White Elephant Gift Exchange Poem

Our church's youth leaders came over for a Christmas gathering the other night.
Food...friends...laughs!

We all sat down to enjoy a White Elephant Gift Exchange. 

Instead of following the normal 'open a gift or steal a gift' rules, 

we played this 'White Elephant Gift Exchange Poem' version. 

There's not much choosing in this game.
You get what you get according to the rhyme!  Check it out.

First, have all the guests bring a white elephant gift.

Click here to print out the White Elephant Gift Exchange Poem.

Assign a leader/boss that will read the poem

 AND
enforce the rules!

Have everyone draw a number,

or just start with someone and go around the room...it won't really matter.

The leader/boss reads the instructions to the first person.

1. Lucky you, you're # 1

You get to start all the fun.

So grab a gift and grab it quick.

Cause you're the one who gets first pick.


After player #1 opens their gift, the leader reads the instructions for player #2.

2. Number 2 you're on the way.

It's time for you to have your say.

Get your gift and when you're done,

Swap it off with number 1.

The leader keeps reading the instructions before each person opens their gift.
After their gift is open, they must follow the instructions from the leader.

3. Number 3 its plain to see.

It's your turn to pick which gift `twill be.

And when your choosing job is through,

Swap with 1 and then with 2.

There was a lot of fun swapping going on. 

Sometimes the poem had swapping with numbers,

other times you had to swap with a person wearing red or black or

someone with the darkest hair.

You just never knew...

4. Number 4 must use your head.

So grab a gift that has some red.

If it doesn't suit you to a `T',

You may swap with 2 or 3.

This White Elephant Gift Exchange Poem goes up to 50 people! 

We only had 18 people at our party, so we stopped at #18.

However, we were really lacking a closing poem for our last person...

So, I made one up to use next time.

We'll wrap this up nice and neat

Since everyone has had their treat.

You're the last, but don't be blue

You can swap your gift with one sitting next to you.

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