White Elephant, Yankee Swap, Dirty Santa\u2014whatever you call it, chances are you\u2019ll be attending one this holiday season. The term comes from the legend of the King of Siam, who liked to give albino elephants to courtiers who displeased him, as the gift\u2019s maintenance cost far outweighed the usefulness.<\/p>\n
Today, a white elephant refers to gifts\u2014or a party swap of gifts\u2014that are not particularly useful but may be unique or humorous. We\u2019re expanding the definition, allowing for awesome, useful and humorous gifts. There are plenty of approaches for playing the game and even more approaches for buying a gift. Go with funny, weird, or nice and you won\u2019t go wrong.<\/p>\n
To make your life a little easier, we\u2019ve gathered the list of outdoor gifts we\u2019re bringing to our many White Elephants this winter:<\/p>\n
1.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Nite Ize Flashlight Disc-O<\/strong>\u00a0makes you want to \u201cboogie oogie oogie till you just can’t boogie no more,\u201d for all of our disco fans. If you\u2019re looking to provide your tribe with some ridiculous outdoor midnight fun, look no further.<\/p>\n 2.<\/strong>\u00a0Get the mood right with the\u00a0ENO Twilights LED Light String<\/strong>. Purple\/fuchsia, blue\/green or classic black\/white\u2014you\u2019ll find the right color combination for any party. They\u2019re perfect for setting up stars on low-visibility nights or decorating your own holiday tree in the backcountry (just remember to pack it out!).<\/p>\n 3.<\/strong>\u00a0Inflate this bad boy, wrap it up and really confuse your party. We\u2019d even suggest poking holes in your package and turning on the sequence of five colored lights. The lightness to size will make the\u00a0MPOWERD Luci Reindeer Inflatable Solar Lantern<\/strong>\u00a0the talk of the gift-giving exchange.<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0Outside Inside Free Style Croquet-Golf<\/strong>\u00a0boasts that you can play anywhere, on any terrain. It\u2019s a challenge that anyone would be crazy not to accept. And, with 26-inch-tall mallets, you\u2019ll have plenty of opportunity to practice your\u00a0weirdly-shaped-package packing skills.<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong>\u00a0Picture a pink cartoon T. rex. Cute. Now picture a pink cartoon T. rex with a T. rex-head reacher-grabber in its tiny hands. Impossibly cute? We think not. The\u00a0Krieg Special K Chalk Bag – Unstoppable Pink<\/strong>\u00a0is a thing of beauty that\u2019s bound to be stolen and re-stolen all game long.<\/p>\n 6.<\/strong>\u00a0Okay. You have plenty of light-up options and silly things, but are you trying to be the practical one at the party? Do you want to give a gift that people will actually use? How about the classic (and under $25!)\u00a0Sawyer Mini Water Filter<\/strong>. It\u2019s the thing that everyone wants.<\/p>\n Check out our\u00a0entire gift selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019ve gathered a list of outdoor gift ideas to take to a White Elephant party. Get out those ugly sweaters and be prepared to party this holiday season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campsites","category-reviews","tag-campsites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hero-posts.omnicom-dev.com\/main-demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}