- sweatergal007
- 1 year ago
- secondtimer18
- 1 year ago
- Wedding: September 2018
I like getting food or drink. Much better than tat which clutters up the house. Definitely not another mug, we have about 1000! I’ll always have a use for a bottle of wine (if I don’t drink it myself, I’ll take it to the next dinner party I go to).
I always like books too. But obviously it can be hard if you don’t know the person’s taste.
- LadyBear
- 1 year ago
- Wedding: September 2012
My husband and I gave a “holiday survival kit” a few years ago that was a hit and got stolen multiple times. We filled a tin with a candy bar, a set of earplugs, a travel pack of Advil, a couple airplane bottles of liquor, and a lottery scratch-off ticket.
- misslucy
- 1 year ago
Popular items I’ve seen recently at white elephant gift exchanges:
- a nice reusable straw (had a cute little carrying case, too)
- a fun box with assorted single-serving packages of junk food (hostess cupcakes, beef jerky, etc)
- gift voucher for the movie theatre (I think it was enough to buy 2 tickets or 1 ticket + popcorn)
- gift voucher for a local car wash
- whisky stones
- stream26
- 1 year ago
- Wedding: September 2017
Cute daily planners such as https://onplanners.com/planners/cool-design
Also I’ve seen some pretty unique gifts though. Last year, my cousin took a thrifted “Guess Who?” game and replaced all the characters with photos of each of us.
- lgrand519
- 1 year ago
- Wedding: September 2019
Blankets, mugs, water bottles, wine glasses, candy/popcorn, spa day items, socks, fin novelty items etc
- elderberry
- 1 year ago
But none of these nice things are ‘ white elephants’ . A white elephant gift is one that gives the receiver a problem they must manage and which they are obligated to keep or risk offending the giver. Do you mean a Kriss Kringle or secret Santa or am l missing something.?
Right, l just looked it up and see that the term has been changed ……must be a US thing perhaps?
- MrsBeck
- 1 year ago
- Wedding: June 2013
To me a secret santa is when you have a specific person you are buying for and I have not heard of a Kriss Kringle. My guess from a bit of research is that white elephant exchanges here started out more similar but have kind of morphed depending on what each group agrees on.
Thanks everyone! I bought some local chocolate and wine for the first one and am combing through ideas for the second one.
- elderberry
- 1 year ago
Oh thank you, that clears it up. Kriss Kringle is, l think, the same as Secret Santa. Sometimes you just buy a gift and people pick them out like a lucky dip. I think the first idea is far better, ie a gift for a specific person. ( this may have to do with doing the latter style , having just bought something really nice, carefully thought through to please anyone in the group and getting a packet of a rather arcane herbal tea lol)