If you thought your office Secret Santa was complicated, try imagining how far-fetched it can get in the world of football.
Peter Crouch has been discussing the tradition and how past team-mates have gone all out to surprise their lucky recipient in previous years.
One of those stories included World Cup winner and legendary Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso.
The two played together at Liverpool from 2005-2008 under Rafa Benitez.
Xabi Alonso explained:
"Rafa started changing his image a little bit and started wearing a leather jacket, so I got him a new leather and Jose Mourinho’s book on how to win the league.
"I thought it wasn’t going to go down well, but he opened it up, had a look at it and was genuinely interested, said he will read it.
"It was anonymous so he didn’t know [it was from me]. The leather was funny but the Mourinho book was a dream."