🎅 Secret Santa generator
Draw names for Secret Santa, a holiday gift exchange, a classroom secret pal week or secret valentines. Everyone gets a private link and sees only who they got — no hat, no email addresses, no peeking.
How it works
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Type the names
Add everyone who’s in, plus any pairs who shouldn’t draw each other.
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Draw
The draw happens on our server. You get one personal link per person.
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Send the links privately
Text or email each person their own link. They see who they got and can add a wish list.
An online draw fixes the two problems of pulling names from a hat: nobody gets their own name, and you don’t need everyone in the same room. Each person gets a private link and only they see the result.
Set a budget (for a class, $5–$10 is plenty; for families and offices $20–$30 is common), an exchange day, and what happens if someone is absent. In younger classes, a secret pal week with kind notes and drawings instead of store-bought gifts works beautifully.
Use the same tool for a club, a scout troop, a team, the office or the extended family before the holidays.
👪 For parents and teachers. These tools are made to be set up and shared by adults. No accounts, no email, no ads in the tool. We keep only what people type in, and shared pages are deleted automatically after the event (or after six months without changes). Photos in the photo tools never leave your device.
Questions and answers
How does an online Secret Santa draw work?
Type everyone’s names and tap “Draw names”. You get a personal link for each person; send each one privately by text or email. Each person opens their link and sees only who they got — and can add a wish list for their own Secret Santa.
Can the organizer see who got whom?
No, unless they deliberately tap “Show the whole draw” — and then every participant’s page says so. The draw happens on our server; the organizer sees only names, links and who has looked.
Can I stop siblings or couples from drawing each other?
Yes. Under “Who shouldn’t draw each other?” pick the pairs, and the draw skips them. If the rules make a draw impossible, the page tells you before you draw.
What about a classroom where kids don’t have phones?
Choose “Print drawn slips”: each slip shows the child’s name outside and, below a fold line, the name they drew. Print, cut, fold and hand out. Or print plain name slips to pull from a hat.
Does it work for a gift exchange, a secret pal week or secret valentines?
Yes. Pick the kind of draw and each person’s page uses the right words, like “You are buying a gift for…” or “You are the secret pal of…”.
Is it free? Do people need an email address?
It’s free, and nobody needs an account or an email address. The draw is deleted automatically 60 days after the exchange day (or six months after you make it).