Christmas Santa - How much?

Biggins

When organising a Christmas Santa for the office and the staff there, you know, swapping presents, etc what sort of limit money-wise is the norm?
5/10 Euro? Is there a minumum and maximum for most places?

(Appologies if this is posted in the wrong section)

4zn76tysfajdxp

Just get snyper to do it for free, he loves kids.

Biggins

Marvin Thankful Week wrote: »

Just get snyper to do it for free, he loves kids.

LOL Not sure what way to read that.

I meant for swapping presents between fellow workers.

melekalikimaka

Biggins wrote: »

Christmas Santa

[gets all excited]is there more than one????[/gets all excited]

Agent Smith

I assume its a Kris Kindle your talking about.


Most offices i've worked in have had a 10/20 euro limit

Caoimhín

Buying gifts for co-workers?

A bag of AIDS maybe...

minxie

post it notes are all the rage
€5 is enough for me

jaffa20

it's 20euro limit in our office, i've no idea what to get the person. Any ideas? it's hard enough buying presents for people you know.

Usually around a tenner

RAFC

Are you buying for Male or Female Jaffa20?

yoyo

jaffa20 wrote: »

it's 20euro limit in our office, i've no idea what to get the person. Any ideas? it's hard enough buying presents for people you know.

A bottle of wine? If they don't drink, they can give it as another present :pac:

Nick

Biggins

I'm thinking of getting something unusual in the Gadget shop, Dublin.

Biggins

Biggins wrote: »

I'm thinking of getting something unusual in the Gadget shop, Dublin.

I think they've shut down....

Biggins

Deleted User wrote: »

I think they've shut down....

Darn, there might be something similar about hopefully.

Jay P

I'm doing one in the youth centre and its a five euro limit

Naos

Biggins wrote: »

Darn, there might be something similar about hopefully.

There is a 'Gadget' shop in the Blanchardstown shopping centre, just beside Dunnes. Not as big as the one in the Jervis now but there is still some nifty bits and pieces there.

We're doing a 10e limit in our place.

Biggins

Thanks for replies so far.

I think most people would like someting of a surprise, even it it is small and low cost.
The shops providing gadgets such as Naos kindly mentioned, helps solve that problem for me.

KnifeWRENCH

Our family does this every year - we each get one extra present from someone (I started it about 7 years ago, after getting the idea from an episode of Friends! )

Our limit is 15 Euro, but I don't know if anyone actually sticks to it. If it goes 20 or even 25 that's generally ok. The person you give the gift to won't know how much it costs anyway, unless you forget to take the price tag off! (That's happened before. )

tony1kenobi

jaffa20 wrote: »

it's 20euro limit in our office, i've no idea what to get the person. Any ideas? it's hard enough buying presents for people you know.

A new 20 euro note is a generous and thoughful gift.

Or 40 fags.

Or a skin flick.

Irjudge1

Here at Fás we set a limit of €5,000 per head.

Biggins

Irjudge1 wrote: »

Here at Fás we set a limit of €5,000 per head.

LOL, very good.
- theres an idea! A Mary Harney hair do on the cheap!

...on second thoughts, maybe that would be cruel to the person getting it!
Imagine been made to look like Harney! **shudders**

giggsy664

Irjudge1 wrote: »

Here at Fás we set a limit of €5,000 per head.

Ah. I see what you did there.

Piste

With my group of friends we set a limit of 10-15 euro. If you're looking for quirky gadget stuff then Urban Outfitters in Temple Bar and Dundrum does cool off-the-wall stuff.

jaffa20

oh, getting some good ideas of this now. I have to buy something for a guy so it is harder to think of something. I think it is anonymous though so that's not too bad. Must make a trip to the gadget shop. Could buy a few unusual presents there while im at it.

TomCo

Just get a bunch of **** out of the supply room.

AnonoBoy

I must say I prefer Christmas Santa to the other less well-advertised Santas such as:
Accension Thursday Santa, Black Friday Santa, Blue Monday Santa and Ecquinox Santa.

Frankly they're all a bit creepy and smell of musk. (Plus Blue Monday Santa is always off his face on pills)