Create your Secret Santa

Start now — no account required.Your progress is saved securely while you organise.

Continue on another device or with Google

Continue with Google

Google verifies your organiser email and saves your exchanges across devices. Nothing is sent to participants.

Your progress can be saved securely as you go.

Other draft options

Drafts expire after 14 days. You review your draw before sending any invitations.

Your nameYour organiser emailUsed only to send your private organiser link. You can verify it by email or with Google.

Your Christmas event

Secret Santa name (optional)Leave blank and we'll call it Secret Santa. Give separate teams their own name if you like.Gift budgetCurrencyCountry / shopping regionSuggested location for gift shopping; it does not change your chosen gift budget.Gift exchange dateGift exchange timeChoose the actual start time, not an estimated one.Event time zoneWe suggest your device time zone; change it if the exchange takes place elsewhere.

Event budget, currency and exact date/time remain fixed for everyone, even when guests join internationally.

✓ Completely free✓ No display ads or subscriptions✓ Your participant list is not sold or used for marketing

Who's joining?

Add people one at a time, paste a list, or import a file. Copying the Name and Email columns from Excel works too.

⬆ Import Outlook / Excel CSVCSV template

Participant list (name and email)

0 participantsPaste or import your list

Supports 3–500 people per draw. A confirmation preview catches duplicates and invalid emails before invitations are sent.

JUST ONE MORE THING

Review your exchange

Check the essentials below. You can personalise the reveal or add exclusions if you need them. No participant invitations are sent now.

Exchange—

People—

Budget—

When—

RevealSurprise me ✨

LogoNone (optional)

Organiser—

Optional personalisation and rulesExclusions, reveal animations, group logo, message and retention

Pairing exclusions

Optional. Tell us which people shouldn't draw each other; you'll check every suggested rule before it applies.

Describe the restrictions

Try “Bob and Tim” or “Don't pair Sarah with Alex”, one pair per line. Names stay on your device and SleighSpin server — no external AI.

Review or manually edit confirmed exclusions

Confirmed pairs (both directions)One pair of email addresses per line. These are the actual rules used by the draw.

Choose the reveal

Surprise Me picks one of our favourite animations for each guest and keeps it consistent. You can also choose one reveal for everyone. Try the demos first.

Magical presentA gift lifts open in a glow of Christmas magicWatch demo ↗

Sleigh wheelA dramatic spinning festive name wheelWatch demo ↗

Surprise me!A different magical reveal is chosen for each guestBrowse demos ↗

Christmas CrackerPull the festive cracker apart for a sparkling name revealWatch demo ↗

North Pole LetterA crimson Christmas envelope opens, and a golden letter rises with your secretWatch demo ↗

Santa's Midnight FlightWatch Santa fly across a starlit winter sky before a shower of Christmas magic unveils your secretWatch demo ↗

Enchanted Snowglobe · CinematicShake a luminous glass snowglobe, wake a tiny illuminated winter village and watch a swirling blizzard uncover the secretWatch demo ↗

Winter AuroraNorthern lights, a glowing Christmas ornament and a magical golden name revealWatch demo ↗

Optional group message

Make it yours — add a logo (optional & free)

Organising a workplace, school or family exchange? Add your logo to personalise the magical reveals. It saves with your draft, even when you finish on another device.

Choose logoNo logo added — that's absolutely fine!

PNG, JPG or WebP up to 3 MB. SleighSpin resizes your image, removes embedded metadata and stores it privately. You can change it before launch.

Automatically delete this exchangeIncludes the participant list, pairings and hint requests. You can delete it earlier from Mission Control. Delivery-provider logs and backups can have separate retention periods.

Your privacy choice

Assignments are private by default. You can optionally see them as organiser.

Allow me to view pairings as organiserIf selected, you can see who drew whom in your private dashboard. Participants are informed before revealing. Leave unchecked for a fully blind draw. I have permission or another lawful basis to organise this exchange and invite these people.We'll use these addresses only to run the exchange and delete the exchange after your selected retention period.

Next: verify your email if needed, check the private dashboard, then choose when to launch. No participant invitations are sent yet.

Make it Christmas.

Your Christmas event

Who's joining?

Review your exchange

Pairing exclusions

Choose the reveal

Make it yours — add a logo (optional & free)

Your privacy choice

Review & edit names

Edit person