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White Elephant Gift Exchange

Holiday Party
White Elephant Gift Exchange
PLAYERS
6+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Indoor
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Each guest brings one wrapped gift, often chosen to be funny, quirky, or generally appealing.

2

Guests draw numbers to determine turn order.

3

Player 1 unwraps a gift from the pile.

4

On later turns, a player may either unwrap a new gift or "steal" an already-opened gift from another player, who then takes a new turn.

5

Cap how many times any single gift can be stolen, per house rules.

6

The exchange ends once every gift has been opened and the last player's steal option is used.