A White Elephant gift exchange is a party game where everyone brings one wrapped gift, draws a number for turn order, and on their turn opens a new gift or steals an opened one. This page includes a free random turn-order generator: enter names or just the number of players, then shuffle. Plain-English rules and variations are linked below.
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Buy for $2A party game where everyone brings one wrapped gift, then players take turns opening a new gift or stealing one that's already open.
Mostly. Yankee swap is the New England name. The play is the same; groups mainly differ on steal limits and whether player #1 gets a final swap.
Common house rules: a gift is frozen after 3 steals, and you can't steal back the gift just taken from you. See our steal limits guide.
Use the free generator on this page. Enter names or just the number of players, and it shuffles a fair random order.
$20-$25 is most common. We have gift ideas at $10, $20, $25 and $50.
Plan about 2-3 minutes per player. A dice game with a timer can keep big groups under 30 minutes.