Secret Santa
No paper slips. No endless group chats.
Gather the group, set the draw date, and Melchor picks who gives to whom. Each person sees only their match, and everyone makes their own wish list so nobody repeats. Free, no signup to start.
Made in Europe · GDPR · No ads, no trackers
Why Melchor for secret santa
Everyone, their own list
Everybody makes theirs in the same group. The giver gets it right without asking and without spoilers.
Reserve in secret
When someone reserves a gift, the rest see it. The person it's for doesn't. Zero duplicates.
No email to start
You make your list without giving an email. To join a group or reserve, you sign up in a moment.
Names drawn automatically
Set the draw date and Melchor picks who gives to whom. Each person sees only their match, the rest stays secret.
How to run a secret santa in Melchor
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Create the group
Name, people, and budget. All on one screen.
- 2
Everyone adds their wishes
Paste links or snap photos. The app pulls the title, price, and image on its own.
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Reserve without repeating
Each person reserves the gift they're giving. The group sees what's taken; the person it's for doesn't.
Why Melchor is different.
Almost every wishlist app lives off ads and your data. Melchor lives off something else. See for yourself.
Secret santa, answered
Can I run secret santa without paper slips or a WhatsApp chain?
Yes. You gather the group in Melchor, set the draw date, and the app draws the names for you, telling each person privately who they got. Everyone makes their own wish list, so nobody gives blind or buys the same thing.
Does Melchor draw the names for me?
Yes. You set the draw date and the gift day, gather the group, and on the date Melchor draws the names and tells each person privately who they got. You can set a budget range too.
When does secret santa usually happen?
In the US it tends to land at the office, friends, or family holiday party, somewhere between mid and late December. In Melchor you can set it up weeks ahead so there's time to fill the lists.
Does it work for an office or workplace secret santa?
Yes. It works the same with coworkers: you set a shared budget and everyone notes what they like.
How many people can be in a group?
No hard limit. Most run 5 to 30 people, but it works with bigger groups too.
Do my friends need the app to join?
Yes. They download Melchor free and sign up in a moment to join the group, see the lists, and reserve.
Is it free?
Yes, and you start without signing up. Creating the group, the lists, and reserving is free. No ads, and we don't sell data.
No paper slips. No endless group chats.
No ads. No trackers. No data sales. Made in the EU, under GDPR. Melchor stays free with optional affiliate links: when you add a gift, its link can leave a small commission with the store. You pay exactly the same.
