White Elephant Gift Ideas

[Lagduf]

Elephant Hunting is illegal.

 

[wataru330]

White Elephant are traditionally gag gifts.
Secret Santas are more legit gifts.

Ymmv.

I’d wanna get clarification before showing up…make sure your bag is right, right?

 

[Lagduf]

It’s a white elephant.

As the thread title states.

 

[LoneSage]

But truthfully while I understand the concept of the “white elephant” gift I don’t understand the origin of the name.

The term derives from the sacred white elephants kept by Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

To possess a white elephant was regarded (and is still regarded in Thailand and Burma) as a sign that the monarch reigned with justice and power, and that the kingdom was blessed with peace and prosperity. The opulence expected of anyone who owned a beast of such stature was great.

Because the animals were considered sacred and laws protected them from labor, receiving a gift of a white elephant from a monarch was simultaneously a blessing and a curse.

It was a blessing because the animal was sacred and a sign of the monarch's favour, and a curse because the recipient now had an expensive-to-maintain animal he could not give away and could not put to much practical use.

 

[HellioN]

A crowbar.
Refuse an explanation.
Just a crowbar.

 

[SouthtownKid]

Going to a Xmas party with a stupid white elephant gift thing. Any suggestions for gifts? Budget is like $25. Participants are some friends, acquaintances, and former coworkers.

I might hit up the thrift store for some crazy shit.

You know what? Don't go. This is some frivolous shit. Bitches be trifling.