Welcome to our annual Secret Santa!
🎁🎄 The Exchange Has Begun! 🎄🎁
Hello! Gunny Waffle speaking. Allow me to be your Santa bat guide~💙
With your gifts ready to give, it is now time to exchange them one and all! Thank you for waiting to give your gift until December 28th. Your patience is appreciated!
Please read this page in full before giving your gift.
Thank you everyone for joining and Berry Christmas. ^-^
Full event info can be found in the Registration event.
🎄 EXCHANGE 🎄
Don't worry about being late, this lasts a few days as this is a global event!
There are several different ways to give your gift:
Publicly give your gift in the #secret-santa channel. BUT we must take turns, so DM me for clearance to give please!
Privately give your gift in DMs. Your gift recipient must tell me that they got their gift!
Anonymously give your gift via Sneaky Santa message. If you get your gift via Sneaky Santa please let me know! (Also let me know if you sent it this way, not everyone is checking their inbox.)
Anonymously give your gift through me. Please DM me the gift and I will give on your behalf, optionally with a message of your making.
If you are unable to give your gift during the exchange, please contact me and I can give on your behalf OR — with substantial proof of a gift — you may give it yourself at a later date if you wish.
PLEASE let me know if you receive your gift in private, so that I can mark your Secret Santa as complete.
Happy gifting! 💙
❔ LIVING FAQ ❔
Got questions? You are free to ask us anything regarding this event. We’re more than happy to help!
Answers will be added below, anonymously.
About Your Concerns
I received a gift that seems intentionally subpar. Can I report this?
Contact Gunny. He will get you sorted out. You might be eligible for a gift from one of our elves.
Will I get in trouble if I suddenly can't get the gift in time?
As long as you openly communicate with Gunny you will be fine. The only way to get in trouble is if you don't ever give a gift and accept a gift at the same time. Gunny has helped with gifts as delayed as mid January. Things happen!
About Giving Gifts
The artist I am commissioning wants to charge a rush fee that pushes me over budget. Can I give the gift late if I promise it will come later?
Feel free to not pay for a rush job as long as you provide Gunny with proof of purchase prior to the exchange.
How do I gift a game on Steam?
Valve has removed all methods of acquiring Steam keys from their platform. But there are ways around this that are legal and safe! If you don't care about anonymity, just add them as a friend on Steam and gift that way. Otherwise read on.
There are lots of online stores and some offer Steam keys as an option! So buy a game through them instead of Steam. Research how the game is redeemed and check if a store app is required to play. If there are concerns, please use Sneaky Santa anonymous messaging to ask your gift recipient if they are OK with your store choice before you purchase. If the price seems too good to be true, it likely is!
Two popular stores are Humble Bundle and GOG.
About Being a Santa
I haven’t heard back from my gift recipient on Sneaky Santa. Can you help?
Gladly! Gunny is more than happy to act as your poking stick to make sure folks check their inbox. We don’t blame you guys at all, the inbox is easy to forget! We ask that you have patience though, if possible.
It is the 28th where I live...may I give my gift now?
Sorry but that would not be fair to everyone else. Gunny will announce when the exchange begins!