Peoplesgamez Gift Exchange (2024)

FAQs

What is the gift exchange game steal a gift? ›

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.

Members of a group of friends, family, or coworkers draw names at random to become someone's Secret Santa. The Secret Santa is given a Wishlist of gift ideas to choose from to give to their chosen giftee. After opening their present, the giftee has to guess which member of the group was their Secret Santa.

The first player picks any one gift from the pile to open in front of the other players. They will take their turn to swap after all the other players have gone. The second player chooses whether to open a new gift from the pile or steal from the player before them.

Kris Kringle involves a group of people who draw names randomly to determine whom they will buy a gift for. The identities of the gift-givers are kept secret until the exchange. Once you open your gift, you'll guess which member of the group was your 'Kris Kringle'.

A white elephant gift exchange, Yankee swap or Dirty Santa is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable or highly sought item.

All the gifts are pooled. Guests take turns to choose one to unwrap. Or they can choose to “steal” a gift already opened by someone else. The person losing their gift then gets the same choice: open a wrapped present or steal someone else's.

Secret Santa Rules

With your list of participants secured write all their names on slips of paper and bash them into a Crimbo hat. Either circulate yourself with the hat around the office or get everyone together to draw in secret the name of their Secret Santa recipient.

Bad Santa is a variation of the classic Kris Kringle (or Secret Santa) game, in which each guest receives an anonymous gift bought by another guest. Part of the fun (for others) is the unwrapping of silly and useless gifts, which is done one by one.

Rob Your Neighbor is a game in which all participants bring in a $5.00 gift. After all gifts are in, numbers are written up for the amount of gifts on the table, and placed in a "basket". Then, each player selects a number from the "basket".

What is the difference between Secret Santa and Dirty Santa? ›

With Dirty Santa gift exchange, each person has to buy only one gift, for not particular person unlike in Secret Santa and at the end of the exchange everyone ends up with a random gift they "won" during the exchange. Now, I said "won" but in reality the process involves a fierce swapping ans stealing from eachother.