The White Elephant present game is like Secret Santa but you don't buy for anyone in particular. There is normally a theme for the gifts - at our church Christmas party it was 'useful and/or unusual'. Everyone places their gifts in the centre and takes a number. Participants can either select a gift from the centre when their number is called or 'steal' from someone else (it can get messy!). If a gift is stolen twice, it becomes locked, so if you're a couple you can use tactics, which is how the hubby and I landed a Phil Wickham Christmas album - boosh! Our other gift was a VHS entitled 'Tough Questions about Sex' circa 1970 (from the look of the creepy host on the cover). Trust the newly-weds to land that one! I went a rather festive colour.
Other gifts included tortilla warmers, Poopourri (a spray for the toilet bowl that acts as a scented film - anything with an offensive odour that plops through will be immediately disguised. They also come in handy handbag size. I'm not sure if this is genius or weird), s'more forks ( I had my first one at a cook-out a few weeks back and they definitely leave you wanting s'more), pen knives, coco cola glasses and a cello-tape dispenser in the form of a blue man on a toilet (of course! A teacher claimed that one rather quickly).
To conclude our American style Christmas party, we played a festive game of Jeopardy which our community group won, even though I didn't know that eggnog originated from England - I said Germany rather confidently and then hid my face in shame.
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