The 5 People At White Elephant
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2021
- And this is why I can't invite my Mom anymore. Also, does anyone even know how many kids Tammy has?! #whiteelephant #christmasparty #comedy
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Clearly Olivia Overspend’s accent is inspired by Moira Rose, and with that I say that i would be pleased to RSVP as pending to any future White Elephant parties.
I was waiting for her to say bebe
Nailed it!
Accent AND costume! Noticed that almost immediately, and it was perfect!! Haha so glad someone else pointed it out!
Agree!
I was thinking the same thing about her.
I'm the one who needs to know very clearly if it's a REAL white elephant or a gift exchange. They are NOT the same thing :D
YES!!!!! Went to what I was told was a white elephant and I was the only one that brought a goofy gift. It was so uncomfortable. Luckily I was able to steal back the gift I brought.
@Milo Murphy's Law Fan We once went to a work party, and one rude guy very vocally complained about our white elephant contribution. He wasn't kidding, either. I guess he didn't get the memo.
I’m the same and I need to be told the real rules and the under the table rules. Lol
@Milo Murphy's Law Fan I just did that with my friends and let me tell you I was so upset when Julia's new boyfriend stole my seven Dollar Store spatulas lol
I've been embarrassed before when I went to "white elephant" exchanges with a wacky gag gift and everyone else had real gifts. So yes, I'm one who needs to know what type of exchange it actually is. :)
Her husband did such a good job at playing his characters.
You need a person/ people in this video who play every year and still don’t understand the rules. This happens every time we do this game as a family 🤦♀️.
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My aunt this year took a gift from the middle, opened it, didn’t like it then attempted to steal and was shocked when we told her you could only steal or open but not both. 😂 The rules were also explained about 10 mins prior.
Yess. Every year.
Yep. Every year people ask how many steals before a gift becomes "frozen".
Right?
You definitely have to steal in White Elephants. It's the only way it's fun to play, but it has to be with a bunch of people who don't care about what they get in the end.
My girl friends and i would do the exchange with ornaments. Nothing was ever wrapped so we could snatch the good ornament at the end :)
Penn as Tammy Toobusy was hilarious!!! Im probably a combo between Tammy and Suzy Strategy, because I like funny gifts but I also like to hide the gift under table!!! Lol!!! ♥️ Merry Christmas!!!
All presents are supposed to be presented for choosing, hiding something is really shitty and underhanded. This is supposed to be fun, not an investment as someone else had commented.
Calm down; it is a joke!!! BTW, this is a family channel, so your language is inappropriate!!! I'll pray for you!!! Love and light 🙏
White elephant has always meant "find something you don't want (good or worthless) and regift it." That's still the definition on Wikipedia. I got confused when people started spending money on the gifts and just keeping the exchange/steal part...
Agreed! My family's White elephant exchange is usually junk from everyone's basement or garage. Then I went to one yesterday that was all bottles of wine, beer, and cute gifts... and our random stuff.
My aunt used to have these parties for us every year. It was a blast. It always ended with 20 Irish people fighting over the bottle of Jameson.
Lol. Love it. We basically been doing this for Christmas for the last 4 years for the adults in the family. This year has been the only year I actually liked the gift I got. When it was my turn, I stole it from my grandpa sitting next to me.
I absolutely hate white elephant gift parties. I hate getting gifts that I don’t want. I hate the stress of knowing I am expected to steal someone else’s gift when I don’t want to. I hate the idea of a gifting party where some one takes the gift that you want, that the whole point of the gathering is to take a gift from someone or give a nasty gift to someone. I hate that it’s a friend event. I hate everything about it. You learn things about people that you should never know and then you have to hangout, work with, or worship with them later. Yea, white elephant parties are a hard pass for me.
Same.
Me too. And i get called too sensitive. I’ll pass.
The only time I've truly enjoyed a White Elephant was watching the adults at my church play when I was 10 years old. It was a true White Elephant (random stuff in good condition that nobody wanted anymore) and while stealing was allowed, no one could unwrap anything until the end. The most stolen gift was what looked like a tiny treasure chest but turned out to be a decorative mini-mailbox, but the uproarious laughter at each steal & then reveal is what I will remember the most ❤
That's a much safer way to host a white elephant party, the competition remains but no one fights over losses
I love generic/white elephant exchanges. I'm a: "bring something I like so at very least I can try to get my gift back" person...I'm also a "stealer" (part of the game people!!!)...and I try to trade with someone afterwards.
My g'pa just loved the fun of stealing/ horse-trading that he would always steal during the game and then gave away 90% of the stuff after the timer was up.😂😂
That's what I usually do too! I love to go and have the fun of the party, but don't often need what I end up with, but pay attention to who likes what I got and surreptitiously ask them if they want it....
@@SherryAnnOfTheWest my family has been doing White Elphant for Christmas for about 4 years now and this is the first year I actually liked the gift I got. When it was my turn, I stole it from my grandpa who was sitting next to me.
White elephant means something totally different here! (Australia) schools run white elephant stalls where we take all the things from our house we no longer want then other people buy them with the funds going to the school. Books and toys are usually the most popular items with most items being sold for under a dollar.
