# Need some white elephant gift ideas for work **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508 "2019-12-07T13:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/21 "2019-12-09T01:49:32Z")
[Themed band-aids.](https://www.onemoregadget.com/the-most-excellent-list-of-bandages-and-band-aids/) I received #1 from my 30-something nephew one year. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/22 "2019-12-09T02:11:34Z")
Anything from [Archie McPhee](https://mcphee.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/23 "2019-12-09T05:49:11Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Chia heads have been successful hits for me and are great for re-gifting. I’d go with the [Donald Trump Chia pet](https://shopzodys.com/products/chia-donald-trump-freedom-of-choice-pottery-planter?cid=2073893203&aid=76857567752&eid=&tid=pla-293946777986&ul=9031020&mt=&n=g&d=c&dm=&dt&sn&adid=372526826767&k=&p=&pc=&ap=1o1&nnmebr=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA27LvBRB0EiwAPc8XWUanFDXpAkh-GlMI_9pBfvaE4D022uL3JFFP7VxYMRS2FNKkMS-71xoC2qgQAvD_BwE). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/24 "2019-12-09T14:34:27Z")
Lots of interesting stuff at [The Unemployed Philosophers Guild](https://philosophersguild.com/collections/all?sort_by=title-ascending) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/25 "2019-12-09T17:27:27Z")
If you want to give a real gift, get a big ass box of good chocolates. Not that Russell Stover crap, I’m talking Fannie May or See’s. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/26 "2019-12-09T17:55:08Z")
My go-to item for this sort of thing is [Mr. Tea](https://www.amazon.com/Fred-MR-TEA-Silicone-Infuser/dp/B008XCZ25K/). Always a hit. ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/27 "2019-12-09T19:54:12Z")
Marshmallow gun That went over pretty well at last night’s white elephant. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/28 "2019-12-09T20:10:00Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > I’d go with the [Donald Trump Chia pet](https://shopzodys.com/products/chia-donald-trump-freedom-of-choice-pottery-planter?cid=2073893203&aid=76857567752&eid=&tid=pla-293946777986&ul=9031020&mt=&n=g&d=c&dm=&dt&sn&adid=372526826767&k=&p=&pc=&ap=1o1&nnmebr=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA27LvBRB0EiwAPc8XWUanFDXpAkh-GlMI_9pBfvaE4D022uL3JFFP7VxYMRS2FNKkMS-71xoC2qgQAvD_BwE). That’s what I received in 2017 and re-gifted in 2018. Good thread with some good links. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/29 "2019-12-11T00:54:29Z")
We’re doing one with our extended family next week. I figured [this](https://www.amazon.com/TheraFlow-Massager-Relieve-Plantar-Fasciitis/dp/B00SMJIYNG/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=W6QOEI12CXLL&keywords=foot+roller+massager&qid=1576025574&sprefix=foot+rol%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-3-spons&psc=1&smid=A26KVBHOVMLANB&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExT0VZNkpSUUY4TkdLJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDkwMzk2MlY3QUEyTVRKVVFEUyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDI5NzY4MzhJRzA5QjFWOThSSSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=) was a nice unisex gift. (Roller foot massager thingy if you don’t want to click on the link.) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/30 "2019-12-11T01:31:40Z")
A set of [tea infusers](https://shop.cracked.com/sales/animal-tea-infuser-3-pack) that make it look like a sloth, narwhal or manatee are peeing in your tea. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/31 "2019-12-11T07:23:50Z")
Geez. 29 responses to the OP and I didn’t notice a single white elephant among them. Here are some white elephants for you: [Porcelain elephant figurines](https://www.amazon.com/white-elephant-figurine/s?k=white+elephant+figurine&qid=1576048306&ref=sr_pg_1) at Amazon, many of them white. [Inflatable white elephants](https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/inflatable-white-elephant.html) at Alibaba. (ETA: May be outside OP’s price range.) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/32 "2019-12-11T10:10:42Z")
I don’t think this ‘useless box’ is a gag gift. I’ve given it to children and adults alike, with success. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/33 "2019-12-11T17:47:14Z")
My ex-SIL used to provide me with great white elephants that I would give away the following year at work, things like a handmade dusting glove, complete with fake jewel ring, singing Billy Bass, or a wine bottle holder that was made with a horseshoe and cowboy boot. Wedding gifts you’ve never used, decorative candles, and workout videos are fantastic too. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508/34 "2019-12-11T17:54:56Z")
The board game Forbidden Island makes for a good gift for exchanges like this I think. It fits the price range but looks impressive and the box isn’t huge or unwieldy plus the game is fun and relatively easy to learn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-white-elephant-gift-ideas-for-work/844508.md?page=1)