Secret Santa 2018

Hello Fellow Bloggers

I wanted to share with you the Secret Santa gift exchange that went on at my work this year! I will be showing you what I bought for my Secret Santa and what my Secret Santa got me :) Traditionally, my family does not celebrate Christmas but I love this time of year. I love seeing the beautifully decorated homes, the kindness in people donating their time and goods to local charities, and the overall spirit of the season. Not going to lie I love the shopping and sales as well :D

The way we did our Secret Santa's this year was following our staff meeting. One thing you may not know about our staff meeting is after all the updates are done we have a staff potluck to raise money for United Way. For only $10.00 each month we PIG OUT on all that delicious food. All participating staff are placed on a list that is planned a year in advanced in the following categories: main, vegan main, side dish/salad, appetizer, fruit/dessert, drinks, and cutlery. For those who do not want to participate in making dishes pay a check of $200 to cover the whole year, but most staff enjoy participating and bring out their inner chef in the process. I was super happy I was on desserts this month since I got to do some Christmas baking which again I do not celebrate Christmas so I really did enjoy making my dessert.


My secret Santa went on an early vacation so I did not get to see her reaction to my gift at our little staff gathering but I will see what she thinks of it when she gets back, hehe! In all honesty, I love gift shopping and what I love more is wrapping gifts. For our secret Santa's this year the cap for the gift was $20.00, although seeing all the beautiful gifts I think some people may have gone a little bit over which is fine (since I did too, come on it's once a year!).  I bought my Secret Santa some Midnight Rain Wax Melts with a hidden ring inside by Ice N Fire (my little side hustle), I hope she gets a high priced ring inside to put my gift over the edge ;). I also bought her a comfy pair of slippers and a peppermint bar of soap. I put them all in an adorable red Santa basket that I found at the Dollarama! It just helped bring the whole gift together! After that I covered the gift in a black tissue paper and wrapped the whole thing in clear gift wrap, tied together with beautiful ribbon, and then covered the gift with festive stickers. I mustn't forget the nice candy cane I tied around the top.

My secret Santa turned out to be one of my good friends at work and I never sensed a thing, mind you I talk to her like every day! She got me an amazing gift! A book titled How to Show and Sell Your Crafts, a mug that says No Prob-llama with pictures of Llamas all over it, two rainbow bath bombs, an onesie for my little guy on the way, and two chocolate bars to bring that beautiful gift altogether. I can't forget the thoughtful card. The best part about the gift is that each item was individually wrapped with tissue paper and gorgeous gift boxes. I gave the gift to my daughter Malak after work to unwrap all over again and she had a blast going through, she even wanted to take a bath that evening to use the bath bombs!


Overall it was a fun Secret Santa day and the looks on everyone's faces when they were unwrapping their gifts was great to see. We don't always get to do fun stuff like that but when we do we go ALL OUT!

Do you do Secret Santa's at your work? If not what fun stuff do you do at work or with friends/family around the Holidays? Write it in the comments below :)

I hope all celebrating have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year. I hope this New Year is a great one for all!