Free Secret Santa Generator with exclusions, no sign-up
Draw names online in one click: share one link, everyone joins with just a name, and each person secretly sees who they're gifting. Keep couples apart, set a budget, add wishlists — no email or registration required.
How Does Secret Santa Work Online?
Four steps from an empty list to happy Santas.
Create your Santa squad
Name the group, set a gift budget and get your organizer password. Takes about a minute.
One link instead of a sign-up sheet
Send the invite link in your office chat, family group or Discord — everyone joins with just a name.
Draw Santas, not names
One click secretly assigns every Santa a person to gift. Nobody draws themselves, and the organizer can't peek.
Shop, wrap, reveal
Each Santa sees their person's wishlist and delivery address. The big reveal happens at the party!
The best Secret Santa experience online
Our free tool is the best way to draw names for Secret Santa online. Whether you need a Secret Santa app for remote teams or a simple Christmas gift exchange organizer for family, we make it stress-free.
The draw is truly secret: each participant sees only the person they are gifting, and even the organizer cannot peek at the pairs. Set a budget, share wishlists with sizes and delivery addresses, and enjoy the big reveal at the party.
Organize your Christmas gift exchange, office party or holiday celebration in minutes. Start your Secret Santa today — it is free and stays free!
Everything else about running one
Secret Santa, Kris Kringle, Secret Sister — one generator for all of them
The game collects names as it travels: Secret Santa in the office, Kris Kringle in Ireland and Australia, Secret Sister among friends, Таємний Санта in Ukraine. The mechanics never change — everyone draws one person in secret and brings one gift — so the same draw works whatever your group calls it. If you celebrate on 6 December instead, switch the style to St. Nicholas and every word on the page follows.
What a random name picker cannot do
A wheel or a hat gives you a name and stops there. The same one-click draw here comes with a wishlist per person — links, sizes, prices — a budget everyone sees, a delivery address for remote teams, and an anonymous chat for the question you cannot ask out loud. Nobody ever draws themselves, and in a secret exchange even the organizer cannot see the pairs.
When to draw and what to spend
Draw early enough that the slowest parcel still arrives: the last week of November suits most offices, and a family that ships gifts across the country wants the first days of December. Agree the budget before the draw rather than after — a group that joined expecting a small gift and unwraps an expensive one feels worse than a group that spent nothing at all.
Secret, open or White Elephant
Secret Santa
Mystery mode- Each person sees only who they are gifting
- The organizer can't peek at the pairs
- The big reveal happens at the party
Open Gift Exchange
Everyone sees- The full giver → receiver list is visible to all
- Great for kids' groups and transparent office swaps
- No lost secrets — everyone can double-check
White Elephant
Steal & swap- No pairs at all — one wrapped gift each, one table
- The draw hands out a random pick order instead
- Gifts get opened, stolen, and frozen after three steals
Secret Santa Ideas for Every Crew
Office & coworkers
The classic team-building move before Christmas: run Secret Santa for the department or the whole company at the New Year corporate party. HR sets the budget, the tool does the rest — no spreadsheets.
Friends & family
One gift instead of ten: draw names at the family dinner or friends' gathering, set a budget everyone's comfortable with, and make the reveal the highlight of the evening.
Communities & Discord
Wrap up the year together: run a Secret Santa among your Discord mods, Telegram chat or gaming clan. Digital gifts work great — wishlists can hold Steam wishlists too.
Remote teams
Colleagues in different cities? Everyone adds a delivery address, gifts ship directly, and the reveal happens on a video call. Distance is not an obstacle.
Secret Santa in Telegram
Run Secret Santa straight from Telegram: the bot draws names, tells each person privately who they are gifting and keeps the secret — even from the organizer.
- Draw names without collecting emails
- Everyone sees only their own match
- Your giftee's wishes and address in one message
No Telegram? The site does all of it too, without signing up — start here and move it into the bot with one tap whenever you like.
Secret Gift
bot
🎲 Draw names
🎲 Done — names drawn for 8 people. Everyone connected here already has a message.
Tap a button — this is how the bot answers
Read before you draw
How to Run Secret Santa at Work in 2026: The HR Playbook
A field-tested plan for office gift exchanges: when to start, what budget actually works, how to include remote folks — and the classic fails to dodge.
Read the guideHow to Run Secret Santa with Family in 2026 (Ages 8 to 80)
The hardest Secret Santa group is your own family: four generations, five budgets, one grandma who 'needs nothing'. Here's the system that works.
Read the guideThe Secret Santa Questionnaire: 18 Questions + a Free Printable
Most questionnaires ask for a favourite colour and a hobby, then produce a scented candle. Here are the questions that actually tell your gifter what to buy — copy-paste ready.
Read the guideSeason guides
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- White Elephant Rules: How to Play, Steal Limits and Variants
- White Elephant Gift Ideas: 60+ Gifts That Get Stolen, by Price and Type
- Christmas list ideas for adults, and how to make a list people actually use
- Stocking Stuffers 2026: 50 Stocking Stuffer Ideas Under $30
- Gifts for Dad: 24 Ideas He'll Actually Use, by Budget and by Kind of Dad
- Christmas Gifts for Mom 2026: 30+ Ideas She Will Actually Use
Secret Santa generator FAQ
What is Secret Santa?
Secret Santa is a Christmas gift exchange where each participant secretly draws one person to gift. Everyone gives one present and receives one — the fun is not knowing who your Santa is until the reveal.
How do I draw names for Secret Santa online?
Create a group, share the invite link in your chat, and everyone joins with just their name. When the group is complete, click Draw: each person secretly sees who they're gifting, plus that person's wishlist and delivery address. It takes about a minute.
Is this a Secret Santa name generator?
Yes — and more than a name picker. The generator draws all the pairs at once so nobody gets themselves, then keeps each pair private: every person sees only their own match, and even the organizer can't peek. Wishlists, the budget and an anonymous chat stay in the same group.
Is there a Secret Santa app?
secret.gift works in any phone browser, so nobody has to install anything or create an account. If your group lives in Telegram, the secret.gift bot runs the same draw there, with wishlists and reminders.
Can I stop couples from drawing each other?
Yes. Set exclusions for free on the group page — partners, siblings, last year's pairs — and the draw honours them with Group PRO, a one-time $5.49 per group paid by the organizer only. A draw without rules stays free. How it works: Secret Santa generator with exclusions.
What are the basic Secret Santa rules?
Agree on a budget, keep your giftee secret until the exchange, give one gift each, and don't draw yourself — our generator guarantees that automatically. The organizer can also sit out of the draw.
Secret Santa vs White Elephant — what's the difference?
In Secret Santa each person buys a gift for a specific drawn person. In White Elephant everyone brings a random gift and players take turns picking or stealing. Both run here: pick secret or open pairs, or the White Elephant mode, which draws the pick order instead.
Do I need a questionnaire or sign-up sheet?
No. The invite link replaces the sign-up sheet, and built-in wishlists replace the questionnaire: each participant writes their own preferences, sizes and delivery address in one place. If you still want the questions themselves, our questionnaire guide has 18 of them, copy-paste ready.