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In the early 1900s, the White Elephant giving game emerged at so-called "swap parties," as players would bring strange gifts to exchange. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: ...
White Elephant, Dirty Santa, Yankee Swap. It's the Christmas gift exchange that goes by a hundred names, with thousands of different rules that vary family to family.
What is the usual budget for a White Elephant gift exchange? The budget for a White Elephant is usually on the lower side. WhiteElephantRules.com recommends a $20 budget cap for most gatherings.
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 ]
If those six friends all send gifts to the person at the top of the list and recruit six additional people, the original participant will receive a total of 36 gifts. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Unlike a typical Secret Santa exchange, where participants only give and receive one gift, Secret Sister participants are unlikely to receive the promised gifts.
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)
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