25 Wonderful White Elephant Gift Ideas For 2025
What’s the best gift to bring to a holiday gift exchange? It all depends on the group, the guidelines, and your own personal style.
Fortunately, the internet is chockfull of unusual products for sale, if only you know where to look. Here are my picks for the top White Elephant gift ideas for 2025. Some are hilarious, some are nice – but all are perfectly unique.
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Circular Saw Pizza Cutter
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There are a lot of different novelty pizza cutters to choose from, but this one stands out for its clever concept and overall quality. It’s makes a particularly good gift if there are lots of do-it-yourselfers in the group, but honestly, not too many people are likely to complain about walking away from the gift exchange with this fun kitchen utensil.
Electric Wine Bottle Opener
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The electric wine bottle opener has been around for years, and continues to be a hot item at gift swaps. It fits solidly in the categories of things I didn’t know I needed and things I want but wouldn’t buy for myself. Any time you find something with those qualities, you know you have a great gift.
The Criteria
In evaluating products as White Elephant gifts, I look for items that are novel, useful, beautiful, funny, and festive – all while fitting the typical price range of around $20. To a large extent, the same characteristics of a great Christmas gift also make for a great White Elephant gift. However, one big difference is that the perfect White Elephant gift not only delights the receiver but plays to the crowd.
Hot Dog Toaster
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It might be getting a little cold outside for grilling, so for some lucky gift exchange participant, this kitchen gadget is just in time. This is a particularly good White Elephant gift for men, but really, who doesn’t love a freshly toasted dog?
Tortilla Blanket
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When the weather makes you go brr, wrap yourself up like a brr-ito. Terrible puns aside, this flannel blanket is funny, practical, unisex, and just plain awesome to bring to any gift exchange.
Lightsaber Chopsticks
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If you’re looking for a gift that really shines (get it?), look no further than these quirky lightsaber chopsticks. This particular pack comes with four chopsticks in different colors, but you can find a number of different options online depending on your price range and preferences.
Silly Stuff
Gifts to make everyone laugh
Pooping Puppies Puzzle
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So, what’s the scoop on this pooping puppies puzzle? It’s obviously hilarious, but unlike the typical gag gift, it’s also something a lot of people would love to have. In other words, as a White Elephant gift, it’s practically perfect.
Toilet Bowl Mug
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This gift combines two tried-and-true elements of gift swaps: coffee mugs and toilet humor. If you have a higher price limit, you can sweeten the deal with a pound of gourmet coffee.
Etiquette
Not to be a buzzkill, but there are a couple of pitfalls to think about when it comes to funny gifts. First of all, the humor has to be appropriate for the group. Secondly, some people may not appreciate getting saddled with a gag gift when they’ve shelled out for something nice. The sweet spot for White Elephant is to find something that’s both funny and useful.
Ear Wax Removal Kit with Camera
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Lend me your ears as I extol the virtues of this impressive little gadget. This ear wax removal kit is rechargeable, comes with multiple attachments, and features a camera that connects to your phone so you can delve into your ear like a spelunker with a headlamp. While not a true gag gift, this item is sure to amuse and amaze in equal measure.
Game Against Christmas
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If you’re familiar with Cards Against Humanity, then you know what this board game is all about. In this case, the cards are all Christmas-themed, but if you think that means they’re less raunchy than the original game, you couldn’t be more wrong. You have been warned.
Bidet
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Bringing up the rear in our list of funny gifts is this highly rated bidet. While they’ve been the norm for years in other parts of the world, bidets have only recently become popular in the U.S.A. It’s a fun and novel gift to toss into the White Elephant mix – no ifs, ands, or butts about it.
Cool & Unique
Gifts they will fight over
Puzzle Vase
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This beautiful puzzle includes 160 curved pieces and presents a moderate challenge for most adults. Once assembled, it’s a fully functional vase thanks to its detachable water cup. That’s right – it can hold real flowers. Of course, it’s also the ideal container for those lovely Lego flower sets.
Bonsai Tree Kit
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This fabulous bonsai tree kit is on the pricier side, but provided it fits your budget and gift exchange guidelines, it’s guaranteed to be a big hit. After all, who wouldn’t love to channel their inner Mr. Miyagi by growing and pruning beautiful miniature trees? For its lucky recipient, it might just plant the seed for a brand new hobby.
A Word on Cost
Most gift exchanges have a price limit of around $20, so I’ve prioritized products in that neighborhood. That said, some of the items here cost a little more or less, and of course, prices have a way of changing (in one direction in particular). Many of these gift ideas can be tweaked or supplemented to hit your price target, whatever it may be.
