Pass The White Elephant, Please

So have you ever heard of the Christmas Game called the White Elephant?

I haven’t.

You’re supposed to look around your house for white elephants — things you don’t really want but they are still new or usable — and wrap them up as gifts for exchange at a party.

Thing is, everyone has to draw a number. If you’re 1, you get to pick first, but if anyone else after you likes your gift, they can steal it, and you have to pick another gift to unwrap.

Easy?

Easy.

Parker was 1. And he picked our carefully-disguised gift of a pair of learner chopsticks, Spam coin box, Singapore fridge magnet, and XBox wrist game (from a cereal box).

Jay was 2. Here he is picking his surprise gift.

Leslie chose the second present we brought over, a box of Christmas cheese spreaders (Can you say re-gifting?), Singapore magnet (Do you sense a pattern?), and a pack of Washington Wines playing cards.

Speaking of re-gifting…

I got something from someone. I thought someone else would like it better than me. I gave it to someone else. That someone else calls me back to say she loves it so much that she would like to get it for someone else, and “Where did I buy that wonderful something?” I panicked and said, “Oh I forgot, let me check with Jay.” I emailed that first someone and told her that I loved the gift so much I wanted to buy it for another someone else and could she please tell me where she got it?

Got it?

Got it.