Do you have a Secret Santa horror story?

Question

Has anybody got burned on this before? My story is we all had a secret santa agreement at work, and it was agreed that the gift limit was not to fall below $25.00. Well I got MY secret santa a decent gift which is a Victoria's Secret perfume worth within range and she loved it. The person that had me, decided to give me a stuffed cat. Yes, a stuffed cat the ones that you could win in a Carnival. I was so disappointed and had thoughts like wtf? This person didn't even put a lot of effort in it. To be honest with you, I think it was something that sat in her basement collecting dust. And on an added note I am not a cat lover, nor a pet afficionado. What the heck????????????????

It wasn't a Joke it was as serious as a heart attack.

Sorry Lex, the woman with the used sock got us beat. I just wanted to rephrase this question to get a lot of responses.

Answer 1

I pride myself on being a great Secret Santa so I was really disappointed that the first day all I got was a really old and yellow card. The second day I got a cheap looking ornament and the third day I got the same ornament. I told the secretary at work how bummed I was that I was getting these crappy gifts while I was going all out on my person (not moneywise but trying to choose gifts that were appropriate for the person). On the day of the big reveal of course, the secretary was my Secret Santa.

Answer 2

I got a small ceramic green frog with a vegetable brush in it.
I gave something well in excess of the price, but that was my decision to do so.
I think sometimes that people think that "Secret Santa" means "white elephant", and give accordingly. And the phrase, "not to exceed" a certain amount, gives people licence to spend less than a dollar.
And, I have been critisized for some of my presents, too. One gentleman did not get the concept of a gift a day, costing less than a dollar, for the ten days before Xmas, then on Xmas, a gift for $10 dollars. I had his name, and he got his favorite candy bar, three ink pens[he was a nurse, we buy our own supplies], an ornament, and he threw a fit, and refused to participate. The person who's name he had, got nothing. We think he thought that each of the gifts should be $10, or that he just thought the whole thing was silly.
Another time it was a set of nice metal Xmas cookie cutters, tied up with curly ribbon, to hang on a tree, or make cookies, option open. The recipient said it was the stupidist thing she had ever seen, and who would want a thing like that?. But she got told off from her best friend, who went after her publicly, and told her there was at least a dollar's worth of curly ribbon on it, and it took a lot of time to curl it all, and that the cookie cutters were not cheap either. She hated all of her gifts that year.
So, I have a new job, and sure enough, it was elf time. Same thing as Secret Santa. You get a present, then you buy one for someone else. I got a poinsetta plant, nice, and I gave a bag full of stuff, and a manilla envelope with some info on elves downloaded off the internet, including how to obtain elf poop. [it's jelly beans]. the recipeint took each thing apart, and laughed and made oooooo noises. She liked it.

Answer 3

I've never heard of a situation where they gave you a minimum price before! What if the person was in bad financial circumstances and couldn't afford it? I just don't like Secret Santa situations. Buying a present for someone you don't know is a crapshoot, and most people miss big time. I usually end up getting lots of lotions and bath products, and I hate anything scented, so I always end up throwing it out. I appreciate that someone went to some trouble (sometimes) to get something, but I think if you expect someone to find you a perfect gift at these things,you will always end up disappointed.

Answer 4

Yeah we had this secrete santa thing at school in my group of friends. The gift had to stay under 20 bucks. I went a little over and bought a $10 dollar gift card to blockbusters and some movies and popcorn. I got a used journal that smelled like cat pee...

Answer 5

In eighth grade we did a class secret Santa. Only five kids actually brought anything. I bought someone a really nice and expensive box of chocolate. I was given a terrible joke book from the 99 cents store.

Answer 6

hah i actually find that halarious.... she probably didnt have enough time to get you a gift... or maybe she didnt have enough money....

umm yes this has happened ot me before though... i remember i had a secret santa, and i got my person like a $15 gift card i think, and in return m person gets me a bag of candy ...ooo very depressing

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Yeah. But I already answered this question you posted this morning. I was the one who got a homemade bead frog.

Answer 9

we had a secret santa at work and he tripped his big as* over all the computer cords and it shut down and screen broke.

Answer 10

I got a singing guacamole dish that held chips and guacamole once...I HATE GUACAMOLE!!!! and it sang it was the stupidest gift