How to Have a White Elephant Christmas

Holiday shopping can be a strain when you come from a large family. One way to ease the strain is to hold a White Elephant Christmas.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Random unwanted items from your home
• Wrapping paper
• Tape
• Small bowl
• Paper
• Pen

1. Contact your family and let them know you will be having a White Elephant Christmas. If they are unsure what that is then use the following steps to explain.

2. Take an unwanted/unneeded item from your home and wrap it. Do not add a name to it.

3. At your family gatherin place all the gifts under the tree. Assign a number to each gift.

4. Take a sheet of paper and write down all the numbers of the gifts. Tear the numbers off, fold them and drop them in the bowl.

5. Have one person draw a number. They will be given the gift with that number.

6. Have each successive person do the same. However, if someone else who has gone before them has a gift they want they will be able to take that gift. The person whose gift was taken will then take the gift number that was drawn.

Tips & Warnings

• Make it fun. I've seen people give chocolate mugs and old underwear.
• Be sentimental. If you have something a younger relative might want throw it in.
• The gift grabber can get competitive, especially if you've wrapped an antique, original art or electronic equipment.