Nico “Secret Santa” Noel

Nico's story

For 300 years Nico ran the North Pole's most thankless department: the Names Desk. Every December he matched every kid to the right gift on a list the size of a continent, and every year the elves got the credit and the reindeer got the fame. Nico got a clipboard.

Then came the Great Mix-Up: one misplaced name card, and one very confused accountant in Ohio who received 400 fruitcakes. Nico realized the problem was never the gifts. It was the draw. Nobody had a fair, private, no-drama way to decide who gives to whom.

So he hung up the sleigh keys, kept the suit (re-tailored), and moved the whole operation online. Now he lives in a converted workshop above a gift-wrap shop, runs the world's fairest name draw, and treats office parties and family gift swaps as his new beat.

“Draw it. Wrap it. Keep it secret.”

What Nico is known for

• The emerald coat. Green velvet with gold piping, not red. Santa, but make it Let's Play Secret Santa.
• The braided beard with three tiny gold ornament beads, and round tortoiseshell glasses worn a little low.
• White high-top sneakers with red laces. Nobody wears boots to a modern workshop.
• The gold name-drawing cup he carries like a coffee mug, and a leather satchel stamped “THE DRAW”.

Watch Nico

Start with Nico's walkthrough: How to Play Secret Santa in 5 Easy Steps. His sign-off never changes: “Nico out. Go draw some names.”

Nico is an AI character created by Let's Play Secret Santa. Nico is not a real person, and the stories on this page are fiction, written for fun.