Secret Santa Gifts Under 20 Euro That Are Not Novelty Socks

Secret Santa has a budget, a deadline and one specific failure mode: the present that gets a polite laugh and then lives in a drawer forever.

Everything below comes in under 20 euro and is a real object or file rather than a joke that expires the same evening.

If you barely know them

A printable art download at 9,90 euro is the safest of the good options. They choose the size, the paper and the frame, and if the aesthetic is not their thing, nothing physical was wasted.

Stickers at 3,90 euro work as a filler next to something else. Laptop, notebook, water bottle, done.

If they are the creative one in the team

The Candy Decay Color System is 9,99 euro and The Candy Decay Composition System is 14,99 euro. Both are proper guides for artists who work colourful and detailed, not motivational filler. The rest are in art guides.

If they have a desk they actually decorate

Wall art starts at 22 euro, which is over budget in most Secret Santa rules, so the download version at 9,90 euro is the way in. Weird Pigeon is the office-safe one: a pigeon, a pizza, no explanation. For the colleague who eats breakfast at their desk, Fried Egg is a fried egg, a strawberry, two bees and a small candy-yellow skull sharing one plate.

If it is a monthly thing

The Collector's Club is 7,90 euro a month. One month as a Secret Santa gift is a strange and rather nice thing to receive, and they can continue it themselves if they like it.

What to avoid

Anything that needs to be shipped internationally in the last week of December. If you have left it late, the digital options are not a compromise, they are the correct answer.

Looking for more, or a slightly bigger budget? My cute creepy gifts under 25 euro guide has the next tier up.

More Christmas gift ideas

All my gift guides live in one place on the gift guide page. For Christmas in particular: pastel goth Christmas gifts, gifts for goth friends, gifts for cat people and gifts for people with weird humour.