Secret Santa software

November 18, 2004 7:31 PM

Where might I find some decent, free "Secret Santa" software? (more in Santa's sack...)

I'm running the office's "Secret Santa" this year. I could stick two columns of names in an Excel spreadsheet, sort them randomly, check for duplicates then e-mail the resulting pairs each others' names. However, this would be a pain in the arse and I'd know who everybody's Santa was (including mine).

I'd like some FREE (beer essential, speech optional) software I could stick a bunch of e-mail addresses and names into, and it'll send them all the name of their Santa-ee without me knowing. A website that does the same thing would be nice, too, although I don't want to have to muck about with wishlists or unwittingly sign people up for spam.

posted by obiwanwasabi to computers & internet (4 comments total)

We seem to be using Elfster over at.... you know, the other place. Dunno if that fits your bill.
posted by flashboy at 7:59 PM on November 18, 2004

Perfect - thanks!
posted by obiwanwasabi at 8:52 PM on November 18, 2004

I'm also looking for this kind of thing - but is there not something I can run on my own site?
posted by Orange Goblin at 3:03 AM on November 19, 2004

OG: If you (or anyone else) are still reading this. I just stumbled upon a PHP / MySQL project called Secret Santa. Here's a description.
posted by fjom at 10:38 AM on November 23, 2004