In 2009, redditgifts was founded as an online secret santa program for redditors. In the first year, we had just over 4,000 participants and no idea where it would go from there. In 2011, we announced that we were going to attempt to set a Guinness World Record ,and lo and behold, we set that record with 30,250 people completing the exchange!

Last year, we announced that we were going to try to beat our own record, and we're excited to announce that we were successful! For secret santa 2012, we now hold a new Guinness World Record for 44,805 participants successfully completing the largest online secret santa game! Just think about that for a minute: 44,805 internet strangers from 130 countries put their faith in one another and exchanged gifts.

We would like to congratulate all of our participants! Thank you for joining in, having fun, and most importantly, helping to make someone happy! We will be emailing you shortly with information about getting an official Guinness certificate.

PS. We WILL be trying to beat this record in the upcoming secret santa, so look out for our sign up announcement in November!

One last thing - we have a yearly drive to support teachers around the world and we REALLY need support. In one week, we have had OVER NINE THOUSAND teachers sign up needing supplies for their classrooms (we review every teacher by hand). We have so nearly 4,000 people signed up to give gifts (there's no minimum price, anything helps), which is great, but we need A LOT more! Please, help us support these teachers and sign up here!



