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Does he have anything personal on his desk that can give you clues? Pictures of family/friends/pets? Toys (and yes I'm serious about that)? Have you been able to overhear the type of music he likes?
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He just started, and its an intern position, so he doesn't really have his own desk. Thanks for the help so far.
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Beware- if you go to thinkGeek.com, you may end up playing on there far longer then you should. We are doing a white elephant gift exchange ($10 and under) and I spent forever looking at all the neat stuff. In the end, I am giving stuffed syphilis dolls in a petri dish and my husband caffeinated soap.
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I would not want lotto tickets, but most of my coworkers go crazy with excitement over them (assuming you mean the scratch off kind).
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We just had a Yankee Gift swap at my office with a $25 limit. Just to give you an idea of what was given:
- 2 bottles of wine, white and red (by far the most popular, I think 5 or 6 people gifted this) - bottle of Grey Goose - "Rabbit" style wine bottle opener - Gift cards (Starbucks, Home Depot) - Armor-all car care kit - DVD boxed set of first season of a TV series
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I'm sure it does. It's just so hard to get "generic" stuff that it often becomes a default.
At least Rival was given a gender and age, which helps. I think for secret Santas the participants should have to give a short listing of likes/dislikes where they could put "I love music" or "I don't drink alcohol" or "Please no Christmas stuff, as I'm Jewish" etc.
It would make it a lot easier.
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We're doing secret Santa, as well. It's 3-4 $1 gifts, then a $5 gift. I got someone who I believe thinks I'm the stupidest person in the newsroom, and he didn't put anything down as suggestions. (Less than helpful.)
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