New list – santa.haus

List nameYour nameGift budget (optional)

Who reads the letters?The drawEveryone draws the letter of someone else on the list and buys that gift.Only meEvery letter comes to you, e.g. your children write to Santa. On the list they see each other, not you.

When is the draw?

Everyone writes a letter to Santa. In the draw each person gets someone else's letter and buys that gift; nobody draws their own. Until the draw people can join and write letters; after it, nobody can join.

Once the list is set up, on its page you can pick pairs who do not draw each other, e.g. spouses.

When you click “Draw the letters”Your page gets a “Draw the letters” button. Click it once everyone has joined and written a letter.When the majority decidesEveryone gets an “I vote for the draw” button. The draw happens by itself once more than half of the people on the list vote, e.g. 3 of 5.On a chosen dayYou pick the day and time, and the draw happens by itself then. Nobody has to click anything.Day and time of the draw

What does the draw show?

With the name hidden there is a second day: the gift sack opens and the names show up.

Name and letterYou know right away who the gift is for. There is no second day.The letter now, the name laterOn the chosen day the gift sack opens: every Santa sees the name of the person they give a gift to.A number instead of the nameYou buy gift no. 4 and write the number on the parcel. On the chosen day the gift sack opens: everyone gets the number of their own parcel to open.Day and time the gift sack opens