Best White Elephant Gifts
White Elephant rules: the gift must be wrapped, must be a joke, and must provoke a reaction. The Archive has five options.
What makes a good White Elephant gift
A White Elephant gift should prompt immediate recognition. It should require no explanation — or be so inexplicable that the explanation becomes the entertainment. A book called EW, UGH, or MEH fits both criteria simultaneously.
The Archive's White Elephant catalog
EW, UGH, LOL, YIKES, and MEH are five distinct gifts for five distinct personalities. The person who says ew a lot gets EW. The office cynic gets MEH. The anxious one gets YIKES. The ironic internet person gets LOL. Everyone gets UGH because everyone has said ugh.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good White Elephant gift?
Good White Elephant gifts are funny, immediately understood, and provoke a reaction. The Archive's one-word books satisfy all three criteria.
What price range works for White Elephant?
Most White Elephant exchanges set a budget of $10-$25. The Archive's books fall within this range.
Which Archive book is the best White Elephant gift?
MEH is the perfect White Elephant gift: it is a gift that expresses indifference about being a gift, which is conceptually ideal for an occasion where the gift is partly the joke.
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