Hey let's streamline this:

1. On December 15th, go out and buy YOURSELF what you really want and spend up to $50.00 doing it.
2. On December 16th, send a post to the off topics board and tell us all what you bought for yourself.
3. The guy who the group decides bought the coolest things, gets to go out and buy $50 more for himself/herself.

Cuts to tthe chase. Save all the admin coordination. Avoid any chance of suspicion that names were exchanged with a hidden agend vs randomness. Everybody gets what they REALLY want. Everbody gets a receipt for what they got so that if they decide they don't like it they can take it back. Nobody gets offended by a gift that was given in good humor. Last year I got a jock strap and still can't figure out what hole the leg goes in.