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Post by 950nancy on Dec 21, 2018 23:00:22 GMT
We never tell who brought the gift, so no one would know if you stole your own gift at the end. I just know that those gift exchanges are generally nothing that I really want. For us, a White Elephant gift exchange means all of the gifts are bad.
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Post by 950nancy on Dec 21, 2018 23:03:48 GMT
I don't mind these exchanges, but I was part of my new group's exchange for the first time last year. There were NO rules, just cost. I brought a beautiful crystal dish that I got at 75% off. The head of HR opened my present and made such a face and made an ugly comment about it. It really hurt my feelings. Apparently people gave either wine, lottery tickets or gift cards (what is the point of that?!) or a really stupid gift like a fart machine or something. But the comment that lady said stayed with me. She was fired this year and everyone went to a luncheon for her, but I had an urgent project that day. I would take the fart machine over wine or lottery tickets any day!
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Post by crazy4scraps on Dec 22, 2018 0:03:32 GMT
I don't really care if she took her own slippers, but who brings slippers? That is a very specific thing regarding size.
I went to two of these things this year and I know that neither person was that thrilled with my gifts, even though I thought it was a nice gift, and I tried to wrap it nicely as well. So it can really be a crapshoot.
One thing I did not like at the one I went to yesterday is that some gifts were gag gifts - a box of Depends, a fleet enema, some hemorrhoid wipes. The people that got those were very disappointed and no one swiped those gifts. I feel like they all have to be stupid gifts or not. I do not want to bring a nice item and go home with an enema kit. But other people (who didn't get those items) thought it was hilarious.
For me White Elephant is an already owned but unwanted item. Yankee Swap is a non specific gift exchange, where you don't know who will get your gift. I totally get what you’re saying and agree with you 100%, that would be a much better way to have a laugh without it ending up with someone really disappointed. But I just wanted to add, do you know how EXPENSIVE Depends are? I used to have to get them by the case for my mom and it was crazy how much those things cost. I can’t imagine going out of my way to buy a pack of them just to use them as a gag gift in a random exchange!
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