Try one of these festive gift exchange ideas to make this year the best holiday season ever.
The holiday season is rife with opportunities for creative gift exchange ideas.
We have games, ideas, andtips to make your gift givingeven more fun this year.
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Put your game face on and organize one of these activities for your next gifting party.
for an unsuspecting family member.
It becomes that person’s responsibility to pass it along, like a hot potato, the next year.
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Have a Cobweb Party
This wacky gift game was all the rage during the Victorian era.
You essentially make it as hard as possible for your loved ones to find their gifts.
Here’s how it works.
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Any player whose gift is stolen gets to pick again.
The game continues until everyone has a gift.
Play Holiday Trivia
Can you name all nine of Santa’s reindeer?
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If so, you get first pick of the presents in the pile.
Players can use clickers or simply raise their hands to answer.
If correct, they get a present and leave the competition.
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Here are a few ideas.
With everyone seated around the room, give a bottleor perhaps a large candy canea spin.
For this one, kids sit in a circle and pass wrapped gifts while Christmas music plays.
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When the music stops, the child holding the gift keeps it and leaves the game.
The music continues with a new gift until each child has one.
Host an Old Fashioned Cookie Exchange
The granddaddy of themed gift exchanges is thecookie swap.
Double-down on the baking theme with an add-on gift exchange featuring aprons, cookbooks, or baking supplies.
Try a Pet Present Exchange
Incorporate your furry friends into your holiday celebration.
Swap Cocktails
Give the gift ofholiday “spirits.
For a different take, exchange red, white, or sparkling wines.
Make Gift Giving Simpler
If gift giving is stressing you out, you’re doing it wrong.
Try one of these ideas to make your gifting tasks easier.
Here’s what they do in other parts of the world.
Each day on the calendar has a little window, behind which tiny toys andpieces of chocolate are hidden.
Sweden
Swedes used to practice a tradition calledjulklapp,which translates as “Christmas knocks.”
The mysterious packages were wrapped in many layers, one box inside another.
Sometimes the only thing inside the final box is a clue to the real gift’s location.
Sneak candy or other treats to your neighbors, and call it “elfing.”
Each person takes turns picking until they find their rightful gift.
(That’s January 29 in 2025.)
Whoever finds the coin in their piece of cake will be lucky for the next year.
Put a modern gift-giving spin on the tradition by wrapping slips of paper inside foil.
On each piece of paper write an IOU for a movie or a night out for pizza.
