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===Set Up===
Each person is asked to bring a gift for one other person in the group.
There is usually a price/value limit set, such as "$10 or under"
Schedule a gathering time.
Directions:
We will give two examples here:
'''White Elephant Gift Exchange'''
Each person wraps their gift, perhaps disguising the size and shape so others can't guess what is inside.
All wrapped gifts are displayed. The leader creates some system for the order of receivers, eg. picking numbers from a hat. Number One selects one of the gifts and opens it in front of all.
Number Two can either select another gift from the collection, or can "steal" the gift opened by Number One. If your gift is stolen, you then select another gift (from the collection or by stealing another's gift - but you can't steal back what you lost). It goes on in order. Each gift can be stolen only 3 times - after that it is owned by the last person to acquire it.
Some groups find that people save the most outrageous gifts to bring to the exchange the next year.
'''Named Gift Exchange'''
In a random drawing, each person draws the name of their gifteeanother person. The organizer can could also have each person list some options for examples of items /colors/flavors they would like. Each giver brings a only one gift specifically , selected for that the personwhose name they drew.
===Alternatives===
"Silent Santa" is a system in which each person gets (randomly) the name of one other person and during a period of time (e.g. one week) the giver slips, secretly, slips small gifts to their giftee - e.g. put on their desk a coupon for coffee on their desk; slip tuck a piece of candy into a their coat pocket.
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