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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Best White Elephant Gift?
What are some of the best gifts you've seen/received at a white elephant gift exchange?
Re: Best White Elephant Gift?
Cash, movie tickets, lottery tickets, small gift cards.
White elephants are normally known for being hideous . . . I like to bring something "good" so people will get surprised.
I honestly don't like when this happens at white elephant gift exchanges. It kind of skews the mood- one person gets something they can use, other people get jealous. Everyone should get something funny or useless.
I like to bring cheesy teen stuff- like a water bottle with a picture of Robert Pattinson on it (twilight), or something I saw at Best Buy today- a toothbrush that sings Justin Bieber songs.
I'm not sure what the best thing I've seen at a white elephant exchange was, maybe some really strange antiques.
Running and recipe blog
A mug or glass filled with chocolates.
A teatowel.
I can't stand useless crap that I will simply throw away. I like useful, even if it's ugly, a teatowel will always come in handy eventually.
I like the "bad" gifts too. White Elephant exchanges are funny for the experience of opening the gifts. Not the hope you'll get something good. GCs and bottles of alcohol wreck the flow.
The funniest I saw was a huge bottle of conditioner and a package of pink hair rollers from the dollar store. The man that opened it was totally bald. And he was so baffled by the curlers - we had to explain what they were for.
Now THAT is funny as hell. I think i would have peed my pants!
Candy, gift cards, cocoa mixes with mugs, ornaments, books.
The worst gift ever was at a white elephant party during college. One boy wrapped up his leftover dinner from what he'd eaten right before he came. It was stew that was still warm in a ziplock bag when the poor unsuspecting kid opened it.
It really was the best gift exchange. Totally won me over on the beauty of a well-done white elephant. We laughed SO hard that night. There were a lot of great bad gifts given. I took home a pair of the ugliest fly-fishing themed bookends (that I gave to goodwill). It was great.
http:// www.amazon.com/White-Trash-Cooking-II-Gatherins/dp/0898158923/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1322428817&sr=8-2-fkmr0
For real. It's a fun read and the recipes aren't that bad.