Registrations have closed, the santas have been named, and the sleuthing has begun.
Welcome to New Zealand's seventh annual national Secret Santa, a small initiative that's become so popular that our Prime Minister has joined in.
A record breaking 3623 people on Twitter registered for the gift giving extravaganza this year, a far cry from the event's small beginnings in 2010 when Waikato man Sam Elton-Walters first launched it.
Then, 386 people signed up.
Now, the event is so large New Zealand Post has taken over its organisation.
The premise is simple. Twitter users who registered throughout November were on Thursday given the name of the person they were to buy for- another Tweeter.
Using the power of social media Secret Santas are encouraged to sleuth- not stalk- their giftee to come up with an ideal present costing about $10, to be posted before Christmas.
Napier blogger Andrew Frame's experience has been heralded by Secret Santa New Zealand as a success.
When his father died suddenly of a heart attack Frame blogged about it online, writing of his heartbreak that his dad didn't get to fulfill his dying wish- making his grand daughter a special gift.
The late Clarrie Frame was a handyman and the last time he and Andrew Frame spoke he talked about wanting to make some 'angel wings' for Frame's then-newborn Brianna-Mackenzie Frame.
Enter New Zealand Secret Santa.
Frame said he burst into tears after opening his gift just shy of Christmas Day in 2014.
"It completely caught me off guard."
His Secret Santa had gone through many months of Frame's blog posts and come across the entry about his father's death.
Inside Frame's gift box was the memento Clarrie Frame had hoped to make young Brianna-Mackenzie- a polished wood frame and soldered 'Little Angel' wings.
It now takes pride of place in Brianna-Mackenzie's room and to this day, Frame still doesn't know who the gifter is.
"I think it's nice for it to be that little bit of a mystery. Even though I just turned 40-years-old I still believe in Santa to a degree- in terms of giving and selflessness.
"In writing the blog I did let the secret santa knows how much it means, so they have been thanked. I'm indebted to (Secret Santa) now, really. I sign up every year."
'Chief elf' Secret Santa volunteer Aj Sheterline said organisers were "thrilled" with this year's uptake.
"Especially all the new players that have come on board. We're really looking forward to seeing what amazing and unique gifts the santas can pull out of the bag this time around and are very much looking forward to dispatch day."
This year's registrations were the most ever received "by a country mile"- last year 1979 people signed up.
That was helped in part by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who publicly announced on Twitter she had signed up.
Other endorsers included television presenter Hilary Barry, Auckland mayor Phil Goff, and a representative from the New Zealand police.
HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN?
Waikato pumpkin grower Sam Elton-Walters launched New Zealand's Secret Santa in 2010.
This year he told a TEDx Talks audience: "I began to wonder, what would it be like if we did it on a larger scale and how would it work if you did it on Twitter? I thought about it and then the next day I started asking people, would you like to take part in a Secret Santa game? Lots of people said yes, and New Zealand's Secret Santa was born."
Ideas were bounced around on Twitter, a spreadsheet expert offered to help, and volunteers were assembled.
He handed the scheme over to New Zealand Post after it became too large for him to manage, and he wanted to concentrate on pumpkin growing.
Since then the national game has been talked about in international publications like the Guardian, Huffington Post, and ABC.