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White 🐘🐘 Party

lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 14:29:56 GMT

I went to a white elephant party after the holidays and I thought I would check in to share the "finds" and opinions about gifts.

Each person had to bring a gift, so as a couple we brought two. The limit was $15-20 per gift, and I wanted something unique. Originally I bought the gifts with the idea that the host (and another guest in common) might like my choices for themselves, but the guest wasn't able to go.

I got a NWT limited edition French nutcracker from Shopgoodwill.~~org~~ (ETA- should be Shopgoodwill.com) (the hostess is from France).

I had planned to pair it with a bag of nuts in the shell. We were away for the holiday, and we had only the day of the party to find the nuts, and there were NONE to be found!

I ended up pairing four tiny winies with the nutcracker, as he is holding wine on his tray.

For the second gift, I found these Abraham Lincoln copper bookends (also from Shopgoodwill.org (ETA- should be Shopgoodwill.com) but since our guest wasn't coming, instead of a book we paired them with a $10 Amazon gift card.

There were rules to the number of times items could be stolen (three) and the number of rounds. Both of our items were "stolen" once.

What do you think were the "top" (A.K.A. most stolen) gifts at the party?

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february — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:12:23 GMT

Both of yours! They were very thoughtful and for more people then just the Hostess : )

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phoenixbrd — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:14:34 GMT

Very creative and interesting gifts (of course knowing you)....love the thought put into it....no candles or mugs! Hope you had a great time!

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lovesrecess — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:46:08 GMT

My DD collects nutcrackers and she would love to have that one! Yours had to be the best at the party.

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SunValley — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:56:36 GMT

@lolakimono I love your gift choices. But to your question, some kind of candle was the most popular...

For our family white elephant, I brought a mic for singing and everyone wanted it But me!!! Lol

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 02:05:47 GMT

This was the gift that I received (and no one stole back, LOL).

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 02:09:00 GMT

This is what BF ended up with after his gifts were stolen several times.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 02:17:26 GMT

This is what he opened first, and it was stolen- (I don't remember the brand, but something like this)

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tsavorite — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 02:49:20 GMT

Love your unique gift ideas!! Not to be a dunce here but could you explain how this is played? I only did this one time and everything was wrapped...and I forget how we even got gifts passed around LOL! And you never knew what was in anything until the end and people were taking gifts from others many times over.

Perhaps the rules are all different depending on who hosts it?

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itsmagic — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:12:40 GMT

Those are great gifts you took. My husband participated in one this year at an office Christmas luncheon and instead of stealing gifts he sad they passed them right and left several times and he ended up with what he brought.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:53:39 GMT

@tsavorite wrote:
Love your unique gift ideas!! Not to be a dunce here but could you explain how this is played? I only did this one time and everything was wrapped...and I forget how we even got gifts passed around LOL! And you never knew what was in anything until the end and people were taking gifts from others many times over.

Perhaps the rules are all different depending on who hosts it?

@tsavorite

We drew numbers from 1-20. I had #8, so I was the 8th person to pick. During my turn, I could have picked a new, wrapped gift, or I could have chosen to steal from someone who had numbers 1-7. Then my turn was over. #9 went next, and could have stolen from me or the others from 1-8. The hosts set the limit one item could be stolen to three times. If #9 had stolen from me, I would have had the chance to steal from someone else or open a new gift before person #10 got to pick. If I wanted my gift back, I could have stolen it, and in the rest of the game that item could only be stolen one more time.

Does that make sense?

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:57:11 GMT

This was the worst gift.

When the person who brought it had his turn, he stole it back because he felt badly once he saw the "good" gifts.

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chrystaltree — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:02:53 GMT

You put a lot of thought and care into those gifts. I have only been to two White Elephant holiday parties and they weren't like yours. The gifts were humerous/silly joke type gifts. There were lots of laughs. I think I would not have wanted to give up that Nutcracker!

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:19:21 GMT

The host is a self professed nerd (works with computers and has decorated the house with Star Wars) and he has a tribe of nerds from HS.

This was one of their gifts, which got stolen.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:29:16 GMT

One of the popular "stolen" gifts, which at one point belonged to BF was something like this. Since he's not a computer nerd he can't remember the brand nor the name.

It's an overlay that goes on a tablet to allow for a keyboard. He didn't think it was anything that plugged in, just a sheet.

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dex — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:31:42 GMT

I think your nutcracker was the most stolen gift.I would have tried to get it.Could you say which gift you think was the most popular.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:35:55 GMT

@dex

I'm working up to it.

We're trying to remember all of the gifts, because the "traditional" gifts that you think of for a white elephant weren't there (probably because of the high percentage of nerds, LOL). Mine, for example, was the ONLY gift with alcohol.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:36:54 GMT

This gift was stolen a lot, and BF wanted it but it got stolen from him twice.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:38:09 GMT

This was another gift but we don't remember any excitement associated with it.

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lolakimono — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 13:39:52 GMT

This did not get stolen, but the person who got it seemed happy enough.