https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:23:26 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-406761 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:03:21 +0000 DpeachLu 406761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*In need of more ideas for this year!* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-31763 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:40:04 +0000 sulli301 31763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You're welcome :) I haven't ever been to one before, but from everything I've heard they sound like a blast! I can't wait! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-31756 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:38:22 +0000 missifu 31756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sulli301: thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-31750 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:34:28 +0000 sulli301 31750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@missifu: From my googling (I google EVERYTHING....)it looks like they are the same </p> <p><a href="http://robin.hubpages.com/hub/What-is-a-White-Elephant-Gift-Exchange" rel="nofollow">http://robin.hubpages.com/hub/What-is-a-White-Elephant-Gift-Exchange</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-31680 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:34:13 +0000 missifu 31680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had never heard of white elephant before. I have heard of a Yankee swap though. Pardon my ignorance, but is white elephant used in New England. Sometimes I wonder if these terms are regional. </p> <p>now I want to play.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-31381 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:05:09 +0000 lavender 31381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>a popular choice at our family parties are gas cards or lottery tickets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30743 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:00:27 +0000 MrsBrewer 30743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yea I thought that White Elephant gift exachange were ones where you don't "buy" anything, but rather take something that you already have around the house, wrap it, and then pick the gift and either keep it or pass? Normally a white elephant gift exchange is supposed to be a joke, like whose gift is the worst? At least where I live that's how all of our white elephant gift exchanges are.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30737 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:51:59 +0000 DpeachLu 30737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep I think it just depends.. this is also the only gift exchanging adults do at our family christmas get together so we usually put a $20 price limit on gifts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30733 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:44:17 +0000 sorrycharlie 30733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at our family parties, it's usually at $15 limit. the popular stolen items are typically scratch/lottery tickets, liquor, or food (cookies, chocolate, etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30697 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:09:45 +0000 lovehoneybee 30697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: It's the only gift exchange we do with my DH's family, or the anyway, the kids obviously all get presents. We had a $20-$25 limit, and we usually end up with half funny gifts, half serious gifts. Last year DH and I ended up with an iced tea maker that we never use. DH's aunt usually gets a $25 gift card to Amazon or Barnes and Noble. And then there's the aforementioned "stool sample". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30686 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:03:23 +0000 DillonLion 30686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: For SO's large extended family, this is the only type of gift exchanging they do for the holidays, so they usually pick out quality items so everyone gets something they enjoy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30684 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:02:17 +0000 HabesBabe 30684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I though White Elephant gifts were useless things that you had lying around the house, or funny things (like a Snuggie or SlapChop) that you'd end up buying. All of our White Elephant gifts have been stupid-- a donkey pinata full of candy, a giant TV remote control, etc. I wish I went to good White Elephant parties! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30594 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:25:27 +0000 DillonLion 30594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: It is a BLAST! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30587 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:22:55 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 30587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: Aw gotcha! Sounds fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30565 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:10:12 +0000 DillonLion 30565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: Everyone shows up and brings a wrapped gift to put in the center of the circle. </p> <p>To determine the order, participants may draw numbers from a hat. Starting with #1 and up to the total number of people that are there. </p> <p>The first person picks a gift, opens it, and shows it to the rest of the company. Then, the participants choose to either unwrap a new gift or to "steal" a previously unwrapped gift. If a gift is "stolen", the person who had their gift taken from them is allowed to unwrap any unopened gift or steal from someone else and then, the turn passes to the next person. </p> <p>When we play, there is usually a maximum number of times a specific gift can be "stolen" after it has changed hands, say, 3x, the gift is stuck with that person and no one can steal it anymore.</p> <p>When all the gifts have been opened, the game is over. </p> <p>When we play, the person who drew #1 gets to go again at the very end once all the gifts have been opened and can steal from anyone on last time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30470 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:10:57 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 30470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um can someone explain what a white elephant gift exchange is? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30382 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:00:20 +0000 cyndistar3 30382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: lol I got my husband a chia pet for christmas this year, if I wasn't pregnant he might be wondering where his seeds went ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30381 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:58:19 +0000 chopsuey 30381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: i know, right? :D i'm actually gonna order some right now. i need to get rid of these last 8 lbs! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30376 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:55:46 +0000 cyndistar3 30376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Hahaha I wonder what inspired a person to eat chia seeds... "hey i need to supress my appetite and stay hydrated" "well, I have some chia seeds!" "okay! Lets try it!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30364 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:50:50 +0000 carrieknitscake 30364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If the person you got is a tea drinker, you could get something along that line. For two holidays now, my afternoon tea girls and I exchange tea or coffee (for one non-tea drinking friend) related gifts! I was so excited to receive a tea bag wallet where I can take tea bags with me when I visit my parents and keep around the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30358 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:49:04 +0000 carrieknitscake 30358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: We just got a Five Below not far from where we live! I got child Snuggies for my nephews for Christmas! I told my brother and SIL about them. It got a good chuckle from them. I think that the kids are going to love it. </p> <p>In the days leading up to our wedding, I tweeted that I was *this close* from buying a pink Snuggie. One of my friends got it for us as a wedding present. We still use it all of the time. We later got teased about it from one of my bridesmaids. When she visited for her birthday soon to be last year, I got her a green one! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30339 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:27:05 +0000 chopsuey 30339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No good gift ideas.. I personally prefer giftcards. &lt;3 Starbucks! Or.. Cheesecake factory has a promotion going on right now. If you buy a $25 gift card, you get a free slice of cheesecake! #win! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-30337 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:26:01 +0000 chopsuey 30337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cyndistar3: SO FUNNY! Chchchchia! Did you know people eat chia seeds now? It apparently suppresses your appetite and keeps you well hydrated. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-29057 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:26:48 +0000 MaisyMay 29057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything wrapped in a series of larger boxes. I did that with a movie ticket wrapped in a small jar, in a small box, in a slightly larger box, and so forth. The largest box was one from an artificial christmas tree box and the gift was passed around so much until it was openned, and then it got such a laugh.</p> <p>Candy, liquor, gift card inside of goofy pair of slippers, comic boxers? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-29029 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:26:36 +0000 cyndistar3 29029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband almost fought another grown man for a spongebob chia pet at a white elephant gift exchange once... It was pretty embarrasing lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-29027 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:25:58 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 29027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband's family has a white elephant party every year and the rule is that the item you bring has to be handmade. The best gift I have gotten was a cutting board my mil had made out of wood. I use it everyday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-29024 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:23:47 +0000 sulli301 29024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mommacommaphd: those are all great ideas! I also thought of board games but I love the other ideas. We are attending a party that will have a white elephant game this year, my first one, I can't wait :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-28598 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:07:14 +0000 lovehoneybee 28598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do a White Elephant at my IL's house (although we call it a Yankee Swap). </p> <p>This year I picked up a Snuggie and two of those Pocket Chair things from Five Below. </p> <p>The most popular gift we've had was from DH's grandmother. It was a tiny wooden stool (like the kind you put in a dollhouse?) in a film canister. There was a $20 bill wrapped around the stool, and she wrote "Stool Sample" on the top of the canister. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-28580 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:50:12 +0000 mediagirl 28580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually give a gift card and attach it to a board game or...even better...a case of beer. Beer, wine and liquor go GREAT at white elephant parties. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/white-elephant-gift-exchange#post-28564 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:33:11 +0000 heffalump 28564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've never been to one with such a high limit. We once brought scratch off lottery tickets that got stollen a lot.</p> <p>I think it also depends on the group. We go to a party that has a lot of ladies, and I always bring a cook book which is popular. </p>