5 Secret Santa Theme Ideas for your Christmas Party

Dec 8, 2021 | 4 Min Read

Christmas is an opportunity for us to show love by giving and helping those who are not as privileged as we are. In our last blog post, we shared ten easy ways to give back to your loved ones and the society at large and still in the spirit of giving. Today, we will be sharing how to spice up the most common and fun gift exchange party of the season: Funny Secret Santa Theme.

Secret Santa is a fun Christmas gift exchange game where all participants are each other’s Santas by giving a gift anonymously to another participant.

Participants (members of a group, community, workplace, or family) are randomly assigned a person to whom they will give a Christmas gift.

At Firacard, we are particularly fond of Secret Santa parties with exciting and engaging themes for everyone. However, if you do it year after year, it could get boring and tiring for your team unless you spice it up. And that is why we have decided to share with you five Secret Santa theme ideas for you and your loved ones to adopt this Christmas.

Food

If you decide to go for a food-themed secret Santa, you will be making a great choice because this theme gives a wide-open category.

Besides, who doesn’t love the gift of food? So, if you have kitchen wizards in your team, you can make their Christmas by giving them cooking-themed gifts like special herbs and spices.

Also, you can shop beautiful spatulas, measuring cups, or a cookbook to help them on their journey to becoming the next Gordon Ramsey or Rachael Ray.

For coffee lovers, give a nice holiday latte or a packet of cocoa mix. You can also give cookies, chocolates, flavoured popcorn, or a bag of candies. And of course, if you have a food lover in your group, a yummy homemade dish will be just perfect.

DIY

A great way to save money while exchanging gifts this holiday is to go DIY. You will be amazed at how meaningful a do-it-yourself present can be.

Besides, what is better than a gift made with love? So even if you are slightly worried that you may not be able to pull a nice DIY stunt, worry less.

There are tons of online resources that can make your DIY project an easy one. They will appreciate the effort and time you put into making it.

You can explore options like ombre sequin ornaments, a heat pack for women, tea tins filled up with a loose leaf tea the person will love, bobby pins, wooden earrings, or even scented candles with essential oils.

12 Days of Christmas

If you decide to go with the 12 days of Christmas secret Santa theme, you should try to keep it simple and the items affordable so that no one’s budget is put under strain.

This theme allows each person to give gifts during the 12-days that precedes Christmas while everyone looks forward to receiving a daily present for the 12 Days of Christmas.

Each secret Santa gives one item on day one, two items on day two, and the sequence continues till the twelfth day of Christmas.

For instance, you can gift one key-holder on day one, five bobby pins on the fifth day, and 12 homemade cookies on day 12.

Charity

This theme is a bit different from the usual gift exchange style but so in line with the spirit of Christmas. It is more of giving than receiving. If you have a family member, church member, co-worker, or a neighbour going through a difficult time, the rest of the team can decide to be a secret Santa to that person.

This theme requires everyone to bring an item that eventually goes into a Secret Santa basket. Gifts can include things that you think the individual needs or just random thoughtful items like scented candles, candies, gift cards, and so on. Collate the gifts from the secret Santas and send them to the receivers.

Bar Cart

You can do so much with a bar-themed secret Santa exchange. A bottle of wine or any item associated with it is always a great gift.

You can exchange gifts like wine openers, a cocktail shaker, a set of glasses, a nice bottle of some top-shelf alcohol, a vintage-inspired cocktail mixer, or a complete bar cart set if you intend to go all out.

You now have 5 secret Santa theme ideas to make your Christmas party smashing.

We hope you have an exciting time.