Frosty Refrigerator Magnet Set
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If you’re looking for something Christmasy to bring to the gift exchange, look no further than this cool Frosty the Snowman magnet set. Not only is it perfect decor for the holiday season, but assembling it makes for a fun activity for small children. At this writing, it costs less than $20, giving you the option to pair it with another gift.
Dipping Sauce Clips
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These dipping sauce clips attach securely to the interior of your car, allowing you to eat nuggets and other sauce-centric foods like a pro. I like this gift idea for an office gift swap where a lot of people commute. In any case, the set is cheap, so add to it with a gift card to your favored fast food joint.
Beehive Candle
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Here’s a gift that’s sure to create a buzz at your Christmas party (yuk yuk). But seriously, this candle is gorgeous, nifty, and somewhat off-the-wall – in other words, all the things you’re looking for in a White Elephant gift. It burns for an astounding 70 house and emits a pleasant honey scent.
Food & Drink
Gifts they can eat
Hot Sauce Sampler
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Food is always a solid choice for a gift exchange, especially when it comes with a unique concept like this set of grenade-shaped hot sauces. They come in three cleverly named flavors – Dead Red, Grunt Green, and Shock & Awe. If there are multiple fans of spicy food at your gift exchange, they’re going to war over these.
Oversized Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
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Now, you might say this is the last thing people need after putting on 10 pounds of holiday weight. However, need and want are two different things, and it’s a certainty that more than one person at your Christmas get-together is going to want a pound of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Add this ginormous goodie to the gift pile and enjoy the fireworks.
Food for Thought
Food has always been a popular choice at gift swaps because of its universal appeal. However, these days lots of people are on special diets that exclude sugar, carbs, dairy, or high calorie foods in general. Just something to chew on when considering edible gifts.
Japanese Candy and Snacks
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This gift basket is a real prize for both Japanophiles and adventurous eaters. It comes with 30 pieces of Japanese candy, gum, and snacks, along with an English-language booklet describing the treats. You can find this type of basket in different sizes, allowing you to level it up if you have a higher price range.
Giant Box of Tik Tacs
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Here’s another gift idea for fans of big honkin’ candy. This oversized Tic Tac box contains 60 mini boxes in assorted flavors. It’s an especially great gift for people who like to shake their presents before opening due to the intriguing sound it makes.
Popcorn Set
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No list of holiday food gifts would be complete without popcorn. In this case, we’re talking about a nifty collection of three different types of kernels and five delicious seasonings. It’s the perfect thing to munch on while watching A Christmas Story for the 200th time.
Some Assembly Required
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Prank Spider Box
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This box looks ordinary enough. When someone unwraps it, you could even mention that you made it yourself (a little white elephant lie). Once the unsuspecting victim opens the box, a fake spider springs out at them, hopefully getting a comical reaction for everyone to enjoy. Inside the box, you can put whatever fits the space and your budget – a gift card, candy, etc.
Bottle Puzzle Box
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This devious contraption poses a key question: How bad do you want that bottle of wine? In order to access the libation, the recipient must solve the puzzle to unlock it. Unfortunately, for lower cost gift exchanges, the price of this puzzle doesn’t leave much room in the budget for a nice bottle of vino. However, if you have a higher limit (or are willing to just fudge it), pair it with a bottle of your choice.
Mix and Match
Putting together different items to make one White Elephant gift gives you more flexibility to hit your price target. It also shows creativity and thoughtfulness, while guaranteeing that your present won’t be quite like anyone else’s. For more ideas along these lines, see my articles on DIY presents and funny gift wrapping ideas.
A Jar for Holding Goodies
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This idea works for any price limit. All you do is pick up a jar – whether an ordinary Mason jar or a festive one like those pictured here – and fill it with an assortment of prizes. These could include scratch offs, tiny liquor bottles, candy, or any number of other goodies.
Fart Filter Spoof Box
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The problem with most gag gifts is that once the laughter dies, the item is practically worthless. Funny boxes like this solve the problem by putting the humor on the packaging. Inside this Fart Filter box, you can put the actual gift.
Gift Card
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Gift cards are known for being the hallmark of the lazy or unimaginative. However, the truth is that they are often the perfect accompaniment to another gift – both to support the theme and to hit the appropriate price range. And someone always has a use for them.
That’s it for this year’s list! Whatever you bring to your White Elephant gift exchange, I hope you have a great time – and a very Merry Christmas!
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