Lorny Pfeifer, the organizer behind a global gift exchange, shows off a set of Medieval-themed coloring books she received from her Secret Santa. (Photo courtesy of Lorny Pfeifer)

A San Francisco resident has renewed excitement for Secret Santa gift exchanges this spring in an effort to offset the dearth of human connection during the worldwide pandemic.

In early January, Lorny Pfeifer, a VC investor and data scientist, had fallen ill with bronchitis and pneumonia while on a business trip to Switzerland. Pfeifer suffers from an autoimmune condition so upon arriving back in the U.S. she began to self quarantine. By mid-March when the shelter-in-place order was issued across California, Pfeifer was already three weeks into her quarantine. 

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