Elfster.com - Secret Santa Goes High Tech

Here’s something perfect for the nearing holiday season: Elfster. Elfster takes Secret Santa to the next level.

We all know how Secret Santa works—you draw so and so’s name from the office hat, and having absolutely no idea what to get Susie or Billy whom you’ve just spoken to perhaps twice during the year, and only to ask for a paper clip or stapler, you end up buying them a desk tchotchke or paper weight. Well, Elfster makes things a whole lot easier. It allows you to invite friends, colleagues, etc to do a gift exchange; each invitee then gets to create a wishlist and they can anonymously ask questions of the person whose name they drew, e.g. favorite color or shoe size. Price limits can be set, and you can even use Elfster to help set up a gift exchange party and have automatic directions and invites be sent out. This way no one gets a crappy gift and the secret isn’t spoiled until the end.