"We use Drawnames.com... and it works like a charm. 

It was fun as it rolls all the names in front of you and gradually slows down to the one you will have.

You can put in your wish list on that site too and it will show that list to the group. 

If you have a person in your group that is always the last one to do a wish list, it will send an anonymous message reminding that person to please add some wish list ideas!

This app became a game-changer [for our family]... it will not draw a husband's name for a wife to buy a present.  It keeps track of that so you will get someone outside your immediate family circle! "

She added that when everyone arrives for the exchange, she supplies each member with a large gift bag to place their gift into " which stops everyone from recognizing their own wrapping paper!!!"

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