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#9 Ugly, Lame and Useless Stuff Nobody Really Wants (Rotten Gag Gifts)
Yes, ugly sweaters are still a thing.
Actually, any eyesore with no real use value makes a great gag gift for a White Elephant gift exchange. You’ll probably find lame stuff like that tucked away in your attic somewhere. Most likely, they’ll be gifts from previous rounds of White Elephant, or from distant relatives devoid of good taste.
Besides the totally useless and ugly stuff, items with a lame ‘Dad Jokes’ vibe could also fit in here. They’re not bad per se, but often cringeworthy. And stuff with these jokes is usually not something that anyone would buy for themselves.
If you work in an office environment, and have a gift exchange at your office Christmas party, then a t-shirt with the words “The World’s Greatest Brown Noser” would be the gift that nobody wants.
Or, you can go for a “Warning – Don’t Tell Me How To Do My Job” Coffee Mug and hope the trainee gets stuck with it.
And if your boss is the humourless type that expects everyone to do as they’re told, zero questions asked, buy the “You’re Not The Boss Of Me” t-shirt, at your peril.
* Price guide $5 -$45
For a friends gift exchange, you can stretch this category pretty far. If they’re practical jokers and love fun gag gifts, knowing how to come up with gift ideas won’t be too hard.
Like, wrapping up a pair of dirty gym socks, a water bottle with lots of holes in it, or a Snickers bar that’s gone way past it’s ‘use by’ date. Or, you can pick one of the fun options we’ve selected below.
* Price guide $5-$25.
Fun and rotten gag gifts for Christmas can be a hit among friends and colleagues, but you’ll want to be a bit more careful with family.
Ugly sweaters may be the gift of choice by certain older, half-blind and demented people in your tribe. But that’s because they mistake those reindeer sweaters and yule log mugs for ‘pretty and nice’ things.
And when it comes to the other ugly, daft and useless things, they might not get the joke. And then you’re gonna have a really…interesting… Christmas.
Which brings us to our next White Elephant gift idea:
#8 Holiday Themed Gifts
Equally popular and despised, are holiday themed gifts.
It could be a framed picture of a turkey dinner, a drunken Rudolf the Reindeer figurine, some less than angelic Christmas tree ornaments – anything that is somehow related to Xmas festivities and the jolly season. In this section we put the pretty and elegant Christmas ornaments as well that people may actually like.
So let’s start with those pretty things.
If you’re playing White Elephant with your family, then vintage looking Christmas ornaments and decorative pillows could be a safe bet. They’re beautiful, nostalgic, and give people a warm Holiday feeling. And candles bring a lovely atmosphere into the home during the dark winter months.
*Price guide $5-$50.
Next up are Christmas jokes and tacky decorations. The fun christmas gifts and fun christmas ornaments will either be loved or hated, depending on who ends up with them.
* Price guide $7-$25.
Next up in part 3:
#7 Cute & Pretty
#6 Unique, Original & Special