Secret santa

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Hi looking for some advice! So this year my family have decided to do Secret Santa for adults only (brilliant). We have done this in the past and it was great.
But the rules have changed, we won't know who the recipient will be, you bring a present put it in a pile and it will 'pick one'.
Minimum budget is £40. Any ideas welcome?
TIA.

A subscription of some kind? Or a night out, 20 cinema voucher, 20 restaurant voucher?

Wine
Champagne
Spirit
Vouchers for meal , cinema
Diptyque Candle
Fancy chocolates
Lunchbox / bag / water bottle

Amazon Echo Dot - currently £40
Gin glasses and fancy gin or whisky glasses and whisky stones
Cookbook and cookbook stand
Bath tray and bath oil/salts
Good quality knives
Cheeseboard

Red letter day voucher?
Something you want but no one else will...?

Bodum Coffee cup
Wine opener
Baking Stuff

I'd spend £10 on a gift to open and then £30 on a voucher.

How's that going to work? You'll have to get something generic or really random. Much better to know who you are buying for and get something they'll like.

Do it as a Yankee grab!

Yankee grab ?

Just looked up Yankee Swap.

Yes the idea will be like Yankee grab. Sounded fun, but actually tricky the more I think about what to get.
I'm going to have to go for a more 'random' gift 😂

Difficult

I'd go super generic rather than waste £40 potentially. £10 Hotel Chocolat chocolate, £10 bottle of wine and a £20 cinema voucher in a nice christmassy box.

For £40 I would push back re finding out who the recipient is. For a fiver and a laugh, would say ok, but you can get a really decent present for that amount and would be a shame to waste it

That’s a lot of money to spend on a random gift! Such a waste! £5 fair enough but £40 is crazy!

We do £50 gift, but every adult writes a wish list and seals it in an envelope. (So you still get a surprise but it will be something you like/need) Then with the help of the older kids, the envelopes are swapped.

We then don’t bother buying each other any other gifts - every adult family member gets this one “family” gift. (Although most of the couples usually still buy for each other)