The 56 Best White Elephant Gift Ideas of 2024 Are Worth the Steal
Prepare for some fierce competition.

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A White Elephant gift exchange can go so many ways. First, you have to find the perfect present to delight your friends, horrify your family, and prank your colleagues. Then, there's the actual gift-stealing chaos and the excitement of what you'll ultimately go home with. If that makes you skeptical, trust that it's FUN.
For those who haven't had the pleasure, White Elephant is a holiday game in which everyone brings a gift—usually with a designated price limit. The gifts are usually a little bit off-color, though not always. But it's not another game of Secret Santa. Instead, White Elephant kicks off with someone picking a present at random, which means anything you gift has to have pretty wide appeal.
From there, everyone has the option to either steal a gift that's already been opened or pick a new one. Whether or not you're able to steal gifts back is a very important distinction to make before the situation turns competitive and you end up with a bunch of Grinches on your hands.
Ready to steal your way to a happy holiday season? We curated a list of the 56 best White Elephant gifts that are all under $50, fun, unique, and—best of all!—in stock (and mostly on Amazon just in case you get down to the wire). No game-killing iPods a la Michael Scott in The Office included.
Jasmine Gomez is the lifestyle and commerce editor at Women’s Health, where she tests and writes about the best products across home, sleep, travel, and more. She holds an MA in digital journalism and has contributed to other outlets including Seventeen, Teen Vogue, MamásLatinas, Bustle, and more. When not shopping online, she enjoys cooking, dance cardio workouts, karaoke, and traveling to places with palm trees.
Lindsay Geller is the lifestyle director at Women’s Health, where she oversees the Sex & Love, Relationships, and Life sections and manages Women’s Health+ content. She has 10 years of experience covering sex, relationships, health, fitness, and general lifestyle topics for print and digital publications. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and loves going on runs around her local park with her rescue dog.
Madison McGee is a commerce editor at Hearst Magazines. For the past year, she has contributed shopping content, gift guides, product testing, and deals coverage across Hearst’s portfolio, which includes Good Housekeeping, Women’s Health, Men's Health, House Beautiful, Elle, Town and Country, Esquire, Country Living, Oprah Daily, and more. Prior to joining Hearst, she was a staff writer at BuzzFeed and worked in book publishing. Madison is a graduate of the University of Mississippi’s journalism program, and holds a Masters in Publishing from New York University. When she’s not scouting out the best deals, she can be found reading, cheering on the Baltimore Ravens, or exploring New York City’s indie bookstores.


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