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White Elephant gift exchange rules

A White Elephant gift exchange can be played with lots of different rules. These are the basic White Elephant rules:

  1. Each participant brings one wrapped gift.
  2. The order is determined for opening the gifts.
  3. The first participant selects and opens a wrapped gift.
  4. The next participant unwraps a new gift or ‘steals’ someone else’s unwrapped gift.
  5. If your gift is stolen, you can unwrap a new gift or steal a gift from someone else.
  6. After everyone has had a turn, the first participant can swap their gift.
  7. The game goes on until someone declines to steal a gift.
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