Holiday Gift Exchanges aren't just for High School

Hey all, Sarah here again. With my Dad's recent post about the holidays upon us, I figured I'd let you in on what I was up to with the holiday season.

Let's start back in high school. Every year, my friends and I gathered one day in November after school and pulled names with their lockers out of hat. We then had about a month to leave notes, hints or whatever we wanted in their locker and the day before Christmas Break, we left a gift in the locker with our final hint. After school on that last day, we met to accuse who we thought was our Secret Santa. It was a tradition.

But then last year, we went to college. We were all sad to realize the Secret Santa couldn't continue if we were all in different states. But then one of my friends found a site called Elfster. On Elfster, you can register as many people as you want through email invites and the site assigns each person a Secret Santa. You can then create a wish list, ask questions to anyone or everyone in the group, and generally just mess with people, which is the best part. Then when we all came home for Christmas Break, we met and exchanged the gifts, each guessing who had them once again. It was just like old times. I'm so glad that technology has helped us carry out the holiday cheer even though we're miles apart (and don't have lockers anymore).

We're doing it again this year, and I thought I'd share so maybe you could too. So check out Elfster yourself, the set up is ridiculously easy (they even prompt you for a spending limit, you can't forget anything) and registration is free.