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Kris kindle/ secret santa

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  • 03-12-2018 1:33am
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    LeSponge
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    Ok the workplace is doing kris kindle this year. I got a lad about 25, perfectly nice guy but is very quiet(bordering on awkward). Working in Dublin but would be from down the country. As a result I wouldn't mind getting something funny but not really sure what. Can't be too outrageous as I like my job and don't want to be fired when it gets pulled out of the bag infront of everyone including the boss.


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    Day Lewin
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    Is there a price limit? Kriskindles are often set to no more than a fiver or tenner, for a small gift.


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    LeSponge
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭LeSponge


    Day Lewin wrote: »
    Is there a price limit? Kriskindles are often set to no more than a fiver or tenner, for a small gift.

    Yes sorry, it's 15 euro limit for the present.


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    Tomw86
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    LeSponge wrote: »
    Ok the workplace is doing kris kindle this year. I got a lad about 25, perfectly nice guy but is very quiet(bordering on awkward). Working in Dublin but would be from down the country. As a result I wouldn't mind getting something funny but not really sure what. Can't be too outrageous as I like my job and don't want to be fired when it gets pulled out of the bag infront of everyone including the boss.

    From where down the country?! O'Neills are doing mini Sam Maguires for 7euro, might be good as a joke!

    One year I also got a mini pool table, sits on the desk and can be good for a laugh. They have them in most gadget shops (one in Dundrum).


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    Day Lewin
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    Carroll's Gift shops might have something suitable. Gloves or hats, also, can't go wrong.

    Light-hearted paperback from a bookshop, another safe and easy bet. Or booze, of course.


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    ebbsy
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    Graphic novel. Sounds like that kind of guy.


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    Deja Boo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,430 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Something interactive might be fun...

    Nerf basketball for door, desk or bin?

    a decision making pendulum swing for the desk or Magic 8 ball pen?

    a Rubiks Cube fidget spinner?

    ...an indoor snowball fight kit?

    a :oBS button ?


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    Seve OB
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    It's Kris Kringle isn't it?


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    Tom Mann Centuria
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    Seve OB wrote: »
    It's Kris Kringle isn't it?

    It's either. Kindle or Kringel.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



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    Posy
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    Kris Kindle is secret santa
    Kris Kringle is actual Santa Claus

    That's how I roll, anyway!


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    Loughc
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 24,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭Loughc


    Posy wrote: »
    Kris Kindle is secret santa
    Kris Kringle is actual Santa Claus

    That's how I roll, anyway!

    Same. That’s how I distinguish between them as well.


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    Day Lewin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,604 ✭✭✭Day Lewin


    Me, too: it was always "Kriskindel" for the little secret pressies.

    "Kris Kringle" as a name for Santa Claus bothers me a little, it sounds like some kind of crackers or crisps. Have a munch of Santa, anyone?


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    iamwhoiam
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    Krist Kindl comes from German and literally means Christ Child .


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