{"id":3306,"date":"2011-11-03T11:33:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T15:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:16:03","slug":"work-secret-santa-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/holiday-cards-and-tidbits\/work-secret-santa-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Work Appropriate Secret Santa Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know about you, but I have always had a hard time picking out holiday gifts for my co-workers. Last year, when the Secret Santa rolled around to me, I picked the name of someone I barely knew. That\u2019s when I started re-thinking office Secret Santa gifts. I have always helped pick out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/christmas-cards\/business-christmas-cards.htm\"><strong>business Christmas cards<\/strong><\/a>, as I love the Christmas season, but the Secret Santa puzzle was turning me into a Grinch. I started to think about gift card ideas. I came up with a few versatile places that suited most people. Then I thought maybe I could get a small gift from the place as well as a gift card. After some serious thought, this is my list of Secret Santa gift ideas that suit (almost) everyone and aren\u2019t too hard on the wallet:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Caf\u00e9 gift<\/strong> \u2013 a gift card to a coffee shop, a small packet of tea or coffee, all packaged nicely into a beautiful mug<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Foodie gift<\/strong> \u2013 a gift card to either a restaurant or a unique food store, a small package of food (i.e. cheese and crackers, or cookies), packed together in a basket<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Music gift<\/strong> \u2013 an iTunes or record store gift card, a Holiday mix CD (They\u2019re sold at bookstores and online, or you can make one yourself!), packed together in a music-themed gift bag<br \/>\n<strong>\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Library gift<\/strong> \u2013 a bookstore or Amazon gift card, a copy of either a cool book or magazine, tied together with a beautiful Holiday ribbon<\/p>\n<p>One of the additions I made to these gifts was to use a copy of our business Christmas cards to hold the gift card. This way, I didn\u2019t have to spend extra money on a card I wouldn\u2019t be sending. It turned out that the card was the thing everyone remarked about, saying it was such a personal touch to give one of our cards to a co-worker. I don\u2019t know if she ever used the gift, but she kept the card at her desk for months!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t know about you, but I have always had a hard time picking out holiday gifts for&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[909,50,373],"class_list":{"0":"post-3306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-holiday-cards-and-tidbits","7":"tag-business-christmas-cards","8":"tag-christmas-cards","9":"tag-secret-santa","10":"cs-entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Work Appropriate Secret Santa Ideas - 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