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Title: Secret/dirty Santa work game
Post by: sgluckadoo on December 04, 2013, 07:55:39 pm
What is a good $15 gift for work secret Santa?  I have never participated in this and don't want to show up with something lame or inappropriate. The gift must also be gender neutral.
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Post by: dreamyxo on December 04, 2013, 10:00:30 pm
Food.  A fruit or candy basket.
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Post by: ricdsm on December 04, 2013, 10:13:13 pm
I'd consider a gift card.
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Post by: sgluckadoo on December 05, 2013, 03:44:18 pm
Food.  A fruit or candy basket.

Oh, that is a good idea. A gift basket! Thanks!!
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Post by: countrygirl12 on December 06, 2013, 06:19:19 am
Gender neutral makes it hard.  Sometimes a gift card doesn't seem like much and seems like you didn't put much effort into it.  Idk.  I personally wouldn't be disappointed with a fruit basket.  They should do it women do women and men do men.  If I did a gift card I would do 3 $5 cards from 3 different places.  Maybe eating places.  Also cheap places.  I wouldn't want to give somebody $5 for an expensive steak house. lol
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Post by: minioncookies on December 06, 2013, 07:46:49 am
Oh secret santa's are always so fun!
Good Luck with your Secret Santa Gift

Secret santa's are always so fun! I use to love shopping for secret santa gifts it was always a fun and joyous occasion. A gift basket is a nice idea. The possibilities for the basket is endless. Gift card's are a nice touch too but you wanna make sure you get something along with it because some people like gift card's and some don't and sometimes giftcard's seem a little impersonal. You can also get a really nice ornament for their tree to go with the gift card always a nice touch! I have a really hard time staying under a certain price.. I always go over but i stay on the down low with it because it's hard for me! I would go to hallmark they have a lot of really neat gifts under $15.. One year my mom gave a really neat gift to her secret santa because she knew she had no fireplace and she did have kids. Well she started a new tradition with that family because she gave her This santa key it was a little dinky key that didn't really go to anything but she made it santa's key because it had a little santa on it.. It was  his way of getting in their house every year since they didn't have a fireplace for him to go down.. and only santa can go through that door Of course that was a big hit and can be a great gift idea. Small things like that are always the greatest gifts. I Hope your first secret santa ordeal is a very magical time!


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Post by: janel217 on December 06, 2013, 08:42:15 am
A picture frame. If a man gets it he will give it to his wife or he might like it for him self if he's not married. Gift cards are great too.
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Post by: hvnlydevil on December 06, 2013, 11:39:16 am
We had this at one of my previous employers-and bottles of alcohol were very popular
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Post by: braggin on December 06, 2013, 12:20:50 pm
How about a box of chocolates or a pound of Starbucks coffee or several $5 scratch-off lottery cards from your state lottery? Those are always popular.  :party:
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Post by: cathy37 on December 07, 2013, 03:52:59 pm
A candle set is a good option.  Also now since the wax scented pieces is so popular, a burner would be a nice gift.
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Post by: sgluckadoo on December 07, 2013, 05:24:54 pm
Gender neutral makes it hard.  Sometimes a gift card doesn't seem like much and seems like you didn't put much effort into it.  Idk.  I personally wouldn't be disappointed with a fruit basket.  They should do it women do women and men do men.  If I did a gift card I would do 3 $5 cards from 3 different places.  Maybe eating places.  Also cheap places.  I wouldn't want to give somebody $5 for an expensive steak house. lol

I know what you mean about getting tiny gift card for a spendy place! I end up spending money to use it, lol.
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Post by: Forp on December 07, 2013, 05:57:55 pm
Amazon gift card
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Post by: Lindaroof on December 07, 2013, 06:51:20 pm
Some great ideas! A gift basket would be great to receive, I like to try to think of something that I would really like to get, then give that! With gift baskets they can be anything from fruits and nuts, a movie with some popcorn and candies, coffee mug with coffees, just be creative! Good Luck!
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Post by: sherryinutah on December 08, 2013, 02:23:08 am
A very nice 2014 calendar.   :heart:
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Post by: DeliriousKris on December 08, 2013, 09:00:52 am
It all depends on the person you're shopping for...assuming it's secret santa and you have a designated person.
If not, maybe something somewhat related to your job?
If you have an office job, maybe a nice calendar like someone else had mentioned, or a nice little desk organizer set.
If you don't have an office-type job, try to think of things that relate to your work.

For example...I work as a security dispatcher, and in previous years people have gotten little tumbler cups (since our drinks have to have lids) with different dispatcher sayings.
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Post by: countrygirl12 on December 08, 2013, 06:00:02 pm
How about a box of chocolates or a pound of Starbucks coffee or several $5 scratch-off lottery cards from your state lottery? Those are always popular.  :party:

I would be upset if I got 3 $5 lottery tickets and then didn't win anything.  Because if you do not win then you are getting nothing.  Chocolates sounds good.  But a lot of people don't drink coffee.  They can give it to somebody else though.  Having to be neutral makes it hard.  People are SO different.  I think I would also be upset if I bought a lotto ticket for somebody and gave it to them and it won like $50,000.  That'd be my luck.
My ticket wouldn't win but theirs would. lol
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Post by: demaina on December 08, 2013, 10:11:37 pm
Do you know the person?  If so, you could do a small little chain gift.  Basically you buy a few small items and write a short little card to go with each.  Then, you tie all the items together with a string and make a starting point.  So, the person pulls on the starting point and a card pulls up that says (for example) "You are bright" and the item is a 60 watt bulb.  Or something like "while you can be a little nutty" and give them a small packet of peanuts.

Unless you can do a generic type thing, these are more suited for a person you really know, but that work well for these types of things cause you can buy a bunch of little items that are like a dollar each and make a cute little complimentary story to go along with them.
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Post by: gaylasue on December 09, 2013, 05:57:08 am
A gift card, candy bouquet, fruit basket, lottery tickets
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Post by: jenniferhoder on December 09, 2013, 06:44:29 am
Wines/ beers/put together in a basket with some coordinating things- nuts with beer or pretzels-etc.
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Post by: Kirenisa on December 09, 2013, 06:45:47 am
gift card for amazon or something