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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 Christmas 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-after item. [3]
A white elephant at the Amarapura Palace in 1855. A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. In modern usage, it is a metaphor used to describe an object, construction project, scheme, business venture ...
White Elephant gift exchanges are common during the holidays. Here's what to know about the rules of the exchange and how to play.
White Elephant is a holiday party game in which players bring wrapped gifts at a set price, such as $20. From there, they draw numbers and pick the gifts out one by one from the pile. They also ...
The white elephant gift exchange is also known as a "Yankee swap" or "dirty Santa," depending on where the host lives. In these games, everyone brings a wrapped gift to contribute to a shared pool ...
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 donate old items ...
White Elephant is a party game in which players bring wrapped gifts at a set price, such as $20. From there, they draw numbers and pick the gifts out one by one from the pile. They also have the ...
Montreal 2000 was founded in 1998 as a successor party to the Parti éléphant blanc de Montréal (English: White Elephant Party), a novelty party that Bédard had established in 1989. The White Elephant Party was similar in some respects to the Rhinoceros Party of Canada , though it often used its humorous campaigns to draw attention to ...