Community Secret Santa 2025

Sian321

Hi everyone, how are you doing? How are we finding December this year so far?

I'm reaching out to announce our plans for our first ever Community Secret Santa this year, and to ask if you'd like to be involved!?

What's 'Secret Santa'?
So a 'Secret Santa' is a festive gift exchange game where participants randomly draw names and anonymously give a present to the chosen person. The identity of each giver remains hidden until revealed, adding fun and mystery to holiday celebrations for friends, families, or colleagues taking part.

How will our's work?
So we're going to do our own Secret Santa a little differently.... essentially, if you choose to take part the Staff Team would DM you the name of your chosen person and then you would 'gift' that person some lovely and thoughtful responses on their latest X3 Boards threads / posts to show them some appreciation, encouragement, and care!

Because of this, it wouldn't be very 'secret' because of course, when you reply to their Boards posts etc., they'll see your name!!

Buuuuut hopefully this would mean that all members taking part will see a really beautiful boost of engagement and support on their Community posts this Christmas!

Sounds great - how do I get involved!?
If you would like to become a 'not-so-secret Santa' for one of your fellow Community members this Christmas, please reply to the Boards thread below letting us know you're taking part.

On Monday 22nd December the Staff Team will then DM you with your chosen person's username so that you can go and show them lots of support on their latest posts.

Got any questions? We're here to answer below!

Nemuritai

This sounds like a wonderful idea. I just had one question - in terms of how the chosen community member is picked, would that be any member of the community or just one of the members also taking part? I must admit I've never done secret santa in real life so I'm not totally sure how it works hahah

AnonymousToe

It’s a shame we can’t do it like we used to. And I feel like this may not work - sometimes I don’t reply to posts not because I don’t care but because I don’t have any experience or knowledge in the particular thing someone’s struggling with.

New and worse secret Santa

Sian321

@Nemuritai great question! So it would be someone else who has chosen to take part. Once we have a picture of all the people who want to sign up, then we'd pair up names and let you know who you've been given

Sian321

@AnonymousToe thank you for sharing this, and for your feedback. This is 100% valid, and I'm sorry to hear that this feels like a loss compared to how Secret Santa used to be run. May I ask how it used to work here on Community? We're open to learning!

eylah

id love to everyone deserves to feel supported and cared abt. you all matter so so much

Amy22

I also wouldn't mind doing this actually.