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Before you call us grinches, take a minute to think about the last time you got a really great gift courtesy of a Secret Santa gift exchange.

We’ll wait.

While the idea of buying special presents for associates, congregates at our church, or people in our book club, sounds fun in theory, often by the time it comes down to actually making those purchases, the whole concept of Secret Santa becomes one big stressor. And that reality is even more true when it comes to doing these exchanges in the workplace. We’re not saying we won’t participate in Secret Santa if we have to, we’re just saying we won’t have fun while doing it. Here are 9 things we hate about Secret Santa in the office.

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