Secret Santa is simple: everyone is secretly assigned one other person to buy a gift for, usually with a set budget. The catch is running the draw so it's actually fair — no one draws themselves, and the organizer doesn't accidentally see who has whom.
Agree on a budget and a date. Every participant gives to exactly one person and receives from exactly one person. No one should be assigned themselves, and ideally the organizer shouldn't know the full result either.
Most groups want couples or people who live together to not draw each other, so gifts aren't just swapped at home. A good draw lets you set these exclusion pairs and still guarantees a valid result — or tells you clearly if your exclusions make a fair draw impossible.
Drawing names from a hat breaks constantly: someone draws themselves, someone peeks, and you restart. Online generators fix that — but many email everyone (spam) or show the organizer everything.
Toolkind's free Secret Santa generates a private link for each person — only they see who they drew — plus an organizer link for you. Set exclusions, draw, and share the links. No accounts, no email spam.
Run a free Secret Santa draw