Every year they do a white elephant gift exchange. I have never been a big fan of these, but we play along every year.
I wasn't excited about it this year either, though we did bring the best gift we have ever brought to one of these.
1,000 carpenter's pencils. You read that right. We brought 2 boxes of 500 carpenter's pencils wrapped together in a bigger box as one of our gifts tonight.
They guy who opened it gave away all that anybody wanted to those in attendence tonight. He promises to creatively give the rest away as well.
We left with a game of pick-up sticks that has been at this same gift exchange for a couple of years (as had one of the fruit cake gifts someone opened) and a "pizza chopper" which is half scizzors half pizza slice remover.
What are other's opinions of white elephant gift exchanges?
I'd probably actually enjoy them if everyone didn't just bring crappy stuff they want to get rid of.
I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that white elephant gifts are exactly that - gifts that people have around the house (maybe something they rec'd and didn't like). I don't think the idea is to go out and buy a white elephant gift. Perhaps it's a generational thing.
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