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24 alternatives to Hidden Brain - Christmas

Why do we give? Can we do it better?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hidden Brain - Christmas launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hidden Brain - What Drives The Holiday Spirit? A Christmas Investigation▲56

   Holiday giving, charity, and the exploration of altruism

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Startup Secret Santa▲83

   Exchange skills with other startups for Christmas

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Unstuff▲79

   Push Button. Save Christmas.

   2013 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Conspiracy Santa▲83

   A better Secret Santa for teams

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Statistically Interesting: GiveDirectly Holiday Special▲61

   Data driven charity talks about optimizing their impact

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Faster Than Normal: Unlocking the Gifts of the ADHD Brain▲77

   Transforming ADD/HD from a curse to a Superpower

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Season's AI Greetings▲102

   Empower holiday spirit with AI-crafted wishes

   2023 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Talking Santa▲109

   Pretend to talk to Santa with your kids 🎅🏼

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The Infinite Monkey Cage Christmas Special▲66

   Discussing Christmas ghost stories, and paranormal science.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    AI Santa▲158

    Free personalized videos from Santa

    2024 · creatorkit.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Santa from Japan▲98

    Get a Christmas present from Japan, because why not

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Santa's Rock▲61

    Try to deliver presents to every house!

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Give them Coal▲82

    They've been naughty, give them coal for Christmas

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Startup Santa▲77

    Startups donating books to children in need

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15SH
    Show HN my christmas project: Focus.app, cut off your Internet so you can focus▲61

    2011 · therealfocusapp.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Startup Santa▲102

    Free presents for your team. Delivered by Startup Santa.

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17WG
    We got tired of getting gifts we don't like/need, so we made this▲21

    2012 · giftsocial.me · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Help Santa▲98

    An experimental mini game with HTML, CSS, SVG and JS

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Santa's Ideas▲100

    Handpicked gifts people love

    2018 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Snappy Elf▲68

    This Christmas help Santa collect all the presents

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Santa.fm by VenturePunk▲81

    NFT gift exchange - It's white elephant on the blockchain

    2022 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    #GiveHope▲12

    #GiveHope not stuff, this holiday season

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23IC
    I created a site to help HN users give the perfect Christmas gift▲7

    The idea of creating this site came to me when I was thinking of gifts to get family and friends for Christmas after a very exhausting work week. Getting Christmas gifts or gifts in general can be time consuming and mind draining if you are the type of person that likes to give thoughtful gifts and does not like to repeat gifts. I decided to compile data of key points like gender, age group, hobbies, favorite things, favorite sports etc of the person receiving the gift, so as to suggest several gifts the receiver is most likely to love. Since I wanted to share this with others that might…

    2022 · thealmostperfectgift.blogspot.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Merry Magic Mail▲19

    Write to Santa and get a magical response from North Pole!

    2024 · merrymagicmail.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →