White elephant - Page 2

Peaches-n-Cream · #16 12-27-2002, 01:34 AM

I have never even heard of this. It sounds like fun.

Dionysus · #17 12-18-2003, 08:10 PM

This time there's going to be a WE at a christmas party with the college/youth group from my church.

I must take advantage. *evil smile* What are some inappropiate things under 5$ that I can buy?

The only thing I can think of is a playboy magazine, but that is kinda big. I want something small enough I can sneak under the tree w/out anyone seeing me. Perhaps I can sneak it under my coat.

AGDee · #18 12-19-2003, 12:54 AM

The alumnae club I'm in does this, but with Christmas ornaments, most of which have an AGD theme. One sister got TWO beautiful squirrel ornaments but she had a really bad cold and I didn't have the heart to take them from her! All of the ornaments are gorgeous though!

Dee

DWAlphaGam · #19 12-19-2003, 10:26 AM

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Originally posted by Dionysus
This time there's going to be a WE at a christmas party with the college/youth group from my church.

I must take advantage. *evil smile* What are some inappropiate things under 5$ that I can buy?

The only thing I can think of is a playboy magazine, but that is kinda big. I want something small enough I can sneak under the tree w/out anyone seeing me. Perhaps I can sneak it under my coat.

Box of condoms. Or AstroGlide.

I can't believe I'm adding to the evilness. hehehehe

aephi alum · #20 12-19-2003, 10:38 AM

My office had a holiday party the other day, and we did this. We called it "Cutthroat Santa"

We had a $15-20 spending range, so the gifts were fairly nice (for the most part!) I put in a gift card to Barnes & Noble and walked away with a gift card to FYE (nice

).

My boss was thrilled because he had a high number. He stole a nice gift from someone. It was stolen from him in turn, and he wound up with a fruitcake!

The way we did it, if your gift got stolen you had to take a gift from the table. I've also played a variant where if your gift is stolen, you can steal someone else's gift (but you can't steal back the gift that was taken from you), but once a gift has been stolen 3 times it stays with whoever last stole it.

OrigamiTulip · #21 12-19-2003, 11:06 AM

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Originally posted by Dionysus
This time there's going to be a WE at a christmas party with the college/youth group from my church.

I must take advantage. *evil smile* What are some inappropiate things under 5$ that I can buy?

The only thing I can think of is a playboy magazine, but that is kinda big. I want something small enough I can sneak under the tree w/out anyone seeing me. Perhaps I can sneak it under my coat.

Toilet paper. Someone brought that to a swap my church had for the youth way back when, and the poor girl who open the package turned beet red. Its just bad enough for the youth group age kids, but not so inappropriate as to get anyone in trouble.

33girl · #22 12-19-2003, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by Dionysus
This time there's going to be a WE at a christmas party with the college/youth group from my church.

I must take advantage. *evil smile* What are some inappropiate things under 5$ that I can buy?

The only thing I can think of is a playboy magazine, but that is kinda big. I want something small enough I can sneak under the tree w/out anyone seeing me. Perhaps I can sneak it under my coat.
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How about a nice box of Super Tampax?

ADPiAkron · #23 12-19-2003, 12:15 PM

I had one at my work a couple years back...I brought in some stuffed animal on a snow board (some stupid gift I received one year) and in return I ended up picking one of those pocket bibles that people pass out on campus and on the streets!! One person got a fake pile of poop!!!!!!!!!!

lionlove · #24 12-19-2003, 02:46 PM

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Originally posted by aephi alum

he wound up with a fruitcake!

People still give that?

aephi alum · #25 12-19-2003, 03:08 PM

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Originally posted by lionlove
People still give that?

Apparently so. I'm just wondering if that will be the gift he puts in next year

Lil' Hannah · #26 12-19-2003, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by Dionysus
This time there's going to be a WE at a christmas party with the college/youth group from my church.

I must take advantage. *evil smile* What are some inappropiate things under 5$ that I can buy?

Won't Jesus be mad if you bring something inappropriate to church?

adduncan · #27 12-19-2003, 03:25 PM

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Originally posted by lionlove
People still give that?

More than you think.

Check this out

http://inet3.collinstreetbakery.com/...eadform&d=csb2

Adrienne

AOIIsilver · #28 12-19-2003, 08:55 PM

The first is a serious dirty Santa where the gifts are good ones in the under $20 range.

The second was one at church where you are supposed to bring a gift that you actually got as a previous year's Christmas present that you REALLY hated. I could not believe my eyes when one woman unwrapped a 5-arm sterling candelabra! Who would give that away as a hated gift?

Good grief, I ended up taking home a toaster cozy that was in the form of a quilted chicken with yarn hair.

Silver

winnieb · #29 12-19-2003, 10:02 PM

We played Dirty Santa at my office Christmas dinner just yesterday. We do good gift, $15 maximum. #1 picks and opens any gift, #2 can steal or open the gift, and so on. We also have the rule about the gift cannot be stolen more than 3 times.

I was glad to see the gift I brought got maxed out of the stealing rule. Also I was #11 (the last number) so I got to pick from pretty much anything. I stole a chip and dip tray, it is stoneware and it matches my dishes.

-wendi

Jadey28 · #30 12-20-2003, 10:20 AM

We played this at my companies Holiday Party on Thursday evening. I left with a 3D puzzle of a Star Wars ship. There were a lot of cookie jars, toiletries (toliet paper, tissues, soap, toilet seat covers), and candles. One women thought she was getting a bottle of alcohol (it was wrapped up in tissue paper inside a wine bottle bag), but instead it was two cans of WD-40! The look on her face was priceless as she opened it up! It was fun, and it gives you a chance to get rid of any unwanted things you have lying around the house.