A Secret Santa that runs itself

A Secret Santa you can run in minutes. Everyone joins, adds a few wishes, and names are drawn for you: each person buys one gift for one other person, and nobody knows who has them until afterwards.

Log in and open Gift exchanges, or in the app go to Lists, then Wish lists, then Gift exchanges, and tap Start one. Give it a name, a budget, a join-by day and the exchange day. You can take part too: that's the default.

Send them the invite link, show them the QR code, or give them the 6-letter code. They open the link on any phone or computer, sign up free (Google, email and password, or a sign-in link sent to their email) and they're in. No app needed. You can also have the invite emailed for you.

Add a few wishes and answer five quick questions: likes, things they'd rather not get, sizes, allergies and favorite stores. That's what their Secret Santa shops from. In an exchange by mail, add a mailing address too. Only whoever draws you sees it.

Yes. A parent adds them with just a first name, no email. The parent keeps the kid's wish list and answers, and sees who the kid is buying for.

Automatically on the join-by day, or when the organizer taps Draw names now. It takes at least 3 people. Nobody draws themselves, and nobody, not even the organizer, sees the full list: each person sees only their own match.

Yes. The organizer adds who shouldn't draw whom, both ways in one go. Anyone can ask the organizer privately not to draw a certain person. If the rules make a draw impossible, the organizer is told which one to change.

Once names are drawn, everyone gets an email, and the exchange shows "You're Secret Santa for" with their name. Open it to see their wishes, their answers, gift ideas within the budget, and their address in a mail exchange.

When you pick a gift, mark it: thinking about it, bought, shipped or wrapped. Everyone else sees it's taken. The person it's for never does, so it stays a surprise.

Yes. Tap Ask, or use a quick question like "What size?". You show up as "Your Secret Santa". If your message looks like it includes your name, we check with you before sending it.

The day after the exchange, unless the organizer reveals it sooner or chose to keep it a secret. Then you can send your Santa a thank-you right there.

Friendly emails at the right moments: to add wishes before the draw, when your match is ready, when your person adds a wish, and a nudge before the exchange day if you haven't marked a gift yet. Each one comes once.

Yes. The organizer taps Run it again: the same people, kids and rules, a year on, and nobody gets last year's person.

No, it's free on the website and in the Supply Run app. We may earn a commission when you buy through our links, at no extra cost to you.