SECRET SANTA

Secret Santa gift ideas, by budget

Choose the budget your exchange set, then pick an idea. Each one opens a search within that budget on the Amazon for your country.

What is the budget?

Links open the Amazon for the country you are in, in a new tab, with your budget as the price limit.

Ideas to start from

For the tea or coffee drinkerA safe choice for someone you see in the kitchen more than anywhere else.Browse on AmazonSomething for the deskUseful, small and easy to wrap.Browse on AmazonFor a readerBookmarks, reading lights and book-lover bits, when you do not know what they have read.Browse on AmazonSweet toothChocolate and sweets are hard to get wrong and easy to share.Browse on AmazonA cosy night inCandles, socks and blankets for the colder months.Browse on AmazonFor the cookA gadget or two for the person who talks about what they made at the weekend.Browse on AmazonFor the gardenerSeeds, tools and gloves for the one with the plants.Browse on AmazonFor a travellerSmall things that earn their place in a bag.Browse on AmazonGames nightA card game or puzzle the whole table can join.Browse on AmazonA bit of pamperingBath and body sets that feel like a treat.Browse on AmazonFor someone you barely knowGeneral Secret Santa picks, when the name you drew is a mystery.Browse on AmazonA bit of funNovelty gifts for the group that likes a laugh.Browse on Amazon

Popular budgets

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Organising the exchange?

RepBud's Secret Santa draws the names, keeps each match private and gives guests a gift wheel to reveal who they are buying for, with that person's wishlist.

See the Secret Santa wheel

Questions, answered

How much should a Secret Santa gift cost?+

Whatever the organiser set for the whole group, so that people spend about the same. If you are the organiser, pick a figure people can meet without thinking twice, and tell the group before names are drawn.

What do you buy for someone you do not know well?+

Something that gets used up or sits on a desk: tea or coffee, chocolate, a candle, a notebook, a small game. Steer clear of anything that depends on a size, a taste in scent or an in-joke you are not part of.

What if the person I drew wrote a wishlist?+

Use it. In a RepBud Secret Santa, the person you are buying for can add a wishlist, and it appears on your private page once you have revealed their name. Search for what they asked for in the box on this page and your budget is applied as the price limit.

Do these links work outside the UK?+

Yes. Each link opens the Amazon for the country you are in, where Amazon has a store for it, and applies your budget as a price limit in that store's currency.

Does RepBud earn anything from these links?+

Sometimes. As an Amazon Associate, RepBud earns from qualifying purchases made after following one of these links. The price you pay is the same, and RepBud is not told who bought what.

Does this work for a white elephant or Yankee swap?+

Yes. A white elephant or Yankee swap sets a spending limit in the same way, so choose that limit and browse within it. Gifts that suit anyone in the room, such as games, chocolate or something for the desk, are the usual choice when you do not know who will end up with yours.