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A free website for drawing names for Kris Kindle, Kris Kringle or Secret Santa. You add the names, we draw them in secret, and each person gets a private link showing who they're buying for, plus everyone's wish lists.

No accounts, no app, no passwords. It all runs from links.

Yes, for everyone, with no limits that matter: up to 60 people per draw and as many draws as you like.

It's paid for by Amazon: if someone buys a gift through one of our links, Amazon pays us a small commission. It costs you nothing extra.

Yes. Tap Try a practice draw. You get a pretend family with their own wish lists, nothing is emailed to anyone, and you see exactly what everyone will see.

When you're ready, tap Do a real one instead. Your name and budget carry over.

About a minute if you have everyone's names to hand. There are 6 short steps: type of draw, your name, the people, any rules, the budget and a message. See the step-by-step guide with the real screens.

Two easy ways:

• Leave their email blank. After the draw, your organiser page shows a Send them their link button for each of them. It opens WhatsApp with their private link ready to send.
• Let people add themselves. Tick that box when you add people, then drop the one join link into the family WhatsApp. Everyone types their own name and email. Press 📨 Send now when everyone's in.

Only send each person their own link, because it shows who they got.

On the Anyone who shouldn't draw someone? step, tap Set rules, then tap the name each person shouldn't get. For couples, set it both ways (Mam won't draw Dad, Dad won't draw Mam).

Already drawn? Change the rules on your organiser page and press Redraw the names.

It's in the email titled "Your Kris Kindle organiser link" (or Secret Santa), sent to the address you typed. Keep that email. The page also opens straight after you create the draw, so you can bookmark it then.

Lost it? Use Find my links with the same email.

Not until gift day, not even as the organiser, so you can join in too. After the gift day the full list unlocks on your organiser page under Who got who.

Yes. On your organiser page, under Someone missing?, add their name (and email if you have it). They get a name straight away. To fit them in, one person gets the newcomer as their new person (we pick someone who hasn't opened their link yet if we can). Everyone else keeps the person they had. If the person who changed had already looked, they get a short email telling them.

Before the draw, tap remove next to their name. After the draw, press Redraw the names, remove them, and press Draw again. Everyone gets a fresh email with their new person. Wish lists are kept.

Yes, from your organiser page: Redraw the names. You can add or remove people first. Everyone gets a fresh email saying the names were drawn again, and their wish lists are kept.

Your organiser page shows who has opened their link and who has made a wish list. Press 🔔 Remind the stragglers and only the people who haven't get a friendly reminder email.

On your organiser page, find their name, type the right address and send it again. Their link stays the same, so nothing else changes.

Yes, all of them, in Settings & tools on your organiser page. Everyone's page updates straight away.

Open last year's organiser page and press 🔁 Copy for next year. It keeps the same people and rules, and makes sure nobody gets the same person as last year.

At the bottom of your organiser page: Delete this group permanently. Everyone's page and wish list for that draw is removed. Anyone who opens an old link sees that the draw was deleted.

Yes. Pick Office as the type of draw. Most offices use the join link: post it in Slack, Teams or the office WhatsApp, let people add themselves, then press Send now. Set the budget so everyone spends about the same.

It comes from "organiser's name via Secret Kringle". Check your Promotions and Spam folders. Still nothing? Ask your organiser to press Resend email next to your name, or use Find my links.

Go to Find my links and type the email you were invited with. Every Secret Kringle page linked to it gets emailed to you again. No email on the draw? Ask your organiser: they can copy your link from their page.

Just open your link again. The name is on your person's tab every time, along with their wish list.

Open your link, go to My list and tap Add your own. You can paste a link from any shop, describe something ("a good thriller book"), or add a photo of something you saw. Tap the ⭐ on the things you really want. Or tap ♡ on anything in the Gift finder.

You can add your sizes and a postal address too, if gifts are being posted.

No. When you tap I'm getting this, everyone else in the group sees it's taken so nobody doubles up. The person whose list it is never sees it. Mark as bought is only visible to you.

Yes. On your person's tab, type a question (their size, favourite colour) and tap Ask. They get an email and answer on their page. They never find out who asked.

Yes. Under their list, More ideas shows real gifts that suit them and your budget. Tap ♡ Save to keep a private shortlist at the top of their tab. Only you can see it.

The organiser deleted that draw, so its links stopped working. If they've started a new one, ask them for the new link. Your new email will have it.

Prices in the gift shop are a guide, shown as a range. Amazon changes prices often, so always check the price on Amazon before you buy.

No. Wish lists can hold links from any shop, or just a description. The gift shop links to Amazon because that's how the site stays free.

Only the organiser sees the emails they typed, and only so they can resend links. Everyone in your draw can see your wish list (the organiser can turn that off). We never sell or share your details. See our privacy page.

Yes. Make a wish list for a birthday, Christmas or anything else, and share the link. People can quietly mark what they're getting, and you never see who's getting what.

Email hello@secretkringle.com and a real person will get back to you.