One of the benefits to working from home is I don't have to participate in Secret Santa gift giving to co-workers. It always pained me to see someone who was barely making ends meet either having to abstain or struggle to participate. And then it was mostly junk that was "gifted" and then thrown away. Yuck.

I'm out of it now, but it seems that Secret Santa gift boxes for charities have become much more popular, at least at our company's various offices. A few pennies collectively can go a lot farther.