Dreaded Secret Santa saga

‘I t is almost time for the office Secret Santa," my cousin sighed.

- SONJA BROWN

"This is proof that even adults can experience the pure terror normally reserved for tax season and queueing at home affairs.Every December, HR cheerfully announces: “Let’s spread the joy. Budget: R100.”

I was a bit perplexed. R100? Joy? For whom? The mice living in the stationery cupboard?

She complained that each year, this ritual became a deeply spiritual journey in which she questioned life, economics and why her colleague Sam, who she’s spoken to twice, must suddenly receive the perfect Christmas gift, because she drew his name from a coffee bottle this year.