Secret Santa, done right.
Invite everyone with a link, keep couples apart, Elfo shuffles the cards and everyone flips their own. Then see what your person likes and the right ideas for them.
Start your Secret Santa.
Download Elfo, create a Secret Santa, pick the budget and the exchange day, and drop the link in your family, friends or office group chat. Elfo handles the rest.
For iPhone. Every participant joins with the link or code, in the app.
Five steps,
no peeking.
No paper slips, no shared spreadsheets: Elfo does the draw and nobody can know who drew whom, not even the organizer.
- 01Create the group with budget and exchange date
- 02Invite everyone with a link, a code or the QR
- 03Everyone adds what they like, for whoever draws them
- 04Keep couples apart and let Elfo shuffle the cards
- 05Everyone flips their card: it shows only once
More than
a draw.
Not even the organizer knows who drew whom. Everyone flips their own card, once.
Each participant writes what they like (and don't, with sizes): no more blind shopping.
For the person you drew, Elfo suggests gift ideas within the group budget.
People who live together or already swap gifts won't draw each other.
If nobody starts it, it happens on its own on December 1.
On December 24 (or whenever you like) open the gifts and find out who your Secret Santa was.
Secret Santa
rules.
Secret Santa is the perfect game for big groups: instead of buying a gift for everyone, each person buys one gift for someone drawn at random, and keeps it secret until the exchange.
- One budget for everyone. At the office it's usually $10–25, among friends $20–50. In Elfo you set it when creating the group.
- Keep the secret until the exchange: no hints, no "who did you get?".
- Tastes help. Two or three things each person likes, so nobody shops blind.
- Set the date and place right away: the Christmas dinner, the last office day, Christmas Eve.
Looking for ideas? See gifts for coworkers and gifts under $30.
Everything
you wanted
to know.
Is Elfo's Secret Santa free?
Downloading Elfo is free, and the free version runs Secret Santa for up to 8 people. For bigger groups the organizer turns on Elfo Pro and invites as many people as they like.
Does everyone need the app?
Yes: everyone joins with the link or code, adds their tastes and flips their card in the app. For now Elfo is available on iPhone.
Can the organizer see the matches?
No. Elfo does the draw and everyone only sees the person they drew, organizer included.
Can couples be kept apart?
Yes: the organizer picks pairs who shouldn't draw each other, like people who live together.
What if nobody starts the draw?
Elfo runs it on its own on December 1, so everyone has time to buy their gift.
Christmas is 52 days away.
Elfo is already at work.
Start today, and reach Christmas Eve with every gift under the tree.
Download Elfo for iPhone