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Printable Secret Santa Questionnaire

Build a personalised Secret Santa questionnaire, choose the questions, add optional exchange details, and print it for work, family, or friends without guessing about allergies, interests, or unwanted gifts.

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Build your questionnaire

Choose only the clues your exchange needs. Everything stays in this browser and the preview updates as you work.

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Optional exchange details

Add only what the printed sheet needs. These details remain in your browser and are never submitted.

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Personal preferences

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Everyday tastes, interests, and reliable shopping clues.

Personal preferences questions

Gift preferences

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The kind of present they would genuinely enjoy receiving.

Gift preferences questions

Important restrictions

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Allergies, sensitivities, dislikes, and exchange boundaries.

Important restrictions questions

Optional festive questions

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Light seasonal prompts that can make a gift feel more personal.

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Custom questions

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Add up to five exchange-specific prompts. New custom questions are selected automatically.

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Arrange selected questions

Use the move buttons to change the order within each section. No drag-and-drop is required.

Personal preferences

  1. What are your favourite colours?
  2. What are your favourite snacks or sweets?
  3. What drinks do you enjoy?
  4. What are your hobbies or interests?
  5. What shops do you like?
  6. What books, films, shows or games do you enjoy?

Gift preferences

  1. Is there anything small you currently need?
  2. Would you prefer something useful, funny, cosy, edible or surprising?
  3. Are gift cards welcome?
  4. What is one item currently on your wish list?

Important restrictions

  1. Do you have any food allergies or dietary requirements?
  2. Is there anything you definitely do not want?

How to use the questionnaire

A short, relevant form gives each shopper useful direction without turning the exchange into an exact shopping list. Choose the prompts that suit your group and leave out anything too personal.

  1. Choose the questions that fit your exchange.
  2. Add exchange details if they are useful.
  3. Print the form or save it through the browser print dialogue.
  4. Give it to participants before names are assigned or before shopping begins.

Using it at work

For workplace exchanges, keep the form practical and easy to complete. Preferences for snacks, drinks, desk items, hobbies, and things to avoid are usually enough to help a colleague choose an appropriate gift without asking for sensitive information.

  • Share the budget clearly
  • Keep answers voluntary
  • Avoid questions about clothing sizes unless the group expects them
  • Give remote staff enough time for delivery

Family, children, and school groups

Families can use more playful prompts, while forms for children should be completed or checked by a parent or guardian. School groups benefit from a short list focused on age-appropriate interests, favourite activities, and important dietary restrictions.

  • Use first names only where privacy matters
  • Ask an adult to confirm allergies
  • Keep wish-list ideas within the agreed limit
  • Avoid collecting addresses on a shared form

Anonymous exchanges

If the giver must remain anonymous, collect completed forms through one organiser and label them with the recipient name or draw number. The organiser can distribute the right answers privately without revealing who selected each person.

Dietary, fragrance, and privacy boundaries

Treat allergies and sensitivities as firm boundaries, not loose preferences. A participant can also leave any prompt blank. The questionnaire is saved only in this browser, so clear or reset it before lending the device or beginning a different exchange.

  • Do not guess about allergens
  • Respect fragrance-free requests
  • Avoid requesting medical details
  • Share completed forms only with the relevant shopper

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Helpful questions

What should a Secret Santa questionnaire ask?

Ask for a few useful clues: favourite snacks or drinks, hobbies, colours, desk or home preferences, allergies, sizes only when necessary, and things to avoid. Keep the form short enough that everyone completes it.

Which questions are too personal?

Avoid asking for salary, addresses, medical information, relationship details, religion, or anything unrelated to choosing a modest gift. If delivery is needed, the organiser should handle addresses privately and only for that purpose.

Should participants name an exact gift?

Offer an optional wish field, but also ask broader preference questions. Exact requests reduce surprise and may create stock or price problems, while flexible clues let the giver choose something suitable within the agreed budget.

How should the organiser share questionnaire answers?

Send each giver only the answers for their assigned recipient. Do not publish the full response sheet, and remove contact details or sensitive notes that are not required to choose and deliver the gift.