Secret Santa.

November 22, 2001 4:40 AM

Secret Santa. Got your own Web site? Got an Amazon wishlist? If the answer to both of these is yes, and you like the idea of giving and receiving, you should definitely sign up.
posted by nico (6 comments total)

I love this. Very, very simple, building on tools that already exist (wishlists) to do something really fun. Requires a certain amount of trust, but hey, you're all nice people, I trust you :) I signed up immediately.
posted by fabius at 8:22 AM on November 22, 2001

Here's my wishlist.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 9:17 AM on November 22, 2001

Tried to buy you the Britney / syrup combo, but I don't think your e-commerce solution is up to scratch...
posted by barbelith at 9:29 AM on November 22, 2001

Someone I know did this at his personal site, with the pool made up of his visitors. Was actually pretty fun.
posted by Su at 9:48 AM on November 22, 2001

seems rather scary if you're of the pessimist variety like me.
posted by wantwit at 11:38 PM on November 22, 2001

You think? I think the nice thing about it is that you can't lose more than $15. And you bring happiness to someone completely unconnected to yourself. Which is nice. Plus you get the address of the person who was SUPPOSED to be buying you a present so if they don't you can be all snarky with them!
posted by barbelith at 2:03 AM on November 23, 2001