We’re looking forward to the RDP Christmas party next week, and a staple of the festivities is Secret Santa. It’s so much fun to see everyone get creative with a strict budget of £10. Thinking about Secret Santa got us wondering about where it originated from. A modern-day example was the philanthropist Larry Dean Stewart, who secretly gave $100 bills to people in Kansas for more than 25 years. After 9/11, he also donated $25,000 in $100 bills to New Yorkers. He didn’t reveal himself as the ‘Secret Santa’ until 2006, after years of speculation about who the mystery benefactor was. But the roots of where it all began go much further back, according to some sources. It’s thought that the tradition comes from Scandinavia in the 1700s, where there was a custom called ‘Julklapp’ which involved leaving gifts at people’s homes, then knocking on the doors and running away. We’re curious, what’s the best Secret Santa gift you ever received?
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