Stealing gift swaps
Dec. 21st, 2018 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyIn the past month I've become aware of a few things, which I'll enumerate now:
1. There are a lot of different names for the sort of gift swap where people pick gifts randomly and can steal from other players - Yankee Swap, White Elephant, Dirty Santa... the list just goes on.
2. Many people think there's some sort of distinction between these activities, that some are just for regifting or just for gag gifts or whatever, or that some are unwrapped presents and others are wrapped presents, or I don't even know. These people are constantly dismayed to find that nobody else knows their private rules. If you're organizing such an activity for your group, you need to make it very clear what sort of gifting is happening or else a lot of people are going to be unhappy that "nobody knew the real rules".
3. Many people think it's appropriate to give sex toys and lingerie at these activities, even at work. You shouldn't have to forbid this, but you do.
4. The funniest possible gift that's still useful is an economy sized package of toilet paper. If your gift exchange is for inexpensive gag gifts, you will utterly make a smash.
5. The most desired gift in a non-gag gift swap is probably a gift card.
So now you know!
1. There are a lot of different names for the sort of gift swap where people pick gifts randomly and can steal from other players - Yankee Swap, White Elephant, Dirty Santa... the list just goes on.
2. Many people think there's some sort of distinction between these activities, that some are just for regifting or just for gag gifts or whatever, or that some are unwrapped presents and others are wrapped presents, or I don't even know. These people are constantly dismayed to find that nobody else knows their private rules. If you're organizing such an activity for your group, you need to make it very clear what sort of gifting is happening or else a lot of people are going to be unhappy that "nobody knew the real rules".
3. Many people think it's appropriate to give sex toys and lingerie at these activities, even at work. You shouldn't have to forbid this, but you do.
4. The funniest possible gift that's still useful is an economy sized package of toilet paper. If your gift exchange is for inexpensive gag gifts, you will utterly make a smash.
5. The most desired gift in a non-gag gift swap is probably a gift card.
So now you know!
