Secret Santa in the forest or surprise 2.0 - who knows the WichtelOmat?

During the pandemic, our colleagues learned to appreciate working from home – and now almost all of us are working permanently from home. This means that our birthday celebrations at the office, which we celebrated with a cherished tradition of a serenade, candles, flowers, and small gifts for the birthday child, are unfortunately canceled!

So what to do?! We’ve been meeting once a year since 2022 to celebrate all birthdays together, either before or after. We use the digital “WichtelOmat” beforehand. Everyone can enter personal wishes, and then an anonymous drawing takes place. We’ll be informed by email who we’re talking to 😉

So very original packages arrive, which are secretly placed in a certain place beforehand – as befits real elves.

Since our Fischerhude office is enchanted and located in a veritable gnome forest, even a wish for a saw came true! Other items on the wish list included good ingredients for mustard vinaigrette, travel guides, and donations for various projects close to our hearts.

We love our new way of celebrating birthdays—and we’ll definitely see you again in our gnome forest in summer 2024!