The holiday season is usually a time to get together with family and friends and lighten up the office atmosphere with colleagues. With COVID-19 still looming over us, however, many year-end activities will need to be tweaked to continue being celebrated safely.
Luckily, festive cheer can still be enjoyed with the wonders of technology and communication tools, bringing us closer to one another while we stay physically apart.
Secret Santa
Without being able to get together with friends and colleagues, your traditional Secret Santa gift-exchange will need an upgrade.
Through Draw Names, you and your friends can each drop a name in a virtual box. After drawing out the name of your lucky receiver, buy a gift (preferably through e-commerce sites to avoid Christmas shopping crowds) and have it sent via a delivery service.
Tip: To ensure top-secret anonymity, share a secure, password-protected list of everyone’s home addresses beforehand.
On your designated gift-exchange day, gather through a video call to open your presents one by one and guess who is each other’s Secret Santa.
In the spirit of giving, you can also do a poll for causes to make a collective donation to. Get ideas from Giving.sg on causes to support, and maximise your donations by taking advantage of the platform’s zero transaction fees that will last until March 31, 2021.