7 Hilarious Ideas for Your White Elephant Christmas Exchange
The Christmas gift exchange season is here! It's to start finalizing what you'll bring to wow the audience. If you've opted for White Elephant over Secret Santa this year, you'll know it's a little more complicated than picking a name out of a hat.
Instead of tailoring your item to your person, you must find a funny gag gift no one would expect to open on Christmas. You can find something useful or select something no one will want to spice things up.
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As you head into the event, we've gathered seven items you can purchase to shake up the White Elephant party.
(Used) Fast Food Gift Card
As we all know, gift cards are a so-so item to receive, especially to an undesirable place. This White Elephant, we suggest two options: picking a restaurant that nobody in your group would go to or, you can give them one that's already used (but still has enough money to fit your group's budget, of course). Because when else can you say Santa brought you a scratched-off gift card?
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An Oversized Jar of Pickles
These days, we don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy pickles. We can't ever deny them. You can celebrate the pickle lovers in your friend group by presenting a gallon-sized bucket of them that you'd typically only find in a restaurant. At that rate, they'll never run out of pickles, and it's hilarious to walk out with a comedically large container.
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Socks With Weird Sayings
Socks also often go into the "lazy" gift category, like gift cards. But instead of purchasing a cozy, fuzzy pair of socks that people would want, you can order a pair with crazy sayings or prints. Bonus points if they're so outrageous, no one will want to leave their homes wearing them.
Home Improvement Tools
We wouldn't be over the moon if someone gave us a screwdriver or hammer, but it would be handy. Who knows? You could do someone in your friend group a favor by giving them something from the toolbox they've needed and never went to purchase themselves. After all, tools can be pricey.
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Lottery Ticket
Leave it to the luck of the draw to decide whether this will be a good gift or not. You can fit your White Elephant budget by option for one of the more expensive scratch-offs, but they won't know if its worth anything until they go home. They'll thank you if they can make back the cost of the gift they brought, though!
A Pack of Toilet Paper
Like home improvement tools, a pack of toilet paper can do someone a favor. To save the sighs at the parties, we suggest searching for a high-quality brand that's multi-ply. You'll be surprised by the number of people who will want to go after this item to save them one extra trip to the grocery store.
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A Puzzle (With a Twist)
Did you know you can customize a puzzle with an image of your choice? You can offer everyone a selfie of you or something else to have everyone bursting out in laughter during White Elephant. We can see this going one of two ways: everyone needs this gift with a burning passion, or they will avoid it like the plague. And to be truly evil in the spirit of the event, you can leave out one piece, so they'll never be able to finish it.
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