SO YOU GOT THE DUD?

It happens! And it's something you have no control over. Ethier, you don't know this person, or you don't wish to know them, except thanks to the joys of Secret Santa you have to get them a wholesome gift.
At Cosmic we think there are two ways you can go about it;

1) You can either flunk out and get some chocolate

2) You could get them something you want yourself, hope they hate it and give it back to you.

Those are really the only two options you have, I'm sorry.

Wait! Ok, no, there is one more. The gifts that say, "Hey you, I think you might like this, cos everyone does" - Phew, I'm glad that's over.

SO YOU GOT THE DREAM BOAT

Honk, Honk! The ship came into the harbour carrying the office Hottie..
Love of your life, secret crush. Your secret is safe with Cosmic and no one needs to know, until you get drunk at the office party and tell everyone.

So you probably know everything about them already, but you can't let them know that you're a creep; you have to play it safe and get them something that says, "I'm cool, I'm hip, and I'm not into you unless..."

OH SNAP - YOU GOT THE BOSS!

How bad could it be? It's just the Boss, the Company's Boss, the guy that could fire you.

Well, don't stress too much, you don't have to tell them it's you, thats the whole point of Secret Santa right?

The potential for sabotage is high, maybe you are in the running for a promotion. You could get them an inappropriate gift, catch him a little later, "I heard that was from Jessica, yeah she's a real weirdo..." NO TOO RISKY!

What you want to do is go safe; go safe. You don't want to look like a brown nose. Get them something nice or useful at work. Don't overthink it.

And if none of these work, at least you can take solace in the free drinks at the Christmas work do, play it off and hope they've forgotten it all after the Christmas break.