I think I am one of the few who actually look forward to White Elephant Gift exchanges. It's a hoot seeing what everyone brings/unloads (since re-gifting is encouraged) and what everyone "steals." The most popular/stolen gifts at our office this year were "As Seen On TV" items like the Snuggie and an under the bed shoe organizer. Shrek and I brought toys and a chocolatini set, respectively. Each were stolen the maximum three times, so I guess we chose well.
Rules to conduct your own White Elephant Gift Exchange follow. There are many variations to this gifting game. Just make sure the rules are clear before you start.
- Choose a theme. Our theme this year (and every year) at the office is "Tacky Yet Useful" - hence the As Seen on TV gifts floating around.
- Set a price limit, say $15 or $20. We also encourage participants to bring something unused from home to re-gift.
- Participants should set wrapped gifts in a designated area. Be stealthy about it.
- Everyone draws a number and gifts are selected in numerical order. The first person must select from the unopened presents, unwrap, and reveal it to everyone playing.
- The second person may steal the unwrapped gift or choose from the wrapped gifts, and so on.
- If your gift is stolen, you may immediately steal someone else's gift or choose from the unwrapped gifts. The game continues where it left off after a wrapped gift is finally chosen.
- We play where a gift may only be stolen up to three times. After that, it's "safe" with the person who stole it third.
- Finally, after the last gift has been unwrapped, we encourage the person who chose first to steal a gift and place theirs back in the middle. Usually this incites a domino effect of pillaging and plundering until all gifts have been stolen up to three times or someone chooses the unwrapped gift in the middle.
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