Secret Santa HQ is a gift exchange that runs entirely through Bluesky direct messages. You sign up by chatting with a bot, get matched with someone, and send them a gift. Meanwhile someone else — your santa — is picking one out for you.
Your santa stays a mystery the whole way through. You can still chat with them, and with the person you're gifting, through two relay accounts that pass messages along without revealing who's on the other end.
How it works
Follow @atmo.giftFollow @atmo.gift and it'll follow you back and say hello, so DMs work in both directions.
Reply "join"Answer a few quick questions: where you live, your budget, things you love, anything to avoid, and who you'd like to swap with. Then your mailing address, which only your santa will ever see.
Get matchedWhen signups close, everyone is paired with someone in the same budget tier. You'll get a DM with your nice-lister's wish list.
Chat in secretHave a question about sizes or snacks? DM @nicelister.atmo.gift and it's passed along anonymously. When your santa asks you something, it arrives from @santa.atmo.gift.
Ship itSend your gift off before the ship-by date, then keep an eye on your own mailbox.
What's a nice-lister?
The person you're gifting. They made the nice list, so they get a present — and you get to pick it.
Changed your mind?
Reply "leave" to @atmo.gift any time before signups close and you won't be matched. After matching, someone is counting on you, so please see it through.
Budgets
You pick a tier and are matched with someone who picked the same one. Amounts are shown in your own currency and adjusted for what money buys where you live, so everyone puts in about the same effort.
smallUp to about US$20 of spending power — £15, €10–15, ₹400, ¥2,000
mediumUp to about US$40
largeMore than that, for those who like to splurge
Not counting shipping. If you're willing to ship abroad, you're more likely to be matched.
The accounts
@atmo.giftSecret Santa HQ. Sign up, check your status, change your answers.
@santa.atmo.giftYour Secret Santa. Messages to and from the person gifting you.
@nicelister.atmo.giftYour Nice-Lister. Messages to and from the person you're gifting.
Only these three accounts are us. If anyone else claims to be your santa, it isn't.
Commands
DM these to @atmo.gift:
joinSign up for the exchange
statusSee where things stand
editChange your answers (until signups close)
leaveDrop out (until signups close)
While answering questions you can also reply "back" to go to the previous one, or "skip" the optional ones.