Workplaces just love doing Secret Santa to celebrate Christmas. But I’m one of the people who think the tradition should end, and here’s why.
No money
Are you seeing what’s happening to the Nigerian economy? Inflation has made everything expensive. I don’t even have money to buy myself Christmas clothes, not to talk of gifts for people who add stress to my life.
You don’t know these people like that
I’m sure not everybody in an office knows each other on a personal level. And Secret Santa is so random you may end up picking someone you only talk to when you need a document. So you have to spend money you don’t have on someone you barely know? Yeah, no.
Our salaries aren’t the same
Some people earn higher than others. What if my secret Santa gets me a car, and they get a notepad as their own gift because that’s what their secret Santa could afford? This kind of embarrassment can be avoided by scrapping the entire thing.
What about your family?
What if your bank account can’t handle too many expenses? It means your loved ones won’t get any gifts because you had to do compulsory secret Santa at work.
Not all co-workers deserve gifts
Imagine you’re the secret Santa of a colleague you don’t like. Especially the one who’s very quick to snitch on you to your boss. You’re supposed to buy them a gift? Just get them Sellotape so they can tape their mouths shut instead of snitching.
It’s easy to get an inappropriate gift
Getting gifts for a colleague is always tricky. What if you get someone a body spray, and they see it as inappropriate? It’s just best to avoid all of it.
Again, no money
Had to repeat this to emphasise that there’s actually no money! Even a simple T-shirt is expensive.
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