Every year I participate in this, I rack my brain trying to find gifts that match my Santee's (is that even a word?) preferences. Every year I've participated, I've only signed up for one exchange.
This year I signed up for three, and have all of my shopping done already, only a few hours after receiving the assignments
One gave me a lot to go on, and I was able to find a niche item to send.
The second one was very up front about what they wanted, so it was quite easy (I love it!)
The third one gave me a bit of difficulty as I had a lot to work with, but because I will be shipping the gifts internationally, I had less choices as to what I could feasibly ship to another country (with size and possibly disallowed contents being the main obstacles)
All I have to do now is pick up greeting cards tomorrow and I'll pretty much be all done! (well, besides waiting to receive the items from the merchants so that I can re-ship them out for the international Santee)