13 wanting to do Secret Santa

[gregssausageroll]

How do I do it? Odd numbers just don't work do they?!

If you arrange the names in a circle, then each person gives to the one on their right, everyone gets a present. Or something.

1. Bran tub. Everyone buys 1 present & it goes into a lucky dip. 13 presents, 13 pickers, nobody left over.

1. Everyone picks a name out of a hat. 13 pickers, 13 names, nobody left over.

We are all over the UK though. I'll split the list between me and another and we should be able to work it that way (I think!)

We're doing it for the first time this year - we wrote a list of names and then picked names out of the hat for that person. I am in charge of it and it seems a bit of a mixed bag of who's buying for who.

just imagine all names in a circle and everyone give to the person on the right. That way everyone gives and recieves, they just not giving to who they are recieving from.

did that make sence?

Yes! Got it. Thanks ladies. I was looking at it too hard for it to make sense!

We just put all teh names in a hat and take one out. If you get your own name you put it back in and choose another one.

There are websites that do the 'hat' bit for you. It's useful if you are all in different locations and keeps the mystery for the organiser as well - you won't know who has who either!

We used this one last year - www.worksmart.org.uk/santa/