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Five people around a kitchen table: one reads a little letter out loud, laughing, while the others guess who it is for. On the table, a bowl of folded letters, scissors and a candle.

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Wichteln with Words

Wichteln is the German tradition of drawing names and surprising someone. Here the surprise is words: everyone draws a name, everyone writes, everyone receives a little letter.

4 to 24 people · 30 to 60 minutes · 24 letters

Two ways to have it

The book

Printed and ready to wrap

24 letters to cut out, name slips and a small candle ritual, bound in one book.

US$23

On Amazon very soon

The English edition lands on Amazon in the next few days. The German one is there already.

The eco-friendly edition

PDF to print at home

No Amazon, no shipping. Your table’s name on every page. Print only the letters you need.

US$9.99

Get the PDF →

US Letter or A4. Made for one table, please don’t pass it on.

The PDF to print at home

Tell us the name of your table. It goes on the cover and along the bottom of every sheet, outside the cut line, so when the letters are handed out nobody sees it.

Whatever you call yourselves. A surname, a nickname, the name of the house. This is where the PDF arrives. The payment runs in US dollars, wherever you are.

Something went wrong? Write to hola@katalais.com

Ordering for a team?

From 5 copies, or from 20 with your logo and your colors. Tell us what you need and we will come back with a price.

You can also write to hola@katalais.com

How it works

1

Draw names

Everyone writes their name on a slip, folds it and draws someone else.

2

Write

Five to eight minutes, without anyone watching. A few short questions. No talent needed.

3

Read and guess

The letters go into a bowl. Someone reads each one out loud and the table guesses who it is for.

Questions

Who is it for?

For any table: family, friends or a team. Kids count too: whoever can’t write yet can draw or dictate.

What is the difference between the book and the PDF?

The content is the same. The book arrives printed and ready to wrap. The PDF is made for your table, with your name on every page, and you print only the letters you need.

Where does this game come from?

From the Love Shower, a gift in which the people who love someone write what they see in that person. Here everyone at the table does it for each other.

Can a company order it?

Yes. From 5 copies, or from 20 with your logo and your colors. Ask for a price in the form on this page.

To be seen is to be loved.