"secret Santa" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-secret Santa.wav [Southern-England] Forms: secret Santas [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} secret Santa (plural secret Santas)
  1. A Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person. Categories (topical): People Translations (tradition): Wichteln [neuter] (German), karácsonyi húzás (Hungarian), amigo secreto [masculine] (Portuguese), amigo oculto (Portuguese), amigo invisible [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secret_Santa-en-noun-DUV72U6i Disambiguation of People: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'tradition': 92 8
  2. The person who buys a present for another in a secret-Santa exchange. Categories (topical): Christmas, People Synonyms: Kris Kringle Translations (person who buys a present): Wichtel [masculine] (German), amigo oculto [Rio-de-Janeiro] (Portuguese), amigo secreto [São-Paulo] (Portuguese), секре́тный Санта (sekrétnyj Santa) (Russian), amigo invisible [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-secret_Santa-en-noun-AK96CFQt Disambiguation of Christmas: 39 61 Disambiguation of People: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'person who buys a present': 24 76

Inflected forms

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