Three steps, and you could tick them all off before your next coffee. Here's everything you need to send your team gifts they'll actually want, with tips from our webinar panel.
No addressesGifts go as a link. People add their own address if they need one.
No adminNo spreadsheets, no supplier juggling, no chasing.
No unwanted giftsEveryone picks the gift they actually want, because you can send a selection to choose from.
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All done. Your team's Christmas gifts are sorted.
1. Set your budget and add your team
The only bit that needs a sign-off.
Quick budget maths
Total: £0
2. Choose the gift
The gifts that get remembered, not regifted.
If you're sending a specific item, skip
Anything perishable for people who are on leave, remote or hard to reach.
Anything that needs a size or a colour guessed. Let people pick that themselves.
3. Decide when the links go out
You can set the whole thing up today. The only real decision is timing.
Ahead of ChristmasPeople have time to choose and get their gift before they break up.
Nearer ChristmasYour team gets the feel-good moment twice: once when they open the link and choose, and again when it turns up in the post.
Ready? It takes minutes.
Set your budget, pick a Gift of Choice and send. Each person picks the gift they actually want. No addresses. No admin. No drawer-fillers.
Build the full staff list from HR, including part-timers, people on leave and new starters.
Email everyone for their home address. You can't rely on your HR system being up to date - people move and don't tell anyone. Chase the ones who don't reply. Then chase again.
Store everyone's addresses securely - it's personal data, so it needs handling properly.
Ask about dietary needs, allergies, faith and who doesn't drink. Chase those replies too.
Guess sizes and colours for anything that needs them.
Buying and sending
Now you're a warehouse.
Pick one gift for everyone - and hope it suits them all.
Find a supplier, get quotes and place a bulk order. Check stock will arrive in time.
Pass everyone's home addresses to each supplier for anyone not getting theirs at the office - and check they'll handle that personal data properly.
Find somewhere in the office to store the rest.
Pack, label and add a card to every single one.
Book couriers or queue at the post office - before the Christmas cut-offs.
Work out what to do for people on leave or remote, and anything perishable.
After it goes out
It's not over yet.
Track deliveries and chase the ones that go missing.
Handle wrong sizes, breakages and returns.
Sort out the gifts that come back because someone moved house.
Find out how many ended up in a drawer. (You probably won't.)
That's 17 jobs, most of them chasing people. With Huggg it's three, and you could do them today.
There's an easier way.
No addresses. No admin. No unwanted gifts. Set your budget, pick a Gift of Choice and send it as a link.
From the panel
One tip each from our webinar panellists.
Make it personal. Even when the whole company gets the same gift, a heartfelt message is what makes people feel seen.
Beca FloydEngagement and Development Manager, Dermalogica
Give people options. Not everyone drinks, and dietary needs vary - so if you send a hamper, make sure there's a version that works for everyone.
Jane DennisHead of Wellbeing and Workplace Manager, Oakland
Get the timing and context right. Think about the person behind the gift and what they're going through when it arrives.
Sam WhitwhamPeople Experience and Insight Partner, Alzheimer's Research UK