secret Santa

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secret Santa

noun secret Santas

  1. A Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person.
  2. The person who buys a present for another in a secret-Santa exchange. I could tell Mary was my secret Santa.

    Similar: Kris Kringle

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noun tradition

Españolamigo invisible, amigo secreto, cuchumbo
Portuguêsamigo secreto, amigo oculto
DeutschWichteln

noun person who buys a present

Españolamigo invisible, amigo secreto
Portuguêsamigo oculto, amigo secreto
DeutschWichtel
Русскийсекре́тный Санта sekrétnyj Santa

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@misc{secret_santa_2026,
  title = {secret Santa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secret%20santa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}