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Secret Santa Logic Puzzle

Each year at Christmas time, the Acne corporation holds their annual Christmas In December extravaganza. In the beginning, the top 5 executives had come to an agreement that they would randomly choose one of the companies employees and be their "Secret Santa", each spending no more than $50.00 on their gift. As the years passed, however, a competition seemed to arise where each executive would try to outdo the other in their gift giving and the $50.00 price limit was forgotten. Here we are 20 years later! Your task is to figure out which of the 5 executives gave a gift to which employee as well as what that gift was. As a bonus, figure out the value of each gift in order from most expensive to least expensive.

  • 1. Mr. Archer was given a large Gift Certificate to shop the Acne catalog.
  • 2. The gift given to Mrs. Townsend was one rank higher on the "Most Expensive" list than that given to Mr. Kelly.
  • 3. Mrs. Townsend's gift was more expensive than the Motorcycle.
  • 4. Of the gift given by the Chief Executive Officer and the Segway, one was given to Mrs. Townsend and the other was the 4th most expensive gift.
  • 5. The Rolex Watch ranked one notch higher on the "Most expensive" list than the gift certificate.
  • 6. Of the gift given by the Chief Financial Officer and the gift received by Mr. Kelly, one was a Segway and the other was the 2nd most expensive gift given this year.
  • 7. The Chief Accounting Officer was not Mr. Kelly's Secret Santa.
  • 8. The Chief Technical Officer either gave a gift to Mrs. Baldwin or provided the Gift Certificate as a gift.
  • 9. The least expensive gift was not given by the Chief Financial Officer.
  • 10. The gift given to Mrs. Townsend was more expensive than the Rolex Watch.
  • 1. Mr. Archer was given a large Gift Certificate to shop the Acne catalog.
  • 2. The gift given to Mrs. Townsend was one rank higher on the "Most Expensive" list than that given to Mr. Kelly.
  • 3. Mrs. Townsend's gift was more expensive than the Motorcycle.
  • 4. Of the gift given by the Chief Executive Officer and the Segway, one was given to Mrs. Townsend and the other was the 4th most expensive gift.
  • 5. The Rolex Watch ranked one notch higher on the "Most expensive" list than the gift certificate.
  • 6. Of the gift given by the Chief Financial Officer and the gift received by Mr. Kelly, one was a Segway and the other was the 2nd most expensive gift given this year.
  • 7. The Chief Accounting Officer was not Mr. Kelly's Secret Santa.
  • 8. The Chief Technical Officer either gave a gift to Mrs. Baldwin or provided the Gift Certificate as a gift.
  • 9. The least expensive gift was not given by the Chief Financial Officer.
  • 10. The gift given to Mrs. Townsend was more expensive than the Rolex Watch.

Observation: This table is automatically filled accordingly to the grid.

How to play

  • The first step is to read the clues and find the most basic ones;
  • Those clues can be marked on the grid without using any other information;
  • After this, you will need to read the clues again and use logic deduction;
  • Click on a clue to mark it as used;
  • The answer table is filled automatically.

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