Generates secret santa list for Enigma.

secret_santa.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import random

TEAM_MEMBERS = [
    'Marc DaCosta',
    'Craig Danton',
    'Mike Flowers',
    'Hicham Oudghiri',
    'Brian Abelson',
    'Michael Benoit',
    'Clemente Cuevas',
    'Raluca Dragusanu',
    'Jeremy Bronfman',
    'Ben Gelb',
    'Matt Horan',
    'Courtney Johnson',
    'Ken Keiter',
    'Gregory Kremler',
    'Jeremy Krinsley',
    'Destine Özuygur',
    'Jarrod Parker',
    'Brian Seitz',
    'Jeremy Ulman',
    'Byron Wong'
]

def gen_santas(lst):
    """Randomly associate pairwise elements."""
    lst_copy = lst[:]
    random.shuffle(lst_copy)
    secret_santas = zip(TEAM_MEMBERS, lst_copy)
    for gifter, giftee in secret_santas:
        print "{} is a secrect santa for {}.".format(gifter, giftee)

def main():
    gen_santas(TEAM_MEMBERS)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()