White Elephant Fun

White Elephant, Yankee Swap, Cut-throat Pollyanna or Dirty Santa...no matter what you call it in your neck of the woods, the White Elephant gift exchange is a good time. I look forward to it every year. This year, we were invited to the second annual Wing Chaplains' Christmas Party White Elephant Extravaganza! I had been pondering and planning my gifts since last year. Unfortunately, they were out of Navy Snuggies at the BX (they only had Army left)...



But lucky for me, they had put out some left over "Commander in Chia's" from last Christmas. Since the seed packets had expired, they were even half price. Cha-CHING!



But wait...what you are looking at here, is like winning the white elephant lottery. This is the bottom layer of the box's contents (a Han Solo blaster and a Princess Leia bun-headband)...



Topping it off is a home made, iron-on t-shirt of "Han" and "Leia" to round out the Star Wars Romance Kit. It's gonna be somebody's lucky night. Who wouldn't want a t-shirt with us on it?



This item here actually was stolen until it was dead, pretty quickly. It's an egg separator. The white runs out of the nose. This is one of those gifts that has potential for repeat appearances.







Joy ended up with the Chia Obama. But it also got stolen til it died. Seems people think it's going to be worth some money some day. Why didn't I think of that?



Here's my first pick. What could it be?



This would be a perfect stocking stuffer for Troy! But alas, I didn't get to hold onto it for long.



Commander in Chia, making the rounds.



Yea...someone finally picked the holy grail. Wonder what he'll say...



What? He's not as thrilled as I was sure the recipient would be!



That's OK...the Torreses are all over it. Mark said, "It will be kind of awkward to wear a shirt with you guys on it...but not awkward enough not to wear it."



But wait! Here come the Weavers, sneaking in for the kill!



Ummm...that's one way to wear it...or you could share with Joy!



Ultimately, we ended up leaving with a BX gift card and a brand new Yankee Candle. Not bad. Not bad, at all, considering it could have been a nose-hair trimmer or a "back massager."

I'm already starting to plan for next year.