What are some good white elephant gift ideas? Trying to get a bit more creative this year, but am drawing a blank. Gag gifts aren't out of the picture, but I don't want to be that person..

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I achieved legendary status at my firm several years back in the holiday white elephant. I was an associate and had a manager who had a great sense of humor. He would regularly pull pranks on us. One time, he sent out a practice-wide invite for a real demo we were doing and he included an actual glamour shot of him (full-Napoleon dynamite, with fist under chin and soft blur) and the absolute worst picture of me ever taken (fully washed out, awkwardly cropped so that my face looked like a blimp, etc). Sent it out to the entire office.

Well, for the white elephant I knew I had to do something worthwhile. To add to it, i had already put in for a transfer to commercial and was moving to a different state, so I figured I had to go big. I got on vista print and ordered a coffee mug, stress ball, and pack of stickers with his glamour shot on it. Put it in a nice box an left it in the pile of presents for our 60+ account team white elephant. My partner actually picked the gift, opened it in front of everyone, and lost it. Started handing out stickers. My manager was mortified.

I have been told that the coffee mug remained on her desk for 1 year and was re-submitted to the following year’s white elephant. My manager (now director) actually had to barter to win it back and (presumably) destroy it.

Go big or go home

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Giant box, filled with crumpled newspaper and a $20 bill in the bottom.

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An electric wine bottle opener. It was the most popular gift at ours last year

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$20 budget. I like that idea a1

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Anything alcohol related is usually desired.

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Twenty-four buck chuck truck will fuck you up like a goddamn car accident

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Trader joes has nice honey samples for $10. Tjmaxx has a bunch of shit, which can be a pretty good fit for white elephant gifts

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Funny coffee mugs.

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Scratchers are always the best

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It’s great if you have arthritis or some or lame excuse for using a manual corkscrew. I’ve used it twice in a year. Bought from Amazon

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Last year someone got a succulent in a white elephant holder

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If for office white elephant than Excel or ppt for dummies book

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What’s the budget?

Go to steepandcheap.com and look at the grouping they have for 20 or less (often labeled stocking stuffers). Good if target audience includes some outdoorsy persons.

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Try Zingermans - bread and cheese and artisan foods. Hard to mess up

This year, I’m getting a case of two buck chuck for ours.

Etsy!!!! Goldmine for gifts

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