The "secret friend"

Sometimes I play “Secret friend”  with friends and family because is a fun game, though we don’t play it like it’s supposed to.

For what I know, the correct way of playing it is that each one should be constantly helping the person he or she was assigned to give the gift, sending him or her letters, giving away clues, so when the day of the gift delivery comes, everyone should be able to guess who his or her “Secred Friend” is, based on those clues. If that happens the person who give the gift lose (meaning the one who guessed it wins). The gift must be handed either way. “To lose” at this game doesn’t mean much because you don’t “lose anything”, it just means that you couldn’t be the “Secret Friend”  all the way until the end as you got “caught”. Normally people skip that part and just give the presents… I don’t know if it’s because not many people know about this, or if they’re just being lazy, but I like that part although many refuse to do it.

Another reason why I like “Secret Friend”  is because it’s cheaper. Sometimes, when you have a big family or a large group of friends, you can’t afford to give everyone a different gift… I just don’t have the money for that! However, with Secret Santa you only give one gift, as oppose to get something for everyone, so you can spend all your money on just one person and buy something to amaze him/her.

Because of all that, I like Secret Santa and I always have a great time playing it.