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Stacey @xstitcher (39037) • Petaluma, California 25 Dec 22

Hello! I went to church this morning, then afterward went home with a lady who had invited me for dinner. We went to her house, and a table was all set up, and soon her family, most of whom I knew, started arriving. At each...

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Stacey @xstitcher (39037) • Petaluma, California 20 Dec 19

After I got off of the phone, I was able to take Angel for a walk, then call a Lyft to take me to the preschool. I hadn't missed too much of the party; I got to hear the kids sing and watch them decorate cookies (the cookie part...

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White Elephant Gift Surprise!!!

Teresa Trotter @teresatrotter (4073) • Jacksonville, Florida 18 Dec 17

Have been getting invited to a lot of Christmas parties this year, both at night, and during the day. Today... I went to a luncheon, where we were asked to bring a white elephant gift. However, instead of buying it brand-new; we...

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Fun and Thrifty Christmas Ideas

Sherry @norcal (4889) • Franklinton, North Carolina 4 Dec 15

I usually don't go overboard too much with the Holiday spending. My siblings and I have pretty much always agreed that we don't give each other gifts for Christmas. Also, we all focus on our own kids. It would get really out of...

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White elephant gift trade

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 27 Nov 15

Have you ever done this? Bring a gift, wrap it, people pick gifts, people steal gifts, hopefully everybody ends up with something they like. Well we did that at my sister's last night, only nobody had to bring anything. You...

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White elephant gift exchanges

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 15 Dec 11

So I got volunteered (again) to organize the department Christmas party. Once again the mgmt. wanted to have a white elephant gift exchange, and several of the non-mgmt people didn't. I've only done one once. Three years ago I...

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Do you know what is white elephant sale?

alohagems100 @alohagems100 (565) • United States 10 Jan 10

In our condo's bulletin board they posted about white elephant sale in a particular buidling in the same apartment. I've heard this last year but I was on vacation so I have not seen it. On the 30th of January is the schedule. I...

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ester_tamisin @ester_tamisin (522) • Philippines 14 May 07

Why is an expensive but non-productive possession or project is called a "white elephant".

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mariner68 @mariner68 (1276) • India 14 Jan 07

what is the meaning of white elephant? how did the term originate?

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