When a company decides to organize a Secret Santa gift exchange, it seldom amounts to the team bonding and warm company culture aesthetic of the intent. That's because people are already scrambling to get real gifts for their significant others and family members in the stressful weeks leading up to the holidays. The truth of the matter is that nobody cares about their coworkers so much that they are going to put in that same level of effort and creativity into their office Secret Santa gifts.…

Work Secret Santa exchanges are supposed to be a fun and lighthearted way to spread some holiday cheer among coworkers who you mostly know through passive-aggressive email chains and awkward breakroom small talk. But somewhere between the budget limits, unspoken expectations, and trying to avoid the holiday burnout, things can go south fast.

They say gift-giving is an art, and these people are no artists. After that, have a laugh at some chaotic Christmas trees, melty menorahs, and other holiday mishaps, like one person who is steamed that “Someone stole my $400 Christmas tree.”

Work holiday parties are a delicate concoction of forced holiday cheer and awkward social experiments. Case in point: the infamous White Elephant gift exchange. For those who've never played, it's a game where everyone brings a wrapped present, and the fun begins as gifts are opened, stolen, and swapped in a battle for glory—or, at least, the coolest gift under $20. Sure, seeing who ends up with what is fun (bonus points if you get to steal from the office food thief ), but let's not sugarcoat…

The entire family is giving this woman the side-eye after she did something strange during a gift exchange. Instead of getting an individual present for every member of your family, some families choose to do Secret Santa gift exchanges . It's a good way to add some fun to the typical present exchange. Everyone is assigned a family member to gift a nice present to in secret. Then, when the present is opened, the person usually finds out who gave it to them. It's a sweet tradition that allows ea…

Now that it's the Holiday season, we are unfortunately subjected to that time of year when we have to get gifts for more people than we'd like. The idea of having to participate in an annual Office Secret Santa on top of all that other shopping is truly too far. Thankfully, I have never been asked to participate in one, and honestly, thank goodness. I'm not quite sure what I've done in my life to deserve that luxury, but I'll take it. Knowing myself, if I were pressured to be a part of an Offic…

There are certain team-bonding work traditions that should be disbanded and one of them is most certainly Secret Santa. First of all, there's the money factor. Even if the fixed price everyone should spend is decided to be $10, I don't want to spend two cents on anyone at work and I'm pretty sure they'd say the same about me. There is absolutely no ill will or bitterness here; in fact, to me, it feels like a healthy mutual understanding. Now, the next reason why Workplace Secret Santa should be…

Sounds like this guy just found a new way to get his niece to leave him alone.