This is a method of exchanging gifts amongst a group of people. All members enter their name into a pot. Then each member
draws a name. You buy a Christmas gift for the person whose name you've
drawn. You're supposed to keep the name of person you've drawn secret: thus "secret"
santa.
Due to
8 years of Bush
regime rule, we are now too poor to buy each member of the family a
gift, so we'll do secret santa this year.