Comments on: Secret Santa software

Question: Secret Santa software

obiwanwasabi — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:31:33 -0800

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.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:59:33 -0800

We seem to be using Elfster over at.... you know, the other place. Dunno if that fits your bill.

By: obiwanwasabi

obiwanwasabi — Thu, 18 Nov 2004 20:52:09 -0800

Perfect - thanks!

By: Orange Goblin

Orange Goblin — Fri, 19 Nov 2004 03:03:11 -0800

I'm also looking for this kind of thing - but is there not something I can run on my own site?

By: fjom

fjom — Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:38:08 -0800

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.