How do you play Dirty Santa at Christmas?

Whoever drew #1 selects a gift from the mysterious pile of gifts, opens it, and reveals what it is to everyone. Whoever drew #2 can either select a gift from the pile or choose to steal #1's gift (this is where the dirty in "Dirty Santa" comes in). If #1's gift is stolen, they must choose a new gift.

How does the Dirty Santa gifts work?

With Dirty Santa gift exchange, each person has to buy only one gift, for not particular person unlike in Secret Santa and at the end of the exchange everyone ends up with a random gift they "won" during the exchange.

What is a Dirty Santa Christmas gift?

For those not in the throes of holiday activities, Dirty Santa is basically a light-hearted gift swap with a competitive streak. It's similar to a game of White Elephant in that each person brings a funny, kitschy, or just plain weird gift within a given theme or budget—the more unique and LOL-worthy, the better.

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Evil Santa

All members get assigned a number. The person who has number one gets to pick from the pile and opens a present. The next person chooses a present to open and can either choose to keep their gift or switch with the first person. The third person does the same thing.

How do you do Dirty Santa exchange?

The game begins once #1 selects a gift from the pile (after much thought and deliberation, of course), opens it, and shows it to everyone. The person who drew #2 then goes and has the option to steal #1's gift (aka "Dirty Santa") or pick a different gift from the pile.

The Official Christmas Party Game: DIRTY SANTA

How do you play Dirty Santa dice?

What is the difference between Dirty Santa and White Elephant?

It is called Dirty because it encourages you to ruthlessly STEAL gifts from each other. What is this? Dirty Santa tends to be more popular in the South and White Elephant is not tied to a specific region. Because both gift exchange games are played in a similar way, it is easy to see how the lines have blurred.

How do you play steal a gift?

The first person opens a wrapped gift, and the turn ends. On subsequent turns, each person has the choice to either unwrap a new present or to steal another's. When a person's gift is stolen, that person can either choose another wrapped gift to open or can steal from another player.

How does stealing Secret Santa work?

If someone steals your gift, you can steal someone else's gift or choose and open a wrapped one. Continue until everyone has had a turn for a gift. A turn is ended when an unopened gift has been opened. A gift can only be “stolen” once during a turn.

What is elephant exchange gift?

A white elephant gift exchange — sometimes referred to as a Yankee swap — is a fun holiday activity in which everyone brings one wrapped gift and leaves with a different one.

Why is it called white elephant?

The origins of the phrase come from Siam (modern-day Thailand). White or very pale elephants were so highly prized that when one was discovered, it immediately became the possession of the King. Such was the reverence held for the animal in Siam that it appeared on the nation's flag until 1917.

What are the rules for Secret Santa?

How do you play white elephant Christmas Exchange?

The White Elephant Game Rules

Bring a wrapped, anonymous gift to the shindig. Draw numbers to determine who gets to unwrap a present when. Sit in a circle and place the gifts in the center, preferably under a festive tree. The person who drew #1 selects a gift from the pile, opens it, and holds it up for all to see.

How do you play white elephant gift with dice?

Do you put your name on a white elephant gift?

White Elephant Gift Exchange Rules

Make sure that the gifts are wrapped and don't have any names on them – secrecy is key! Numbers are drawn to determine who goes first and who follows next. You can change this and use the spin the bottle technique to choose who goes next.

How do you play unwrap the gift game?

The first person will put on the hat, scarf and gloves then attempt to open the gift. While they are trying to open the gift, the next person will begin rolling the Dice. Once they roll doubles, it is their turn to try to open the gift.

How do you make white elephant fun?

What are other names for Dirty Santa?

How do you play Chinese Christmas?

The person who drew number 1 takes a gift from the pile, opens the gift and sits down with the gift in plain sight, generally on her lap. Then "2" then takes a gift, either from the pile or from 1. Then 2 sits down with the gift displayed. If 1's gift was taken, then 1 gets to take another from the pile.

What is the Christmas game with oven mitts?

A competitive game that brings you to the edge of your seat, Oven Mitt Unwrapping is a gift-dice game that involves unwrapping gifts with oven mitts on. If that's not challenging enough, you only get to unwrap as long as your adjacent player is rolling the dice, which makes it a race against time.

What is a Christmas white elephant?

White elephant is a gift exchange, so each person must bring one wrapped present to the Christmas party. Once everyone is assembled, have each person draw a number. The person with number "one" chooses a present to unwrap.

What is a Bad Santa party?

Dirty Santa is a popular party during Christmas because it gives everyone a chance to share a gift without having to take out a loan to pay for them. It is especially popular with large extended families who get together for the holidays.

How do you play rob your neighbor?

In case you don't know this game, it's a holiday tradition around these parts in which everyone brings a wrapped gift of nominal value (in this case, $10 or less). You then sit around a table and everyone takes a turn either opening one of the gifts on the table, or "robbing" an already opened gift from someone else.

Do you reveal Secret Santa at the end?

When the gift-giving time arrives, each recipient finds his/her gift and must guess who their Secret Santa is. If they can't guess, their Secret Santa eventually confesses.

What are some Secret Santa questions?