Secret Santa generator
· 2 min read
Draw names online in a couple of minutes. Everyone joins from one link, adds a wish list, and sees only the name they drew. Then they can ask that person anything without giving themselves away.
How the draw works
Create the exchange
Give it a name, a spending limit and a date. You get one invitation link.
Share the link
Send it in your family chat, an email or a text. People join from their phone and add their wish list.
Set exclusions
Pick the pairs who should never draw each other, like couples or people who live together.
Draw names
Press draw. Each person signs in and sees the one name they drew, and nobody else’s.
What a name picker leaves out
A random name generator gives you a list of pairs and stops. Then somebody has to send each person their match without seeing it, collect wish lists, and answer “what size is she?” without spoiling anything.
Humbugg does those parts too. Each person gets their match privately, the wish lists sit beside the name, and the anonymous chat handles the questions.
Everything in the free draw
- One invitation link, so people add themselves
- Wish lists with links, rough prices, sizes and things to avoid
- Exclusions, so chosen pairs never match
- A private match for each person
- Two anonymous chats each: one with the person you drew, one with your own Santa
- A spending limit and an exchange date everyone can see