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Secret Santa Generator Plus

Same draw, less awkwardness.

Add your options below, then tap to pick.

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When to use it

  • Office Secret Santa.
  • Family Christmas draws.
  • Friend-group gift swaps.

When to use Secret Santa Generator Plus

  • The 30-second window before phones come out at a house party.
  • Icebreaker for 4-8 people where you don't want the same person always suggesting.
  • Post-dinner-drinks when the group energy needs a nudge.

How the picker works

Secret Santa Generator Plus runs entirely in your browser — no servers, no accounts, no data sent anywhere. Each pick uses your browser's built-in cryptographic random-number generator (window.crypto.getRandomValues), which is uniformly distributed across the option pool.

The pool for this picker: a curated shortlist. Every option has an equal probability of being selected on any given pick (about <1% per option).

Custom-input picks let you supply your own option pool; the picker returns one at uniform random.

If you want a deliberately weighted pick (favouring some options over others), the picker isn't the right tool — try structuring the choice as a wheel with duplicated entries, or split into two picks (category first, then item within category).

Related pickers + when to prefer each

Secret Santa Generator Plus is one of several related pickers on the site. The rest of this cluster covers adjacent decisions:

Secret Santa Generator — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

Pair Generator — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

Team Picker — the closest neighbour when this picker isn't quite the right fit.

All picks are independent — running one picker doesn't influence the others.

About this category

Party games decisions collapse without a picker. "What shall we play?" from 6 people at 10pm is a stalemate.

Icebreakers, drinking games, dares, truth-or-dare prompts, group challenges — the category is built for the 30-second window before someone reaches for their phone.

FAQ

How is this different from the original Secret Santa Generator?

The Plus version pairs explicitly with a giver→receiver result. Tap until everyone is matched, removing as you go.

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