What do you think of this secret Santa present?

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Budget £10. New job Xmas event, I don’t know recipient - female aged 30-40. I’ve bought 2 for £10.80.

just curious if you got these would you like them?

I think they're lovely. Much better than hot chocolate, gloves etc

Much nicer than a box of chocolates or a dying plant!

For those saying candles would be better, these can also be used as candle holders so OP could include a couple of tea lights. To be honest, I thought it was a candle holder

I like them and prefer to any other suggestions that have been given.
I am in the same age range as the recipient.

Do people genuinely believe anyone really wants to be given ‘fluffy Christmas socks’ or ‘a Christmas themed mug’? They’re boring basic tat that nobody is ever going use for the 51 weeks of the year when it isn’t Christmas. Gifts like that are literally the reason I started opting out of Secret Santa at work!

OP, those glasses are nice. Would I have picked them out for myself? Probably not. But would I think I think they were a nice little gift to receive? Absolutely yes. They’re a good choice.

I’m in the age range and I’d be really chuffed with these. I’d go for it. Way more interesting than food/scarf/biscuits or novelty tat!

They’re not for me tbh. But they’re not offensive.

Imagine thus: 10 women in an office. Secret Santa, sensibly low budget. Your gift could be for any one of them - picked at random on the appointed day. Due to allergies & personal choices etc we had to avoid alcohol (fair enough), perfumed goods (no hand cream, no candles etc), anything containing dairy and some other allergens (basically nothing edible), nothing fluffy on the skin (no scarves) - and on and on. One year I bought a calendar, the following year I bought a mug. Then I left, thank goodness!
So your glasses would work fine. Buy them, but don't take it personally if the recipient turns up their nose.

See I don’t think they’re generic. I’d hate all those things.

this is why 90% of secret Santa presents end up being dumped or given to charity.

I’d rather have the glasses. I think they’re a good secret Santa idea.

I love them!
Much better than the usual chocs/wine/perfume/scented bloody candles.
Good choice.

Very nice and won't go straight to landfill.

I quite like them but they still wouldn’t necessarily fit in with my other things. And I think I’d be a bit WTF / puzzled by them as a secret Santa present - why glassware? And wouldn’t they be a nightmare to carry into work/ to a work Christmas lunch or whatever? On balance I’d tend to say get something else a bit more neutral - decor items are always a bit risky as people’s taste is so individual. I’d go for something like a card purse from Oliver Bonas, nice upmarket choc bars, a couple of posh individual cocktails, or a reasonably neutral bath / hand cream set or similar. Something consumable is ideal. Or a book. What about a recent novel? Or a nonfiction book, the kind about landscapes or art or something similar?

Well goodness the last thing anyone needs is a Christmas themed mug so I think they are fine - no one expects much from secret Santa. The pic is very blurry though hard to see the quality. I wouldn’t sweat it to be honest.

I would be over the moon with them tbh.

i love them would be thrilled to be given those as a gift.

i am 61 though 😂 so asked my DIL 26, and she said they were lovely and hopes Santa has more

Not for me. Minimalist here. Only have 6 plain glasses.

I love them! I’d be very pleased to receive those.

They're ok
Bit underwhelming
If someone was getting me glasses I'd want some funky ones

I think they are really nice. I’d use them as flower vases.

Love them

Pretty! I like them and would appreciate far more than many of the gift ideas mentioned.

The very nature of Secret Santa is that it's a bit of a gamble. You've made an effort to get something you think they'd like and spent the budget. This is all anyone can expect from Secret Santa.

Me too.

cheap perfume? Straight to the charity shop

@crappycrapcrap I think the are beautiful and I’m in the lower end of your age range

I like them. Maybe fill one with nice chocolates and the other with hard Christmas candies then wrap in cellophane.