{"id":13352,"date":"2019-12-04T11:02:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perceptionlive.com\/events\/?p=13352"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T11:04:44","slug":"the-story-behind-secret-santa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perceptionlive.com\/events\/2019\/12\/04\/the-story-behind-secret-santa\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind Secret Santa"},"content":{"rendered":"
The story behind Secret Santa<\/span><\/h1>\n
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It\u2019s the season for jolly holly, merriment and Secret Santa. The festive game originated only recently. While it is great fun, few people know the origin of this tradition.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The man behind the tradition.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
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Secret Santa <\/span>is attributed<\/span><\/span> to a man named Larry Dean Stewart. He was an American entrepreneur who was in the habit of handing out a hundred dollars in cash to people in need. He was a millionaire who had been in hardship himself in the past, and every December he donated to the needy. Over 26 years he donated around $1.3 million.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After he passed away in 2007, many people began contributing to charitable causes over Christmas<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This annual tradition has <\/span>been embraced by<\/span><\/span> the Perception Team for a few years now. We don’t always embrace the original spirit of the tradition. We do <\/span>however<\/span><\/span> enjoy it as a bit of light-hearted fun at the end of what is always a busy and often frantic year. <\/span>To get some inspiration for this year, I asked around Perception HQ to see what enjoyable gifts they received<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What was your favourite Secret Santa gift?<\/span><\/div>\n