Christmas is here. Whether you like it or not, it's here now. You've probably already spent 20 bucks on the company lottery number, because you don't like playing it, but you're even less interested in having all your colleagues win EXCEPT YOU. If it's hard enough to put up with them on a normal Monday, imagine them coming back from vacation with the jackpot... That is, if they come back to say goodbye .

These dates, in addition to the joint lottery number, also bring to many offices in the country the long-awaited Secret Santa . A random gift that matters less to the recipient than to the giver.

Whether in the professional or domestic sphere (yes, there are families who are not satisfied with everything else, who also celebrate this), Secret Santa has two rules that no one disputes:

  1. Original gift.
  2. Affordable budget .

If you're going to give socks as a gift, do some work and personalize them with a photo of your boss's dog. Just don't make the cost too much. No one has ever given an iPad as a gift, no matter how sycophantic they are. I think.

At Sliwils we assume that you are a bold reader and you should already know which Secret Santa gift scrupulously complies with the two previous points and would therefore be THE PERFECT GIFT FOR YOUR SECRET SANTA .

That's it! Sliwils laces . For sneakers or glasses, the choice is yours!

And so that you can see that we have as many models as there are people in your office , here we bring you a sample, based on average profiles from a study carried out by the University of Inventolandia.

The grey one / The grey one

The saddest person in the office also deserves a Secret Santa gift. And a hug. And since you avoid physical contact, especially with strange people, you have no choice but to give them a gift that will brighten their life.

We are specialists in this, which is why we recommend the laces from the FANTASY LACES COLLECTION . Colour, psychedelia, epilepsy... they will brighten up your routine more than earning the minimum wage.

The flipado / The flipada

Giving this person a gift is just as annoying as giving it to a grey person, but for exactly the opposite reason. You have to take him down a peg , make him shut up, throw the printer at his head… If someone says something about a famous person at the table, he will say that he knows him. If you say where you are going on holiday, he will say that he is going further.

So, for the freaks out there, we recommend our more normal models, even if he's a bit sub…(SELF-CENSORSHIP ON).

Visit our COLLECTION OF GREY LACES and choose the ones that will bring the crazy person on duty down to earth.

The boss / The boss

It should be forbidden to be touched by the boss . Well, it is, I mean the secret friend. Here we are against the abuse of power and any other kind of abuse. This getting so entangled must be a professional defect…

The relationship with your boss can be good or bad, but never average. And whether it is one way or another is determined by whether he pays you well or like a child who sews footballs in Bangladesh. In my case, I get along great with my boss, because he meets my expectations, creates a super-healthy work environment and he is not threatening me right now with a loaded stapler.

Whether your boss is a wolf in sheep's clothing, a lynx or a pig, you'll look great with the ANIMAL PRINT LACES COLLECTION .

The lazy one / The lazy one

Note : Please re-read the previous section.

No, I'm joking. Bosses work, it's not clear when or how, but they work.

Every company has its lazybones or its group of lazybones . In the private sector, if we go to the world of civil servants, it is rare to find one who is not one. Tell your boss that you are absent for your second breakfast of the morning, you will see how funny it is.

For procrastination experts, the masters of “Wow, you caught me super busy”, the “I’ll look at it tomorrow” phenomena, the best solution as a secret Santa gift is THE COLLECTION OF GLITTER LACES . Let everyone know where they are at all times, so they can start working (at least) on new and better excuses.

The worker / The female worker

On the other side of the coin, like night and day, salt and sugar, the PP and the… PSOE?, we have the worker, who boasts of being the first to arrive and the last to leave . He is the same one who goes around saying that he came to work sick and thinks that because of that they will put a plaque next to the coffee machine.

It's not that he's a clown... (SELF-CENSORSHIP ON) like the crazy guy, but you don't really like him either. More than anything because, by working so hard believing himself to be essential for the company, he makes the rest of us look like crap (except for the lazy guy).

The working man still thinks that giving a Christmas basket is still in style (because it's not in style anymore, right?). But, so as not to ruin his excitement on these special dates, you can give him a pair of TIE-DYE LACES as a secret Santa, which have that alternative, long, hippie and relaxed vibe.

Let's see if he'll live life a little longer and slow down. If that doesn't calm him down, you'll have to give him something else when the Three Wise Men arrive. And the camels.

The weirdo / The little weirdo

Be careful, we should not confuse the weirdo with the annoying one, who, although they are of similar ilk, also have their differences. By “weird” we mean the one who you don’t know if he has Asperger’s or if his parents share the same surname .

He is the one who goes to the office wearing blue checked trousers and a yellow striped shirt. Or he brings his own cutlery from home, since viruses are rampant. Or he urinates sitting down (we have not seen this, but no one can beat our imagination. Delete image).

Well, now it's clear what kind of partner we're talking about, isn't it? Well, fire with fire, there's no other way. Surely, a pair of "normal" laces won't excite him as much as a pair from the FLOWER LACES COLLECTION .

Put them on with the same blue pants and yellow shirt, and you'll be a total repellent.

The cool one / The cool one

He hates the same colleagues as you, talks only the bare minimum and recommends series that never disappoint. You are, without a doubt, in the presence of a cool person. The lottery candy, if you get a secret Santa, you also have a prize, that of giving something to the only person in the office that you genuinely like .

That's why the GREEN LACES COLLECTION will suit you perfectly, the same color you put on the rest of your classmates when no one is listening.

The one who makes eyes at you / The one who makes eyes at you

As Confucius once said: “Where your paycheck is, keep quiet.” But, oh, if only printer rooms, broom closets, or bathrooms at company dinners could talk… a television series would come out of that ( Note to self : talk to Mediaset).

Some of them let themselves be hit by Camela's arrows (the best group that has ever given birth to a mother) in the last place where they expected it.

And there is no other option than to keep it a secret, especially if the person who is making eyes at you is above you in the hierarchy and you run the risk of being called a climber. Or ending up on the street, since we can all get headaches one day.

I'm not saying that's the case for me, eh? No, I'm not turning red… Hey, you're a bit of a fool, aren't you?! Let me go, I'm going to a meeting!!

The fact is that the COLLECTION OF BRILLIANT LACES are the best gift for a friend with a boyfriend or a secret friend because they are the most elegant and formal (if that word fits Sliwils).

If you don't want to stick it all the way in (it wasn't a joke) and get caught, don't do what I did. Forget the sweet notes, but remember that door latches aren't there for fun.

As you can see, Sliwils offers you solutions for everything . Leave your colleagues speechless or your father-in-law thinking that maybe you are not such a bad match as he thought with some really cool and original laces.

It's true, we haven't made a selection of family profiles, but hey, we think they're pretty extrapolable, right?:

  • Gray is your middle brother , the one everyone ignores.
  • The flipado is The brother-in-law , the torture of every Christmas.
  • The boss is the mother-in-law , and when you think about giving her grandchildren, she'll miss out on being a grandmother.
  • You are the lazy one , who always arrives at Christmas Eve dinner with a set table and doesn't even bring a single bottle of crianza wine.
  • You will never be the hard worker , that's clear.
  • The weird one is your little brother , the one from boarding school in Switzerland.
  • The cool one could be you , as long as you don't laugh at your brother-in-law's jokes.
  • The one who is making eyes at you ... luckily we are on vacation and one less problem until January 7th.

Discover the complete collection of shoelaces here and make this secret friend easy for you.

PS: If we have made you feel guilty and you are going to buy a bottle of wine, don't even think about buying it with a screw cap. That's the only thing we ask of you. YOU'RE WELCOME.