secret-santa can help you manage a list of secret santa participants by randomly assigning pairings and sending emails. It can avoid pairing couples to their significant other, and allows custom email messages to be specified.
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Copy config.yml.template to config.yml and enter in the connection details for your outgoing mail server. Modify the participants and couples lists and the email message if you wish.
cd secret-santa/
cp config.yml.template config.yml
Once configured, build image:
$> docker build . -t secret-santa
Then launch container:
$> docker run -it secret-santa
Calling secret-santa with config DEBUG: 1 will output a test pairing of
participants.
Test pairings:
Chad ---> Bill
Jen ---> Sharon
Bill ---> Chad
Sharon ---> Jen
To send out emails with new pairings,
set DEBUG: 0 in config, rebuild image + launch container.