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Secret Santa Wish List Template - Violet and Black
Secret Santa Wish List: What Is It?
A Secret Santa Wish List is a special list created by an individual taking part in an annual Secret Santa game. The purpose of the list is incredibly simple and there are two main advantages. Firstly, by creating a list of presents and/or detailing any interests that you may have you will increase the likelihood of receiving a gift that you will be happy with, one that you genuinely want or need but can never bring yourself to purchase.
Alternate Name:
- Christmas Secret Santa Wish List.
In addition, it also simplifies things a whole lot more for your Secret Santa (that is, the person that drew your name and has to buy presents for you). This can be quite a difficult challenge particularly if the individual does not know you too well and has no idea what to buy for you, which can easily be the case in a big company. To avoid your colleagues purchasing unnecessary or generic things which will most likely be of no use to you, you can create a Secret Santa Wish List for coworkers and display it in a visible place so that your coworkers have a rough idea of the gifts you would like to receive.
A Secret Santa Wish List template can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
What to Put on a Secret Santa Wish List?
Creating a Secret Santa Wish List is often more difficult than it may first appear. The greatest difficulty is understanding and deciding what presents you would like and this can further become complicated if there is a specific budget that you need to keep in mind. No Secret Santa Wish List is the same and in essence, it will all stem from the things that you need or want. If you are stuck for Secret Santa Wish List ideas, read up on some of our top tips which may help give you some inspiration:
- Learn to differentiate between what you want and what you need. What you need is usually the things that you avoid buying for yourself because you prefer to purchase things that you want. But in actual fact, there may be something that you genuinely need but can never bring yourself to buy. Why not see if your Secret Santa can buy it for you instead?;
- Remember to be realistic and if there is no specific budget in place, aim to have a mixed budget list that will allow everyone, regardless of financial burdens to give you a gift that you will love;
- Consider alternatives to physical presents, perhaps you may want to experience something or attend something rather than receive a physical present;
- Have a quick brainstorm and then filter out the presents to leave the ones that are most important to you.
How to Make a Secret Santa Wish List?
Once you have finally decided on the things that you want to include on your Secret Santa Wish List, making it will be fun and simple. Below you can find a list of some of our suggestions:
- You should start by finding and downloading an appropriate Secret Santa Wish List template that can be edited to add some personalized modifications, making it stand out from all of the other lists out there;
- Play around with the colors and images in the wish list. Even though it may seem like just a list, you want to reflect the Christmas atmosphere and festive feeling which can be achieved by using colors associated with Christmas (such as red and green) and images associated with Christmas such as Santa Claus, presents under a Christmas tree, etc.;
- Remember to give your list a title. If you just create a list and stick it on the wall, no-one will understand if it is a wish list or a list of things you want to buy for your aunty Karen. Something simple like "Secret Santa Wish List" should do the job;
- Remember to also include your name and the list itself, it is no good having a wish list if you do not know who it is for;
- Print it and either put it in a visible place or hand it over to the host of the game.
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