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.

What is the Christmas game where you steal gifts?

White Elephant Rules

The person with number "one" chooses a present to unwrap. The person with number "two" has a choice: They may choose a new, wrapped present, or they may take the unwrapped present from the first person. If they take the present from the first person, that person chooses another present to unwrap.

How do you play the Christmas steal game?

Each player must open an unopened gift or steal from previously opened gifts. If the game does not allow stealing until all gifts have been opened, then have everyone open gifts in the order of the drawn numbers, then let the person with number 1 do the first stealing.

What is Dirty Santa Christmas game?

Dirty Santa is a family-friendly gift exchange game that has been a staple of holiday traditions for many years. The phrase was coined in the Southern states. It is called "dirty" because the game involves "stealing" more desirable gifts while scheming to avoid the gag gifts that nobody wants.

How do you play Chinese Christmas exchange gifts?

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.

How to play Roll the Dice Christmas Gift Exchange game

How do you play the White Elephant gift game?

The White Elephant Game Rules

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. The person who drew #2 decides whether to steal that gift or unwrap a mystery present from the pile.

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 do you play greedy Santa?

The host should keep a tally of each gift and announce once a gift is "dead" and can no longer be stolen. A gift can also only be stolen once per turn. For example, if person #17's gift was stolen, and they steal from person #5, then person #5 cannot steal the gift that was taken from #17.

What is the point of White Elephant?

Unlike a Secret Santa swap, you don't pick a name out of a hat. You also do not purchase something specifically for any person. Instead, you buy an item before the party with the white elephant theme — useless gifts, usually, but people may vary this for their party — in mind.

How do you play the Chinese gift exchange game?

How do you make Dirty Santa fun?

Most people play Dirty Santa or Yankee Swap with anonymous gifts, but it can also be fun to pick from gifts with the gifter's name on it, particularly if the guests know each other well. Another idea is to have people guess who brought their gift, and perhaps get a small prize from the host if they guess correctly.

Do I put my name on a White Elephant gift?

Part of the fun is watching players try to conceal their “good” gifts or encourage players to take their “bad” gifts. Each gift should be attractively wrapped with no nametag.

Do you put your name on a Secret Santa gift?

The basic concept of the Secret Santa game is simple. All of the participants' names are placed into a hat, box, etc. and mixed up. Each person then chooses one name from the box, but doesn't tell anyone which name was picked.

Why is it called Yankee Swap?

A more heart-warming origin claim is that Americans – once called “Yankees” by immigrants in New York City – would give each other trivial gifts in marketplaces. It was, quite literally, “Yankees Swapping gifts.” Today, Yankee Swap is practiced across the globe – reaching far beyond the Big Apple.

How does the elephant game work?

During one of these games, participants exchange gifts, usually of low monetary value (e.g., under $20) and intentionally selected to be silly, tacky, or useless. The gifts are wrapped anonymously and chosen at random by the players, who can then swap gifts with each other if they wish.

How do you make white elephant more fun?

How do you play Dirty Santa dice?

How do you play the oven game Mitt?

Give one player a pair of oven mitts and the present, and the person on his/her left the cup with 2 dice. On “go” the player with the oven mitts puts them on and tries to unwrap the present one layer at a time. At the same time, the player with the dice rolls them until he/she gets doubles.

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.

How do you play the Pink elephant game?

You start by asking "How many pink elephants are in this room?" The participants guess until you reveal that the correct answer, which is 8. Then you ask again, "Now how many pink elephants are there?" They guess until you reveal the answer is 7.

Does the first person in white elephant steal?

6. After all players have had a turn, the first player gets a chance to swap the gift he or she is holding for any other opened gift. Anyone whose gift is stolen may steal from someone else (as long as that person hasn't been stolen from yet).

Is Santa Claus real?

He is based on St. Nicholas of Myra, who, according to Christian tradition, was a bishop in that small Roman town during the 4th century. Nicholas's reputation for generosity and kindness gave rise to legends of miracles he performed for the poor and unhappy.

Do Secret Santa reveal themselves?

The secret Santa can remain anonymous or can reveal themselves depending on the secret Santa rules. It is best if everyone remains anonymous or everyone reveals themselves rather than some revealing themselves and others not.

What is a good amount for Secret Santa?

Most of the time, Secret Santa has a low price cap of about $10–15 per gift. Just be sure to plan for that in your Christmas budget, and you'll be golden. If you're flat broke, you can always bake cookies or give a coupon for a night of babysitting.