RedRocksU2
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Our family always does the "White elephant" game.
For those who don't know what a "White elephant" game is;
The white elephant gift exchange (also called Yankee Swap, Scottish Gift Exchange, Thieving Secret Santa, Dirty Santa, Nasty Christmas[1], Chinese Gift Exchange, or Thieving Elves) is a popular party game usually played during the Christmas season in the United States and Canada. The premise of the game is that each guest contributes one gift to the game, and ultimately each guest walks away with one different gift from the game. The type of gift is sometimes decided ahead of time (e.g., "something less than $10," "a used item from home," "a gag gift," etc.).
All participants bring their gift to “the pile.” Gifts are wrapped, but are not labeled to reflect a sender or recipient. Everyone then draws a number that determines the order of gift choosing. The person with the highest number picks last. The person who drew #1 unwraps a gift from the pile and then shows it to everyone. It is now person #2’s turn, and so on. Each successive person can either steal a previously unwrapped gift or open a new gift from the pile. If a person's gift is stolen, that person can immediately unwrap a new gift or steal another person's gift. After a gift has been stolen three times it is "dead". It cannot be stolen again. This is an optional rule.
For those who don't know what a "White elephant" game is;
The white elephant gift exchange (also called Yankee Swap, Scottish Gift Exchange, Thieving Secret Santa, Dirty Santa, Nasty Christmas[1], Chinese Gift Exchange, or Thieving Elves) is a popular party game usually played during the Christmas season in the United States and Canada. The premise of the game is that each guest contributes one gift to the game, and ultimately each guest walks away with one different gift from the game. The type of gift is sometimes decided ahead of time (e.g., "something less than $10," "a used item from home," "a gag gift," etc.).
All participants bring their gift to “the pile.” Gifts are wrapped, but are not labeled to reflect a sender or recipient. Everyone then draws a number that determines the order of gift choosing. The person with the highest number picks last. The person who drew #1 unwraps a gift from the pile and then shows it to everyone. It is now person #2’s turn, and so on. Each successive person can either steal a previously unwrapped gift or open a new gift from the pile. If a person's gift is stolen, that person can immediately unwrap a new gift or steal another person's gift. After a gift has been stolen three times it is "dead". It cannot be stolen again. This is an optional rule.