanna8 Tue 16-Dec-25 23:10:55

Is it the same as Kris Kringle? I found Kmart great for that, they have a lot of reasonably nice very cheap things. The last one I got was foul but I smiled ,as you do. I chucked it away when I got home, just rubbish.

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CabbageWars13 Wed 17-Dec-25 02:13:45

Just how 'secret' is a Secret Santa? When I was in the world of paid employment everyone in the office made it their business to find out who had given what.

The FBI would have been envious of our skills.

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Lesley60 Wed 17-Dec-25 07:01:46

I’ve never liked Secret Santa I would always buy something nice but end up with a bit of rubbish, have you got anything unused you may have been given that you are not fussed on

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