Best Secret Santa Gifts for
Coworkers in 2025
December 09, 2025
Funny Gifts They Will Actually Love
When it comes to cringeworthy workplace experiences, Secret Santa is up there with team building exercises and annual appraisals. What do you buy for that shady bloke in accounts, that stroppy receptionist, or that HR executive who almost fired you last summer?
Colleagues are not friends – they are are a bunch of ramdomers forced together by a shared desire to earn money and get the week over with. But at Christmas, everyone is forced to pretend they are lifelong besties. So why not liven things up a bit by choosing gifts with a wicked twist?
Here are my top five Secret Santa recommendations:
1. The Baboon, The Boomer, The Snowflake and The Stuffed Dodo
This genuinely funny, pocket-sized stocking-filler is rammed with cartoons and is far cheaper than the boringly worthy bestseller it parodies (“The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse).
It is the perfect way to prove you don’t take yourself too seriously, and the colleague you give it to may even be convinced that their Secret Santa cares who they are.
2. Sushi Socks Box.
Socks are often a massive disappointment, so why not wind up you victim (sorr, “the gift recipient”) by convincing them that they have been given something much more interesting. A pair of socks are arranged in a bento box to look exactly like everyone’s favourite sushi rolls.
They won’t realise they’re not about to enjoy a succulent slice of salmon or tuna until they unroll the present and discover its actually footwear.
3. A "Decision Maker" Paperweight.
If your project manager couldn’t manage their way out of a paper bag, this could be the ideal gift. Shaped like a spinning metal top or a pendulum, the paperweight’s base provides answers to any question you care to ask: "Yes," "No," "Ask Mom," "Maybe," or "Try Again." Give this to a professional procrastinator, and put an end to corporate dithering.
It’s also a great way of shortening meetings.
4. Squishy Lights
These squishy, battery-powered night lights are shaped like smiling dumplings, potatoes, or animals (simply choose your favourite!).
They glow softly, look cute, and offer vital emotional support at times of stress. Perfect for any colleagues on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
5. The World’s Smallest Violin.
A tiny electronic instrument that plays a tragic melody whenever you think someone is complaining too much.
This is interactive sarcasm at its bes, the perfect way to silence any office moaner.