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Secret Pal Day

Secret Pal Day is held on January 11. This event in the second decade of the month January is annual.

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Having friends is a huge blessing in anyone's life, but having a mysterious Secret Pal can be a fun, adventurous mystery all throughout the year.

The concept of being and having a Secret Pal is fairly simple. Participants draw names and, for a specific period of time, anonymously leave gifts for each other. Part of the fun is trying not to let the recipient know who you are, but sometimes even a clever secret pal can have a hard time coming up with gift items.

For example, Secret Santa is a Western Christmas tradition in which members of a group or community are randomly assigned a person to whom they give a gift. The identity of the gift giver is to remain a secret and should not be revealed.

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