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63 Best White Elephant Gifts That'll Cost You Less Than $25
Forgot about your office party? We've got you covered.
White Elephant, what a rush! The holidays are always heated, but this turns all that angst into something actually fun. Coworkers (even the boss), brothers, sisters, fathers-in-law, grandpas—anyone is a welcome addition to a game full of treachery and back-stabbing. That's a beautiful thing.
So, what exactly are these wild gift swaps? We'll break it down. The White Elephant game requires each participant to bring a single, wrapped gift. The presents can range from funny to earnest to shitty on purpose. The wrapped gifts are put in a pile anonymously so you don't know who brought what. Participants draw numbers, and then participant number one selects a gift from the pile and unwraps it. Each participant afterward then decides if they're going to steal an already-unwrapped gift from someone else or gamble on opening a still-wrapped gift from the pile. The game continues with mad swapping and stealing of gifts until everyone has something to go home with.
Those are the general rules. It's like Secret Santa but evil. The best part of all is that cheap is the way to go. A budget of $25 is plenty, but there's a lot of shit out there. So, we sorted through it all and found these 63 best White Elephant gifts for your 2024 festivities.
Starting off with something over the $25 limit. (Inflation, don't blame me.) But I mean come on, look at these little YETI espresso cups.
Do I have to explain this one?
Add a note to this one: Whoever gets it at the end of the gift exchange has to learn the riff from Billy Joel's Piano Man before the end of the party.
I mean, this is just peak office humor.
A New York City street vendor classic. I got this for a white elephant last year, and it was a big hit.
This new MJ Lenderman got me like.
I'd steal this from someone even if it wasn't a White Elephant party.
This gift might just be what your friend needs to brighten up their work day or their WFH desk. How it works is that where there are changes in barometric pressure, this special liquid will crystallize into different patterns.
A rocks glass with a topographic of Mount Everest on it, what's not to love.
Urban Accents Popcorn Set
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Be prepared to watch adults fight over a duck-shaped alarm clock.
Fancy car air freshener is always a safe bet.
Other standout options include bear, bear with handle, happy dog, and panda.
ShineSand ShineSand Custom Face Socks with Picture, Personalized Socks with Photo Customized Unisex Funny Crew Sock Gifts for Men Women
Read the room here, but these are our suggestions of who to put on these custom socks: The beloved family pet, your boss, the office coffee machine, or yourself.
Ah, a keychain that is perfectly sized for one joint. And it's air tight, so if this is a work gift exchange, this allows them to bring weed to the office.
I already put one fancy air freshener on here, but this one has such a specific memory for me. Incredibly, it does smell just like concrete after lightning. It's like in high school when you hung out in parking lots all summer long. If you're also from a place where people know this smell, it will be a white elephant smash.
Some of the white elephant gifts have to be good to make the game fun. Two CB2 martini glasses do exactly that.
Almost immediately after using Thanos's Infinity Gauntlet to open a bottle, half of the beer inside it will be gone. Funny how that works.
Every White Elephant exchange needs at least one gag gift. A mini violin for the loser is a great visual.
Owala FreeSip
If you get it on sale, it makes it within the $25 budget. And since it's the best water bottle of all time, you might just steal it back yourself.
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