abhi90 Posted December 11, 2025 Report Share Posted December 11, 2025 (edited) Hello friends. Come one, come all to this year's iteration of Secret Santa! Welcome to the thread that celebrates the spirit of Christmas. What is Secret Santa? Secret Santa is a tradition in which volunteering members of our lovely community anonymously send gifts to a randomly chosen participating member The basic flowchart of Secret Santa is: Interested people post their names in this thread After the dead-line for submitting names is over, a random draw is held to assign a person(aka target) to every Santa Every Santa then has about 2-3 weeks to scout & stalk their designated target, choose an appropriate gift and then send it The designated target should (ideally) receive the gift just around the 25th of December i.e. Christmas A Secret Santa should only reveal himself through the "Sent by" tag on the courier i.e. No one should know of the identity of their Secret Santa until they receive their gift The key of a successful Secret Santa is secrecy, so please do all that you can to ensure that your identity stays hidden until your target receives his gift. Want to take part? Here's what you've got to do: 1. Read this post and the guidelines carefully. 2. If you can adhere to the time-frame, post your names in this thread. 3. Send me a PM with your complete address along with your mobile number. The title should be ~ "Secret Santa 2025" 4. After the deadline for submitting names is over, someone will hold a lucky draw and you (i.e. the Santa) will be assigned a target. 5. Find out the likes and dislikes of your target and choose a suitable NEW gift for him. 6. You, Santa, will send the gift(s) to your designated target. P.S: You should send your gifts so that your target will receive their gifts before Christmas. The closer to 25th, the better. Spoiler Let there be two persons, A and B. If A is the Secret Santa of B, it does not necessarily mean that B is the Santa of A (Probability dictates that A being the Secret Santa of B AND B being the Secret Santa of A is relatively minor). Most probably, a person will send a gift to someone and receive a gift from someone else. Guidelines for Secret Santa: 1. This is all about the bond we share in the community 2. Please don't tell anyone, even to non-participants, the identity of your target 3. It is absolutely necessary (and makes the gift that extra bit sweet) that the gift is a well-searched one and not a generic one 4. Gift-wrapping the gift along with a card is encouraged, but not mandatory 5. IMPORTANT: The gift should be NEW. Whatever it is, it shouldn't be a used one 6. The gift should be chosen according to the person's likes or dislikes, do proper research before sending a gift. 7. Take appropriate measures so that your target gets his gift just before Christmas i.e. in the range of 21-24th December 8. Note: I shall also be creating a WhatsApp group this year as a backup in case the site goes down. Please keep this in mind! Previous Iterations of Secret Santa: Spoiler This is for the fourteenth consecutive time that Secret Santa is being held within IVG. Following are the links to the previous Secret Santa threads: Secret Santa 2009 Secret Santa 2010 Secret Santa 2010 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2011 Secret Santa 2012 Secret Santa 2012 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2013 Secret Santa 2013 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2014 Secret Santa 2014 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2015 Secret Santa 2015 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2016 Secret Santa 2016 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2017 Secret Santa 2017 - Gifts Thread Sadly due to the outage we have lost the thread for Secret Santa 2018 Secret Santa 2019 Secret Santa 2020 Secret Santa 2020 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2021 Secret Santa 2021 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2022 Secret Santa 2022 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2023 Secret Santa 2023 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2024 Secret Santa 2024- Gifts Thread Tips for Secret Santa: Spoiler Login anonymously. Doing so will help you be anonymous and your target cannot go into his/her profile and see your name in the "Latest visitors" list and make a calculated guess of who their Secret Santa is. How to login anonymously? Go to Account Settings Go to Security and Privacy Hide online thingy If you're really stumped and cannot finalize on an appropriate gift, then as a last resort PM me and ONLY me. I'll ask your target on your behalf, while maintaining your anonymity, as to what he/she would prefer. There's no price range for gifts, it's all about the happiness you can share with other IVGian. To get a rough idea on the price of gifts being sent refer to the Secret Santa of yesteryears. Hall of Fame Spoiler I would like to thank, first and foremost, the participants who have made Secret Santa such a success that a lot of us look forward to this time of the year. I would also like to especially thank the members who have been a part of every Secret Santa without fail, they are: Aftrunner KrackChap Sufyan Snake harjas (Special mention to one of the strongest, enthusiastic member of the community who especially liked Secret Santa) Last date for registrations: 14th December 2025 Please commit if and only if you will be 100% able to send a gift. We've had defaulters in the past and we don't want any more sad people, do we? Feel free to post here/ PM me if you have any doubts. Let's all end this year on a positive happy note. Hope you all have a great Christmas this year. Note: I will also be creating a WhatsApp group as a sort of a backup to ensure we all can communicate! Edited December 16, 2025 by abhi90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted December 11, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2025 (edited) List of participants: abhi90 Snake silentassassin niks_flashbullet Vamos TheGothamChampion dylanjosh ZooZoo Nathan.Drake nitinveer Edited December 17, 2025 by abhi90 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snake Posted December 11, 2025 Report Share Posted December 11, 2025 2 hours ago, abhi90 said: List of participants: me me me Might want to update the HoF list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abhi90 Posted December 12, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2025 Please send me the details as well! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abhi90 Posted December 15, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2025 Everyone, Please send me the details as well! Thanks! I've not received all the details from everyone! I'll then hold the draw tomorrow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted December 16, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2025 (edited) Can @nitinveersend me the details please! Edited December 16, 2025 by abhi90 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted December 16, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2025 On 12/11/2025 at 6:20 PM, Snake said: Might want to update the HoF list Done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted December 17, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2025 I have sent the PM's containing targets to anyone! Feel free to reach out to me in case of any questions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooZoo Posted December 18, 2025 Report Share Posted December 18, 2025 I think this years frequent downtimes will affect our ability to stalk our prey. I have been as inactive as my secret santa buddy. Gonna take some time to research before I order. And for my Santa, goodluck, i hardly posted anything this year so it will be a tough ask. Suggestion - no games please, i have a trigger finger that preorders any or every game under the sun the moment they come online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hope Posted December 19, 2025 Report Share Posted December 19, 2025 I missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted December 19, 2025 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2025 30 minutes ago, hope said: I missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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