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"The idea of a secret santa holds so much promise.\nSEE ALSO: 30 Days of Gifts\nThere's the mystery and suspense of who's buying your gift, the ability to channel all your Christmas-shopping energy into one person, and of course the weeks long guessing game to figure out who got who.\nBut in practice it can bring an office as much Christmas cheer as a stale fruitcake.\n\n\nSecret Santa: Expectations vs Reality\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you tell your co-workers you're organizing a secret santa. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr winter-days-and-snowy-nights\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr holidayhotmess\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you tell everyone to keep who they got secret. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr rarelybarecolbert\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr maudit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you're shopping for your person. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr beyoncegifs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr televisioncrushtournament\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you're all opening your gifts. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr laadeedaadevon\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr televisionwithoutpity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWaiting for gift-exchange day. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr mattybing1025\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage:  simply-michi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen your secret santa opens your gift. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr fuckyeahkristenwiig\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr bestgifreaction\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you find out who your secret santa is. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr gif-weenus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr loveislove91\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen you get your present. Expectation:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr remuslupin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReality:\n\n\nImage: Tumblr ifyoullpardonthepun\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd when someone suggests you organize it again next year...\n\n\nImage: Tumblr philmont-academy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage:\u00A0Mashable composite. iStock,\u00A0rubber-chicken,\u00A0OnnoIllustration,\u00A0philipp_g,\u00A0stevenfoley\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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