Secret/dirty Santa work game

[countrygirl12]

How about a box of chocolates or a pound of Starbucks coffee or several $5 scratch-off lottery cards from your state lottery? Those are always popular. 

I would be upset if I got 3 $5 lottery tickets and then didn't win anything.  Because if you do not win then you are getting nothing.  Chocolates sounds good.  But a lot of people don't drink coffee.  They can give it to somebody else though.  Having to be neutral makes it hard.  People are SO different.  I think I would also be upset if I bought a lotto ticket for somebody and gave it to them and it won like $50,000.  That'd be my luck.
My ticket wouldn't win but theirs would. lol

[demaina]

Do you know the person?  If so, you could do a small little chain gift.  Basically you buy a few small items and write a short little card to go with each.  Then, you tie all the items together with a string and make a starting point.  So, the person pulls on the starting point and a card pulls up that says (for example) "You are bright" and the item is a 60 watt bulb.  Or something like "while you can be a little nutty" and give them a small packet of peanuts.

Unless you can do a generic type thing, these are more suited for a person you really know, but that work well for these types of things cause you can buy a bunch of little items that are like a dollar each and make a cute little complimentary story to go along with them.

[gaylasue]

A gift card, candy bouquet, fruit basket, lottery tickets

[jenniferhoder]

Wines/ beers/put together in a basket with some coordinating things- nuts with beer or pretzels-etc.

[Kirenisa]

gift card for amazon or something