https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:13:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991592 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:02:03 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MapleMoose: at first, I had this amazing tie-dye shirt with a giant cat face right where my belly would be. I was actually disappointed to have someone steal that little piece of amazingness, so the Christmas unicorn was a nice consolation prize. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991585 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:57:03 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1991585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: The gold fish went home with a little boy and was used as a pet. It didn't require a big aquarium or anything like that, just a bowl of water. And the gift givers were nice and also included some fish food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991557 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:36:53 +0000 avivoca 1991557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The best gift this year was a bottle of bourbon and some bourbon barrel cake. The kookiest gift was a boomerang. I got letterpress recipe cards. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991550 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:21 +0000 Synchronicity 1991550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I'm glad it found a home, but it still makes me a little ragey that they bought an animal on a whim for a Christmas gift exchange. Too many animals get purchased as gifts and then abandoned a few months later, especially at this time of year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991549 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:34:17 +0000 MapleMoose 1991549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First off the live rat is crazy. But I really do have to commend you for rocking that awesome shirt haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991547 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:33:28 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: yeah, the basic premise (at least at this party) is: if you come home liking what you got, someone didn't understand the concept. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991546 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:32:29 +0000 Greentea 1991546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that is kind of horrible. (That someone brought a live animal.) I hate white elephant and secret santa and whatever the one is where you can take the present from someone else. We had to do it in college and I'll never do it again! People got into huge fights! Yes adults. Oh, and while I was working at the same institution they made us do secret santa and I got a passive aggressive gift! I was like wtf? Why? To each their own, I suppose. I love the unicorn santa shirt though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991541 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:29:20 +0000 twodoghouse 1991541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Glad he (she?) is going to be well taken care of!</p> <p>@regberadaisy: Yes! Well, at least in my group of friends things can get pretty weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991531 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:26:08 +0000 MrsSCB 1991531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Haha, that's a rule I would never have thought would be necessary. I'm glad the rat found a good home, I was worried at first. Pets aren't toys or presents, they're family members! Now your shirt, on the other hand, is a pretty epic Christmas present :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991526 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:24:38 +0000 regberadaisy 1991526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is gross! </p> <p>I'm confused by the premise of this. Are the gifts supposed to be ridiculous? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991514 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:15:11 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Synchronicity: I think the couple who brought it would have taken it home for their kids if whoever got it hadn't actually found a home for it. We did add a rule for next year: No live animals. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991512 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:14:30 +0000 mrs. bird 1991512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: oh that makes me feel better! sounds like it (i don't mean to call the rat an 'it', i don't know if it's a 'he' or a 'she') will get lots of love! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991509 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:12:44 +0000 Synchronicity 1991509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>WTF. Who gifts a live animal as a joke?! That makes me super sad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991507 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:12:31 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: the aquarium was totally sketch. Ughh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991504 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:11:52 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: there was a lively debate about what to do with it, but it found a home at a school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991502 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:09:40 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The guy that got it is a teacher and the science teacher at his school agree to keep it for the kids to watch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991498 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:07:48 +0000 twodoghouse 1991498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG what is someone going to do with a live rat? That is horrifying!</p> <p>P.S. You look great! Hope this pregnancy is treating you well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991490 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 10:03:32 +0000 mrs. bird 1991490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: @Mrs. Blue: I've never seen a living animal given, that's kind of upsetting. Those poor animals :( do you know what happened to the animals after? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991487 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:59:10 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1991487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not exactly white elephant, but the year we moved in together my uncle got us A Major Award (the leg lamp!) as a house warming gift. I have it to my brother when he got his first apt, then I found it in my Xmas decorations box the next year. Then I have it to my sister, and my cousin, back to my brother. I even put it in my other uncles bag when they bought a new house. </p> <p>The damn thing haunts me. Every single year the damn lamp is in my Xmas decorations box. I really don't know how it gets there. I didn't put it there. No one comes to visit me. It's like an ugly ghost. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991483 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:57:09 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1991483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>"Fish and Chips"</p> <p>A gold fish and a bag of potato chips </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991474 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:53:27 +0000 autumnlove 1991474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A rat?! Ugh!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991466 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:47:20 +0000 mediagirl 1991466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Holy sh*t. Gross. That aquarium looks like it has seen better days. I hope the rat doesn't chew through those wires and the rusty aquarium and escape! Ick.</p> <p>I got this Chuck Norris calendar. My husband got an $80 bluetooth speaker. The spending limit was $20 but someone went a bit crazy on a few gifts she brought with her...</p> <p>[attach=251/14/ngu3qw.407x344.2014-12-19_9-46-58.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991465 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:46:36 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1991465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg!!!! </p> <p>We have a decorative plate from greece that is super ugly that gets passed around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991462 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:44:58 +0000 LuLu Mom 1991462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Best: I printed an 8x10 picture of my dog and paw printed it as an autograph and then framed it for my family who all think she's annoying and are not dog people. ;) It gets passed around every year. </p> <p>Worst: There was the grossest smelling old bean bag chair that got passed around at a friend's one (Goodwill purchase) and legit smelled like it was in a 70s tour bus for Willie Nelson. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991439 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:33:27 +0000 blackbird 1991439@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG </p> <p>This is my gift :) </p> [attach=618/14/ngu33s.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/this-was-a-gift-at-the-white-elephant-gift-exchange-we-were-at-last-night#post-1991417 Fri, 19 Dec 2014 09:24:17 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1991417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A live rat in an aquarium!! I was SO thankful that I didn't get it and got this awesome shirt instead. </p> <p>What's the best (or rather, the worst) gift you've seen at a white elephant exchange? </p> [attach=1359/14/ngu2oh.450x600.image.jpg] [attach=1359/14/ngu2ok.450x600.image.jpg]