SECRET SANTA AT MARKETING LINK: 2026

We barely finished Secret Santa 2024 when 2025 flew by—fast and relentless. Here’s how we celebrated last year Secret Santa at Marketing Link 2025. Natasha recommended drawnames.com, and once again we started picking gifts—browsing Rozetka, local shops, and even print stores. The budget was set at 400 UAH, not including delivery.

Secret Santa Rules

🎄✨ Dear Marketing Link team! ❤️ ✨🎄

We have a wonderful tradition of creating holiday vibes through a secret gift exchange! 🎁

👉 What you need to do:

1️⃣ Get the name of your assigned person
2️⃣ Choose something nice and special within the 400 UAH budget
  2️⃣.1️⃣ Cover delivery costs yourself
3️⃣ Make sure the gift is delivered around December 24, 2025
4️⃣ Share warm holiday moments in the chat and during our festive call

See you in the holiday spirit! 🎅✨

Gifts

• Anya Ovchinnikova received a garland, candies, and a cute card from her namesake Anya Ponomaryova—and guessed her Santa right away.
• Anya Ponomaryova got a ribbon-wrapped box filled with goodies, plus a hummingbird toy and treats. She also guessed that Natasha was her Secret Santa.
• Vanya Sidorov received a solid marketing book by Philip Kotler from Anya Ovchinnikova. He didn’t guess his Santa, but the suspense was real.
• Vlad Taran got gloves from Roma Chaika and guessed his Santa on the second try.
• Myroslav Lychak received The Art of War and was sure it was from Yulian—but it was actually from Ivan.
• Yuliya Sotnikova got a refreshing face roller and didn’t realize it was from Roma Illyushko.
• Mykola Lukashuk received a music-reactive light and never guessed that Sergey was his Santa.
• Natalya Mandrykina got nuts and didn’t figure out they were from Vlad.
• Roma Illyushko received a “6-Minute Diary” and was really happy. Natasha mentioned she had the same one, which confused him even more—he never guessed it was from Myroslav.
• Roma Chaika once again got a mug—this time with a Dynamo club logo—and correctly guessed it was from Yulian.
• Sergey Korotkiy received a music projector night light and guessed it was from Ivan or Myroslav, but it turned out to be from Yuliya.
• Yulian Aksyonov got a flashlight and an Odesa-style Monopoly set and figured out it was from Mykola.

Everyone enjoyed both giving and receiving gifts. Special thanks to Natasha for organizing everything again—it was totally worth it. From the company, everyone also received advent calendars with chocolate, honey, tea, candles, and a mulled wine kit.

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