Tag Archives: Secret Santa

Playing Santa

There is a lot of Secret Santa’s running around this year but also some not-so-secret. (This photo by Jacob Windham is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License ) If you remember, famous secret Santa Larry Stewart died almost two years ago, but not before giving out an estimated $1.3 million dollars. He used to give out $100 bills on the streets of Kansas City to anyone who looked like they needed it. Ill and knowing his end was near, Stewart told a friend how much he would miss his anonymous giveaways. The friend, whose name has not been revealed, … Continue reading →

Elfster.com: Your Online Secret Santa Helper

Sometimes you’re the elf, sometimes you need an elf’s help –especially if you’re in charge of coordinating any Secret Santa exchanges. Recently I discovered a cool site that helps with such a task: Elfster. What Elfster Is A free online resource to help you coordinate a gift exchange. How You Use It 1. Register to use the site. (It’s free and super fast. Less than 30 seconds.) 2. If you’re not taken directly to the Your Exchange set up page, from Home select Start a New Exchange. 3. Plan your exchange: give it a name, determine a sign-up deadline, set … Continue reading →

A Fun Christmas Idea For Moms

Shh…I’m going to share a fun secret with you. Here is a very secret tradition that I do, just on my own. Although now that I have a teenager, I’m thinking about enlisting him to help me with my project. What I like to do is to sneak tiny presents under friends’ Christmas trees. Or if their stockings are hung, I can slip the tiny gift inside. The reason is simple. We moms work very hard pulling off Christmas. And we don’t often get very many surprises on Christmas morning. (I’m talking nice surprises here– not wet beds or ear … Continue reading →

Secret Santa Revealed

I know most of us have been involved in the Secret Santa thing at some point – at work, at church, etc. If you haven’t, it usually happens when someone draws your name and gets you something for Christmas, but they don’t reveal who they are, they just sign the card Secret Santa. But in Kansas City, one man has taken this to great lengths. Every December for 26 years, he has given money out on the streets of the city. It started out simply enough, with him handing out five and ten dollar bills. But as his fortune grew, … Continue reading →