Posted by debbie on December 14, 2000 at 11:14:40:

In Reply to: Re: white elephant - how does it work? posted by Breanne on November 27, 2000 at 16:22:24:

my family does white elephant now at christmas b/c
we have grown so much over the years. my brothers-
in-law like to buy something that they would want
(kind of opposite of a true "white elephant") and
then when someone gets their gift, they try to steal
it back. usually ends up in chaos and arguing, but
it's still a lot of fun!! my family uses a limit
of $35 to keep the focus on the little ones, but an
office party or otherwise is usually only $10-15. we
draw numbers and we only let a gift be stolen 2 times.
the 3rd holder is the owner and you can't steal right back
if you've just been stolen from. you can only steal
on your turn or if your gift has just been stolen, except
of course stealing back like i just mentioned. hope
this helps and if anyone has more specifics, i'd like
to know as well. maybe less chaos this year:) thanks!

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