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You drew a name from a bowl, or a spreadsheet someone in HR sent around, and now you are responsible for making a near-stranger from accounting feel appreciated for under thirty dollars. The stakes are low and the pressure is somehow enormous. Let us make it simple.
Every tee on this page is $25.99 and apparel ships free in the US, so you land comfortably under the limit before tax. They are office humour with the sharp edges filed off: meetings, email, Mondays, the free-food table and the great Secret Santa tradition itself.
This guide helps you choose a gift that is funny without being risky, wearable without being a size gamble, and ordered in time for the party.
How to choose
Follow four simple rules. Keep it safe for work; if you would hesitate to say it in the break room, skip it. Keep it about the job or the season, not about the person. Avoid anything about looks, age or relationships. And choose something useful or wearable; a gift that gets used beats a gift that gets re-gifted.
Look for one small clue to pick a theme. A desk with a golf pennant suggests the golf tee. A person who sends the longest emails suggests "Per My Last Email" or "Keep Me in the Loop." A person who is always first to the free food suggests the free-food tee. If you have no clue at all, choose something about meetings, Mondays or getting through the week, which is the closest thing an office has to a universal language.
Sizing for someone you barely know. Our unisex tees are cut relaxed, which forgives a wide range of fits. A medium or large is a safe choice for most adults, and going up one is safer than going down. A medium measures about 20.25 inches across and a large about 22; the full chart is at /pages/size-guide. If you can ask a colleague who knows, do. If you want zero risk, pick a design that is easy to wear over a long-sleeve shirt.
Every shirt is printed to order, so we cannot take returns or exchanges for sizing or a change of mind. Shoppers in the EU keep their 14-day right of withdrawal (see our refund policy). That is exactly why a quiet question to a friendly colleague is worth it.
Care. Wash inside out on cold with similar colours, tumble dry low, no bleach, and no iron on the print. The fabric softens with every wash.
What not to give. Skip anything personal about bodies, relationships or money. Skip jokes about the boss, even a boss you adore. Skip anything that depends on an inside joke only half the team knows. And skip trying to outspend the other gifts; a warm, thoughtful pick under the limit looks better than a flashy one that makes people uncomfortable. The goal is simple: they open it, smile, show it to the person beside them and wear it the following week.
