White Elephant ideas

[brit]

I apologize if this thread has been done recently, I couldn't get the search function to work. I need your best white elephant gift ideas. Nothing is off limits for this group of friends lol

[lasagnasshole]

A fish. As in, a whole fish from a fish counter. Absolute best white elephant gift I've ever seen. Just buy it on your way to the event so it doesn't smell too much.

[soozy87]

Someone posted a picture of some great cat oven mitts on one of these boards yesterday.

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Booze is the thing that people actually want.

[bunch]

Lotto tickets.

[imojoebunny]

The one I have been going to for years has very high expectations, the gift should be usable, but weird, corny, ect. The absolute best was a picture of the giver, on a tshirt. It had a comment underneath that is not relevant, but was especially funny to the host, but not to you. He wears it all the time. My personal favorite is as steering wheel cover with Disney characters on it. My car looks like 8 other cars in the lot, but I always know I have the right one and it makes me laugh. Funny useful things (bookends, bottle openers, kitchen things), sex toys (depends on the crowd), odd alcohol (funny names or funny alcohol), and pop culture items (the snuggies, pillow pets, and as seen on TV of the current year), and random, but interesting books are always hits. Once we got a blanket from REI, not funny, but I really like it, and the first receiver did not, so don't be afraid to take an actual gift that you just don't like.

[elleblue]

Nov 22, 2013 22:14:10 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

Booze is the thing that people actually want.

I thought the point was to get rid of ridiculous gifts that no one wants, no? For a while there was a terribly tacky music box that kept reappearing year after year at the standing exchange in my group of friends. Funniest thing ever. 

[sa]

I bought a FDNY calendar and printed the faces of all the older generation men and pasted them onto the bodies in the calendar. It was a big hit although a bit time consuming.

[lindyanne]

Nov 22, 2013 22:22:42 GMT -5 elleblue said:

Nov 22, 2013 22:14:10 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

Booze is the thing that people actually want.

I thought the point was to get rid of ridiculous gifts that no one wants, no? For a while there was a terribly tacky music box that kept reappearing year after year at the standing exchange in my group of friends. Funniest thing ever. 

It depends on the crowd/exchange.

Funniest bs ones I've seen are maxi pad slippers (google if interested), a signed photo of yourself and a battery with a tag that says gift not included. If you need a 'real' gift I agree with alcohol or edibles.

[lindyanne]

Nov 22, 2013 22:29:28 GMT -5 sa said:

I bought a FDNY calendar and printed the faces of all the older generation men and pasted them onto the bodies in the calendar. It was a big hit although a bit time consuming.

Target has something similar to this in the dollar spot and you just put one pic in the back and the head shows on all the months

[Deleted]

The ones I've been to, the good stuff is actually what people want. I'm sure it depends on the crowd.

I suspect booze is safe with either crowd.

[alleinesein]

We found a white elephant teapot at Z Gallerie one year.

Movie tickets and starbucks gift cards seem to be a big hit.

[MamaMaui24]

Cards Against Humanity

[Redpoppy]

Tree faces: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00097BXOQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_10?qid=1385183334&sr=8-10&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

[mbcdefg]

The Ugliest Sweater winner at our annual Christmas party gets a gag gift ... first it was a Snuggie, and last year it was an Obama Chia Pet.

[niq]

this seems tailor-made for space cat pants...

IHO mbcdefg there's also a Fremont Troll Chia, but that doesn't have as much LOL factor outside the 206.

The funniest white elephant-ish gift someone ever gave me was a gallon of water.

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Nov 22, 2013 23:27:02 GMT -5 MamaMaui24 said:

Cards Against Humanity

Yessssss. This!

[ellipses84]

The year I got water heater straps, I swore I'd never bring a bad white elephant gift again. I rented a condo, so I really didn't need them. Obviously, for our family white elephant exchange, anything goes, used, re-gifts, new, etc. I usually bring a $10 gift I want or a $10 gift card, because I figure there's a chance I could get it and it ups the percentage of better gifts in the pile for people to fight over.

[schrodinger]

Shake Weights.

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[mmp]

I once gave a carton of cigarettes, but took a pack out for myself.

[MamaMaui24]

Cheesy (and I saw it in Pinterest) - a box of Life cereal emptied and filled with lemons. "When life gives you lemons"

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Nov 23, 2013 19:29:44 GMT -5 @septimus said:

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I now know what I am getting BIL for Christmas.

[Deleted]

I got a can of pillsbury biscuits once and another time I got an ugly vase that looked like a hookah.

I think it would be both funny and useful to get a gift card to Starbucks/Jamba Juice/Target for $8.14 or some random number. They still get a gift card they can use but the random amount would make it more interesting.

[niemand88f]

I had to rescue a mouse from a white elephant exchange at work once, and ended up having a pet mouse for 1.5 years. So... no live animals!

I usually bring something tween themed, like a Justin Bieber singing toothbrush or a Twilight pillow.

[snakeoiltanker]

I just made my brother a photo blanket on Walmart.com with a collage of 30 different pictures of Nicolas Cage. This will be his legitimate Christmas present because that's how we do things.
Walmart was running a BoGo promotion though so they're sending me two of the blankets . I really hope we do a White Elephant exchange at work this year. So I can gift the second one as well.

[BeagleMama]

For a good exchange: booze
For a silly exchange: a framed photo of me and DH

[vanillacourage]

Am I the only one who squirrels away crappy Christmas presents (hello, golf ball soap dish) for next year's white elephant parties?

DH's family does one every year , this year the theme is "As Seen on TV"

[vanillacourage]

Nov 24, 2013 15:43:49 GMT -5 snakeoiltanker said:

I just made my brother a photo blanket on Walmart.com with a collage of 30 different pictures of Nicolas Cage. This will be his legitimate Christmas present because that's how we do things.
Walmart was running a BoGo promotion though so they're sending me two of the blankets . I really hope we do a White Elephant exchange at work this year. So I can gift the second one as well.

Also, this is amazing.

[sjh722]

Nov 24, 2013 17:38:46 GMT -5 vanillacourage said:

Nov 24, 2013 15:43:49 GMT -5 snakeoiltanker said:

I just made my brother a photo blanket on Walmart.com with a collage of 30 different pictures of Nicolas Cage. This will be his legitimate Christmas present because that's how we do things.
Walmart was running a BoGo promotion though so they're sending me two of the blankets . I really hope we do a White Elephant exchange at work this year. So I can gift the second one as well.

Also, this is amazing.

Have you seen this?

www.buzzfeed.com/adamdavis/theres-a-website-that-automatically-puts-nick-cages-face-on