Participants can steal gifts from other players, and more customized versions of the game can include cards and dice to really mix things up. Here's what to know about the rules of White Elephant ...

Put a limit on swaps: Every White Elephant game has one desirable gift that makes ... Extra swapping: Change up the swapping rules. Try forcing players who have been stolen from to pick a new ...

Put a limit on swaps: Every White Elephant game has one desirable gift that makes its way to almost every player. Raise the stakes a little by making a rule that a gift can be swapped only a finite ...

here are the "official" rules of the game, according to whiteelephantrules.com: While there are no definitive answers to why it's called a white elephant gift exchange, there are some theories.

White Elephant White Elephant is a popular game played during Christmas and is a mix of simple and complex rules. Each player has to bring a gift and contribute it to a common pool. The gifts will ...

"Perhaps you can go into future white-elephant gift exchanges with lower expectations," an expert suggested after reading the dilemma.