White elephant gifts - $20 limit

[PerkyForHerky]

Coming up to that time. Any good ideas on white elephant gifts? It's usually one of my more enjoyable times with the in-laws. Generally around a $20 limit and the items are handed around, so you don't know who it is that will get your gift. I generally plan the gift that I and my wife put in to the pot, since I enjoy it so much. The thing is, it is agreed that whichever item you receive has to be displayed in your home/work for the next year, in a prominent spot. Can't be hidden in a corner or behind anything.

Her family is rural/farming based, definitely lean R but definitely not Trump fans. Thinking about purchasing a signed Trump photo and putting it in a frame.

Thought about doing the same with a Kaepernick picture.

There's also easier things, such as this

Got any fun recommendations that are around $20?

 

[West Duval Nole]

Is the point to be funny/gag gifts or are these supposed to good gifts that people actually want or some of both so there is a fight over a particular gift?

 

[JohnBasedow]

How about some edibles?

 

[coloradonoles]

Go to Home Depot/Lowes/CVS or wherever and get about 20-30 gift cards and only put $20 on one of them. You can do a variety or all the same vendor (might have to visit more than 1 store for the latter).

 

[Run&Blade]

Applebee’s gift card, if the read this board.


Expensive bottle of wine and drink all but $20 worth.

 

[Funky Bunch]

Go to Home Depot/Lowes/CVS or wherever and get about 20-30 gift cards and only put $20 on one of them. You can do a variety or all the same vendor (might have to visit more than 1 store for the latter).

Sounds like a blast

 

[soybean]

Coming up to that time. Any good ideas on white elephant gifts? It's usually one of my more enjoyable times with the in-laws. Generally around a $20 limit and the items are handed around, so you don't know who it is that will get your gift. I generally plan the gift that I and my wife put in to the pot, since I enjoy it so much. The thing is, it is agreed that whichever item you receive has to be displayed in your home/work for the next year, in a prominent spot. Can't be hidden in a corner or behind anything.

Her family is rural/farming based, definitely lean R but definitely not Trump fans. Thinking about purchasing a signed Trump photo and putting it in a frame.

Thought about doing the same with a Kaepernick picture.

There's also easier things, such as this

Got any fun recommendations that are around $20?

I like all of your ideas.

 

[Tenacious E]

Coming up to that time. Any good ideas on white elephant gifts? It's usually one of my more enjoyable times with the in-laws. Generally around a $20 limit and the items are handed around, so you don't know who it is that will get your gift. I generally plan the gift that I and my wife put in to the pot, since I enjoy it so much. The thing is, it is agreed that whichever item you receive has to be displayed in your home/work for the next year, in a prominent spot. Can't be hidden in a corner or behind anything.

Her family is rural/farming based, definitely lean R but definitely not Trump fans. Thinking about purchasing a signed Trump photo and putting it in a frame.

Thought about doing the same with a Kaepernick picture.

There's also easier things, such as this

Got any fun recommendations that are around $20?

Get a tandem set of these for the coffee table

 

[PerkyForHerky]

Go to Home Depot/Lowes/CVS or wherever and get about 20-30 gift cards and only put $20 on one of them. You can do a variety or all the same vendor (might have to visit more than 1 store for the latter).

That's similar to what I did last year, but maybe a bit nicer. It took 2 years to have enough gift cards but I had amassed a dozen gift cards with balances between I think it was 29 cents and $3.71 to Foot Locker, CVS, etc.

 

[FAUlty Gator]

400 nickels

 

[Tenacious E]

Applebee’s gift card, if the read this board.


Expensive bottle of wine and drink all but $20 worth.

I do like the idea of buying a $100 bottle of wine and leaving 1/5 of it recorked.

 

[WorldSeriesChamps2015]

Applebee’s gift card, if the read this board.


Expensive bottle of wine and drink all but $20 worth.

@IowaHawkeyeFBnBB4Life would be all over the crapplebees gifty

 

[LesClaypool]

You can always be the guy everyone loves at these sorts of parties by bringing (20) $1 scratch-offs.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

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[BABiscuit]

Amazon product ASIN B072MQGRDF

 

[jasonrann]

I gave these at a Christmas party a few years ago. It went over well.

 

[Run&Blade]

Our family does a $25 grab bag with a game to decide who picks first and you can steal gifts.

I often have a box of random items and more than once tossed in a six pack of beer and only included 4 or 5 to stay within spending limit. I included the empty bottles.

 

[mnole03]

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[WorldSeriesChamps2015]

Our family does a $25 grab bag with a game to decide who picks first and you can steal gifts.

I often have a box of random items and more than once tossed in a six pack of beer and only included 4 or 5 to stay within spending limit. I included the empty bottles.

I played some grab ass with OP's Mom last night.

 

[Dorrman]

 

[Hammer93]

Breast pump....all could think of.

 

[here_for_the_hawkeyes]

My uncle used to work at the Quaker Oats plant in CR and would always bring a giant box of cereal to the family white elephant Christmas. Every single year without fail my little cousin would get tricked by the big box and go for it, only to be left crying with like 15 boxes of cereal/oatmeal.

 

[SeaPA]

I put one of these in the gift exchange game with a regional group of accountants/financial advisers that I meet with periodically; it was by far the most popular gift to "steal."

I bought it at Spencers for around twenty bucks & filled it with some Fireball.

 

[SeaPA]

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Dang, posted while I was hunting down a pic of it. Great gift, I'll be getting another one for somebody this year.

 

[hawkmart]

For one we do with cousin's in wife's family, last year I put together a little basket with a 40 of Old E, bottle of Boone's and bottle of Mad Dog.

 

[BABiscuit]

This may not work for a display, but it's always my go to recommendation.

3 gallon containers of nacho cheese from Sam's Club. Costs about 7 per gallon. That's like 20 pounds of nacho cheese for $21.

 

[SoDakHawk]

I got this white elephant gift one year. It has since been passed around and is still on display at somebody's home.

Framed picture of:

 

[hawkbirch]

I framed our office staff picture one year for our office Christmas party exchange. It was really unpopular and awesome!!

 

[NDallasRuss]

A couple I've given in the past include a blow dart gun, nunchucks, and Nerf guns. They were fought over by coworkers.

 

[gusto79]

Gift card for two months of pornhub premium. $19.99.

https://www.pornhubpremium.com/gift