Gift Draw
Secret Santa pairing: everyone gives to somebody, nobody draws themselves, and couples can be kept apart.
The list stays in your browser. Nothing you paste is sent to the server or stored anywhere.
One pair per line, separated by a comma. Three names on a line block all three pairings, which is how to write a family. It works both ways round.
The draw is built from this. The same seed and the same list always give the same winners — announce it before you draw and everyone can check the result. It is used exactly as written, dashes and capitals included.
Result
Seed:
Good to know
- Nobody draws themselves, and two people written the same way cannot draw each other either — on a slip of paper they would be the same name.
- Shuffling until nobody has drawn themselves works for a plain list and stalls once exclusions are added. This assigns the most constrained person first, so whoever has a single option left is served while that option still exists.
- Whoever runs the draw sees every pair, because there is no server to send them from. It suits a draw done together, or one run by somebody who is not taking part.
- The same list, the same exclusions and the same seed always give the same pairs.
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