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A white elephant gift exchange, [1] Yankee swap [2] or Dirty Santa [3] [nb 1] is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable or highly sought item.
A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace in 1855. The British East Africa Company came to regard Uganda as a white elephant when internal conflict made administration of the territory impossible. The term derives from the sacred white elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand (Siam), Laos and Cambodia. [2]
The gift-exchange game, also commonly known as the gift exchange dilemma, is a common economic game introduced by George Akerlof and Janet Yellen to model reciprocacy in labor relations. [1] The gift-exchange game simulates a labor-management relationship execution problem in the principal-agent problem in labor economics. [2]
This article should clarify that the party game described can also be played with nice, unused gifts, not just white elephant gifts. Madcap1975 01:06, 18 December 2009 (UTC) Too many people are using the term "white elephant" for any type of gift exchange.Madcap1975 01:10, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
Here are the rules to White Elephant, according to USA TODAY: Count your players and write numbers on cards. Draw the cards out of a hat to determine the order. Set a limit for the number of times ...
Description. White elephant sales are typically organized by non-profit organizations such as churches and schools to raise money for a charity cause or a special occasion like Easter or Mother's Day. They operate in a manner similar to many non-profit thrift shops. Members or friends of the organization holding the white elephant sale will ...
The office staffers hold a "Secret Santa" gift exchange at their Christmas party. Jim Halpert received Pam Beesly's name, and got her a teapot filled with some mementos and a personal letter from him to her. Michael Scott buys a $400 video iPod as his gift to Ryan Howard, far exceeding the $20 limit.
Deriving from the Christian tradition, the ritual is known as Secret Santa in the United States and the United Kingdom; as Kris Kringel or Kris Kindle (Christkindl) in Ireland; as Wichteln, Secret Santa, Kris Kringle, Chris Kindle (Christkindl) or Engerl-Bengerl in parts of Austria; as Secret Santa or Kris Kringle in Canada and Australia; as Secret Santa, Kris Kringle, or Monito-Monita in the ...
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