Question for y'all.

When I was growing up, we did the gift stealing game in my family and everyone brought nice things and it would go on for hours because everyone was drinking and we didn't have steal limits. It seemed like a great time.

When I got older and went to parties with this game, every so often someone would bring some sort of really stupid cheap gift while everyone else brought nice stuff. I remember at one of them, almost everyone brought nice liquor or a nice gift around $50.. and the very last gift that was opened was this dude's used dog toy.

The person who got it was pissed because they had brought a very nice gift. I think the dude ended up giving that person $50 in cash the next day

So do y'all view the game as silly gifts, regular nice gifts, or do you see it as both and make sure everyone knows which one it is beforehand?

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Posted by ldts

Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 12/14/20 at 6:38 pm to LouisianaLady

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So do y'all view the game as silly gifts,

Everyone I've ever been to had silly gag gifts. I've never seen anyone bring something "nice" to one I attended.

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Posted by X123F45

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Posted on 12/15/20 at 7:27 am to LouisianaLady

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So do y'all view the game as silly gifts, regular nice gifts, or do you see it as both and make sure everyone knows which one it is beforehand?

I've given a santa sack with 40lb of Reese's in it.

40lbs of Reese's big cups.

Think about the implications of that

People were scrambling over it.

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Posted by LSUJML

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Posted on 12/15/20 at 8:01 am to LouisianaLady

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So do y'all view the game as silly gifts, regular nice gifts, or do you see it as both and make sure everyone knows which one it is beforehand?

Both families I have done it with were nice gifts
One was 50.00 & guys bought guy gifts & girls bought girl gifts
It was a large group so it worked

Other has a 25.00 limit & is difficult because ages range from 20-66

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Posted by Hazelnut

Member since May 2011

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Posted on 12/15/20 at 8:59 am to LouisianaLady

Dirty Santa = gag gifts or adult depending on the crowd

White elephant = decent actual gifts

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Posted by Doug_H

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Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 12/15/20 at 9:09 am to LouisianaLady

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So do y'all view the game as silly gifts, regular nice gifts, or do you see it as both and make sure everyone knows which one it is beforehand?

Know your audience, and communicate the idea of the game beforehand. I've played some before with nicer items on a $35 limit, I've played some with a $10 limit, I've played some with bourbon, and we've even played where you do not buy anything but instead take something, literally anything from your house that you don't want or use anymore that you would otherwise throw away. You'd be surprised at the crazy stuff that gets brought to that one, and how funny it was watching some people actually want the shite others were literally trying to get rid of lol

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Posted by madamsquirrel

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Posted on 12/15/20 at 9:11 am to LouisianaLady

LL- I think it should be known beforehand which type it is.
My family does the nice gift one and then fights to the death over items they could easily buy themselves because we are a little crazy.
A job I worked at for years also did nice things-mostly alcohol and an occasional old lady with bed bath and beyond candles or a restaurant gift card.

I am fascinated by the ones with the gag gifts but have never actually been to one. I think it would be hilarious.

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