Secret Santa gifts 2025: THE essential guide to funny, unique & epic Christmas ideas
Secret Santa Gifts 2025: THE Essential Guide to Funny, Unique & Epic Christmas Ideas
In this sharply observed Christmas feature, Maze35 editor Edoardo Passacantando unpacks the chaotic reality of every modern friend group—the burnout finance bro, the wannabe rapper, the indie purist, the fashion killer and the football fanatic—and turns it into the ultimate guide to 2025’s most original Secret Santa gifts and last-minute Christmas ideas. Fast, funny and painfully accurate, it’s the kind of festive content built to go viral: perfect for anyone searching for quick Christmas gift ideas, Secret Santa inspiration, or a witty snapshot of Gen Z lifestyle culture.
Top Secret Santa Gifts 2025: The Ultimate Last-Minute Christmas Gift Guide for Every Friend
Christmas is basically knocking, and your friends have already dragged you into yet another Secret Santa you had zero time to process. You’ve spent the week crushed between shoots, meetings, deadlines—that Monday-to-Friday blur with a touch of Jonathan Anderson fatigue—all while still interning for free at the agency. Breathe. We’ve got you. Here’s the ultimate guide to creative Christmas gifts that’ll save your sanity (and your group chat).
Best Secret Santa Gifts for the Finance Bro: Clever & Workaholic-Proof
Every group has a finance bro—though half the time you’re not even sure he’s physically there. Always swallowed by work, chained to his desk until dinner, then home, sleep, repeat. His life? A stream of market updates. Free time? That’s for start-up brainstorming. And don’t bother asking him to chill: Steve Jobs had no days off, remember?
He’s not the biggest fan of your creative career path, but deep down, he admires your stubborn passion—because at the end of the day, he’s a dreamer too. Just with cleaner spreadsheets.
For him:
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War – a strategic mind needs his doctrine for conquering the world;
- A.P.C. Loose Fit Alpaca Jumper – so he finally stands out in the office jungle;
- MasterClass Membership – because personal growth is “the key to building a better version of yourself” (his words, not yours).
For the overworked Finance Bro, smart gifts win: The Art of War for strategy, an A.P.C. alpaca jumper for style, and a MasterClass membership to fuel his nonstop self-improvement obsession.
Funny & Creative Christmas Gifts for the SoundCloud Rapper
The SoundCloud Rapper is a fixture in every Gen Z WhatsApp group. He’s juggling three side jobs to bankroll his rap ambitions, and, more often than not, he’s your ride-or-die for oddly specific recreational activities.
Everyone loves his passion and commitment—definitely more than his songs—and keeps hyping him on Instagram, drop after drop. In return, he’s already promised you summer trips to Monte Carlo and Turks and Caicos “once he makes it.”
For him:
- Drake’s Entire Discography on Vinyl – he needs a proper shrine for his biggest inspiration;
- Trapstar Irongate Arch Puffer – because the streets get very cold in winter;
- Baccarat Rouge 540 – the non-negotiable scent in every aspiring major player’s bathroom (Chris Brown co-signed).
For the aspiring SoundCloud Rapper, go iconic: Drake’s vinyl collection for inspiration, a Trapstar puffer for winter hustle, and Baccarat Rouge 540 for the signature scent every rising star needs.
Unique Christmas Gifts for the Indie Girl: Vintage, Aesthetic & Totally Her Style
She’s in a perpetual musical feud with anything released after 1980, except Lana Del Rey and Lorde, and has a well-documented weakness for thrifted jackets. She’s an indie girl—just don’t call her that. She gets upset.
For her:
- Gilles Deleuze, Cinema 1: The Movement-Image – proof she’s deep into her intellectual phase;
- Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (on vinyl) – statistically guaranteed to show up on her Spotify Wrapped;
- Thrifted Leather Jacket from Vinted → always keep it second-hand (non-negotiable).
Perfect Indie Girl gifts are thoughtful and aesthetic: Deleuze’s Cinema 1 for her intellectual mood, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours on vinyl, and a thrifted Vinted leather jacket she’ll treasure forever.
Luxury Secret Santa Gifts for the Fashion Killer: Trending Front-Row Ideas
You’re always a few steps behind her—literally. She’s bouncing between New York, London, Paris, hopping into Uber Vans and slipping into parties where your name would never make it past the third PR intern. She’s consistently the flyest in the room, her swag always set to max (no Soulja Boy required).
She freelances in fashion, built her personality around watching The Devil Wears Prada way too early in life, and not even an army of Kanye Wests could match her attitude. She is the Fashion Killer.
For her:
- Vogue Magazine Subscription – so she never misses a trend, not even the micro-ones;
- Balenciaga Triple S – she loved the Demna era of Balenciaga enough to deliver a full dissertation on him;
- Gucci Décolleté Slingback – because if you’re gifting Gucci, you better do it right.
Spoil the Fashion Killer with front-row essentials: a Vogue subscription for trend tracking, Balenciaga Triple S sneakers for statement style, and Gucci slingbacks to elevate every look with pure fashion authority.
Top Christmas Gifts for the Football Girl: Winning Ideas for Sport-Obsessed Friends
She’s usually booked solid—training, gym, repeat—but the moment you mention a stadium, her schedule magically opens up. She’s the footballer: coaching kids during the week, starring for the local team on weekends, and armed with encyclopaedic knowledge of the beautiful game.
Don’t bother testing her. New signings from the transfer window? She’s already memorised them. Best Serie A keeper of the ‘80s? She’ll give you a shortlist. 4-3-3 vs 3-5-2? She’ll give you a tactical TED Talk.
For her:
- Nike United Pack Boots – inspired by six icons of women’s football, built for the performance she’s chasing;
- Mundial Mag Subscription – the must-have bible for every true football culture nerd;
- Real Madrid x Y-3 Jersey – one of the most iconic football–fashion crossovers ever.
For the Football Girl, choose performance-driven gifts: Nike United Pack boots for her grind, a Mundial Mag subscription for culture, and the Real Madrid x Y-3 jersey for peak football fashion.
2025’s Most Searched Secret Santa Gifts: The Perfect Christmas Present for Every Friend Archetype
At the end of the day, Secret Santa is just another reminder that your friend group is a brilliantly unhinged cast of characters: the finance bro in chronic burnout, the rapper who still drops SoundCloud links at 3 a.m., the indie girl spiritually stuck in 1978, the fashion killer welded to the front row, and the footballer who speaks exclusively in tactical modules.
And honestly? Finding gifts becomes almost easy once you tap into whatever inspires them—or completely deludes them. It’s the real cheat code to Secret Santa success, whether you’re hunting for last-minute Christmas gift ideas or trying to impress your group chat.
Sure, Christmas shopping is stressful, but without these friends, your life would be far simpler, far quieter… and painfully boring. They bring chaos, charm and content—the kind that makes December memes basically write themselves. Swag included.
Edoardo Passacantando
Editor, Milano