I was in it every year till the very end lol
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The couple times I participated, I only got one really nice thing: whisky glass with custom engraving. Still use it today
But honestly, the best was the reactions of the receiver when you absolutely nailed it
One time I had someone from a neighboring country who was insanely into all kinds of sausages and cheese
So I bought a styrofoam insulating box, filled it with several kilo of the most extravagant sausages and cheese I could find in my city, packed it with a bunch of cooling packs and sent it express to the receiver
They were absolutely thrilled
I think that year I got a mug with a dirty joke in return
I did it 3 years in a row, lots of research (had a custom jigsaw puzzle made for one)… I got crap in return, like, on person got me a (tiny!) lego set… the others were just garbage. I think someone sent me a pair of unboxed figures from some anime…so yeah, it’s a good idea, wouldn’t mind giving it a try again, but … eh
Something similar for me. I did 4 years, I had fun making things, doing research, etc. The one thoughtful thing I got was unfortunately also just junk (3D printed model).
I prefer gift giving when it’s with people I know and see, when I know they’ll use or otherwise appreciate what I give them. Been doing a lot of handcrafted stuff, homemade food, and event gifts.
For receiving: especially in the last 7 years or so, I don’t want to get purchased gifts.
I stopped secret santa after 2 years in a row of not getting a gift. People would sign up to get free stuff essentially and never send out anything. Kinda ruined it for me to be reminded that people are generally shitty
I signed up for the Reddit secret Santa once like a decade ago. Spent a bunch of time researching what to get, and made a really thoughtful gift bag of candy and toys from Western Canada based on what my recipient told me he liked.
The person who got me as their recipient sent me a $5 Amazon comic book for a video game I’ve never played. It looked and felt like the grocery store fliers you get in the mail.
Oh and whoever I sent my gift to claimed he never received it.
I sent a nice package, and I received one. It was a wooden puzzle box. I’m pretty good at puzzles but it’s stumped me; I can’t open it. That was years ago. It’s still sitting on my bookshelf. I can hear there’s something inside, but I can’t get in and I refuse to force it. My daughter looked up instructions but still couldn’t do it - says maybe it was sabotaged. So unsatisfying but wonderful.
What if inside of it is a pendrive with a bitcoin wallet worth 100 million
Sounds like a great summary of the reddit experience.
I’d get you a really nice can of beans.
Did the same, but got nothing in return. First and last time.
I had the same type of experience. On a whole people are shit and try to take advantage of each other at every opportunity
if someone actually makes this for fedi: please don’t slop it and provide e2e encryption for the addresses
Be the change you want to see. Reddit Secret Santa was always a pretty big logistical undertaking, it would take effort to make a Fediverse one.
Also Fediverse users might be less keen on the idea generally, as it involves personal information and addresses. A very cynical take is that harvesting this data was the real purpose of the Reddit SS, which can’t really be ruled out.
You could always give a PO box address. But personally I woulndn’t want to receive gifts from random people from Lemmy.
There is a German one on feddit.org every year. It’s a small community though. !wichtel_unter@feddit.org
Have you considered https://givin.gifts/? They see themselves as the unofficial successor of redditgifts (they even let you import redditgifts gallery posts back when they were still online). They opened their Happy Holidays 2026 signups a couple of days ago and any premium user could also create a custom fediverse Secret Santa exchange.
I took part in every givin.gifts Happy Holidays exchange since redditgifts shut down and I’m happy with it. If there are any problems with your gifter, their team is really invested in smoothing things out and getting you a rematch if needed.
There’s always boardgamegeek.com’s Secret Santa, too. Though, this year’s already closed to new registrants. 😅
For those who missed it, don’t they generally have a second chance exchange a bit later in the year?
They do, and there are many similar events throughout the year that aren’t Giftmas related, like “math trades”, etc., so there’s something for everyone! 🤓
I am not sure that a math trade is the same as a secret Santa, other than the fact that you are sending something to one person and getting something from someone else.
I said similar, and IME those other gifting/trading events can be much the same in their feel-good effects. 😁
Sorry, best I can do to s Secret Satan
Seems more Fediverse apropos.
An IOU for a warm worm anal tissue massage.
Where do we sign up
Shouldve known reddit was over when they fired the ama lady
i never used reddit. what is reddit secret santa?
Years ago Reddit had a sister site called Reddit secret Santa where Redditors could sign up to be matched with other Redditors as an online global secret Santa and you could write down your interests, likes/dislikes, hobbies, fav shows, movies, food etc.
It was pretty neat, I ended up with a lot of foreign nic-nacks and snacks because I would sign up for worldwide all the time
Secret Santa is where a group of people all get given the name of one other person, and they have to buy them a Christmas gift in secret. Someone else will buy them a gift, but no one (usually) knows who got them their gift.
Reddit Secret Santa was just the same, but on reddit, and instead of being among a small group of local friends (eg an office) it was done internationally.
You have to let go of the past. You can enjoy your memories, but you can never re-live them.
Idk about that man I played kickball for the first time in like 2 decades and it was a blast
I might be able to organize one for Canada for our lemmy.ca, piefed.ca and sh.itjust.works (and other Fediverse server users who live in Canada) peeps…
I’m not sure who would be comfortable with sharing the address attached to their real name or username on here? I move around too much to be able to organize collecting everything in a PO box and sending it to people, it would rely more on giving random people another user’s address and people directly shipping to each other…
who would be comfortable with sharing the address attached to their real name or username on here?
Yes I’ve thought about organizing something myself but always get caught thinking about this, everyone here seems more privacy minded than reddit ever was.
Personally, I already have a PO box for random shit so wouldn’t mind but yea that’s just another barrier to entry that could hamper interest
What is it?
Years ago Reddit had a sister site called Reddit secret Santa where Redditors could sign up to be matched with other Redditors as an online global secret Santa and you could write down your interests, likes/dislikes, hobbies, fav shows, movies, food etc.
It was pretty neat, I ended up with a lot of foreign nic-nacks and snacks because I would sign up for worldwide all the time
Let’s have a secret Satan!
