Secret Santa guides
How to run one at home, at work or online, with the questions people ask along the way.
Guides
9 guides
Getting started
- Secret Santa generatorDraw Secret Santa names online for free. Add exclusions so couples never match, share wish lists, and ask the person you drew anything, anonymously.
- How to run a Secret SantaHow to run a Secret Santa: the rules, a fair spending limit, a timeline that works, and how to draw names so nobody gets their own.
For your group
- Office Secret SantaRun your office Secret Santa from one link. Wish lists, private matches, an anonymous chat, and gifts sent to the office, or home for anyone remote.
- Family Secret SantaRun your family Secret Santa online. Exclusions keep couples apart, wish lists hold sizes, and an anonymous chat lets you ask Grandma without asking Grandma.
Features
- Secret Santa exclusionsSet Secret Santa exclusions so couples, housemates or last year’s pairs never match. Humbugg draws names around every rule you add.
- Anonymous Secret Santa chatMessage your Secret Santa, or the person you drew, without giving yourself away. Humbugg gives each person two anonymous chats, free.
- Secret Santa questionnaireA Secret Santa questionnaire with 23 questions on sizes, tastes and things to avoid. Copy it, or let everyone fill it in as a wish list on Humbugg.
AI assistants
- Add Humbugg to ChatGPT or ClaudeAdd Humbugg to ChatGPT or Claude in a few steps, then run your Secret Santa by asking. Your assistant never sees who drew whom.
- Secret Santa in ChatGPTRun a Secret Santa in ChatGPT: set it up, keep couples apart, chase wish lists and ask your person anything. ChatGPT never sees who drew whom.