Thank you! I was so lost because here in Canada "White Elephant" sales are a fundraising activity as well. Our family has done a gift exchange but we don't have the steal or trade option. You get what you get. 😃
a white elephant sale is the same in the us as in Australia. But this is a white elephant gift exchange. There is always a gift that everyone wants and it gets "stolen" over and over again. There is also always an inappropriate gift that no one wants. The last one I attended I got an ornament for the tree. Since I collect ornaments I was very happy.
We have a “white elephant” Christmas with my entire family (I have 11 siblings). But, we call it “White Trash” Christmas. The rules are the same as the white elephant but, you have to gift something from a yard sale, re-gift, second hand store or something used from your own home. We have a blast!
Pulling for you on the Amazing Race!
oh that sounds like fuN!!!
I love that idea!
That is what we do. We are not a serious bunch.
They had a white elephant game at my work Christmas party this year and the thing that was stolen the most was the chocolate covered cinnamon bears. Now I have not had these bears, but apparently everyone loves them. I was the first person to steal something and I was number 9. I stole a box of Belgium chocolates and I was surprised no one stole them from me. Keep fighting over those cinnamon chocolate bears ladies, my chocolates were bomb!
Our young couple church group was hilarious, with several gifts making a reappearance each year. The trick was to disguise the gift, like hiding it in something else.
My British ass so confused thinking white elephant was a pub name 🤣
This is spot on!!!! I am a total stealer … it’s part of the fun of the game!!! Plus I am not really a gambler so if I see someone has something I like, that’s better than the unknown . White elephant is about regifting and I believe in the saying “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. It’s supposed to be something used (white elephant and gift exchange are 2 different parties)
I grew up going to a white elephant party in my neighborhood where the adults did the exchange and the kids weren’t even allowed to watch lol. They all took stupid stuff, nothing good, sometimes inappropriate. Flash forward 10 years and now all us kids are adults. But we would still rather hang out in the basement and play board games than participate.
This was bizarrely informative. I’d never even heard of a white elephant party. I’m pretty sure I’d be bad at it 🤣
Those characters were on point for each of you, especially the ones Penn plays. 😝
My great aunt Dorothy was Patty peacemaker. Someone brought an over sized bra and it was opened by a little boy so she made sure she stole it from him so he could get a real gift and so the inappropriate jokes said to him would stop. Love and miss her. ❤️
yeah if multi age one some ppl need to think it thru better.
I've been to many of these over the years and I've never seen anybody get angry, start yelling, ruin friendships or relationships, etc. Maybe I've just been lucky. I've seen gag gifts re-wrapped and brought back subsequent years when the party is an annual thing amongst a group of people. The trick is to try to disguise it so nobody knows which one it is. I didn't mind ending up with it, because then I didn't have to worry about what I was going to bring the following year. My favorites I ended up with were season one of True Blood, since I was dying to see it anyway (and then got hooked). The gift I brought that was stolen the most was an old stuffed purple frog with a crown on it's head (we were downsizing our stuffed animal collection that year) -- and this was among a group of people 60+ year olds who wanted it for themselves (not a grandchild). The funniest gag gift that was stolen and "fought" over the most of any of the parties I went to was at an office party of mine back in the 1980's. We were a bunch of single nerds in our mid-late 20's to early 30's. Someone brought a Brooke Shields Doll with Intimate Apparel. I never saw a group of guys fight harder for a White Elephant Gift! But it was all in fun, nobody was truly angry. It was kind of creepy in hindsight, but still fun at the time.
I absolutely hate white elephant gifting. Every one of them has been a disappointing misery for one reason or another. The last one I participated in was for my kid's class party and even among 2nd graders it completely sucked. I bought a BOX of yummy candy and the kid who got it was upset and burst into tears because he didn't want it. I have never in my life seen a kid bawl over getting a BOX of CANDY. It made me so angry that it was the final straw and we haven't participated in a white elephant exchange since.
Yep, that is me too!!
Probably not the best game for children. Definitely takes some maturity to play the game.
Tammy's rocking that sideways mullet. 😂😂😂🤣
i'm the one who doesn't want to participate, gets dragged into do so, buys a popular gift that gets stolen a lot, never steal myself, and ends up with the crappy book that no one wanted .
can't wait to see you on amazing race!
My family started doing this about 4 years ago for Christmas for the adults. This is the only year I actually likes the gift I got. When it was my turn, I stole it from my grandpa who was sitting next to me.
I was such a Debbie Downer at the office when anyone new to the team suggested the idea. We had way too much scorched earth in the past to trust a new try would be somehow different
I now just go against my nature and bring something crappy.
I'm the one not mentioned "Molly Mustavoid" 😂 I REFUSE to go to those!
My group of friends do this every year. We call it Rob Your Neighbor, but same thing. Our twist on the game is a Krampus basket (a basket filled with items relating to Krampus. Krampus themed tea towels, playing cards, a blanket, wine with a DIY Krampus label but really anything you can find) The person who draws number one, gets the Krampus basket! It's sort of the consolation prize for being the first person. We have a limit of 2 steals on any gift and the person who gets Krampus is responsible for bringing the Krampus basket (filled) the next year.
Hooray! The holderness family uploaded a new video! Makes my day!
I think over this whole pinto bean that we’re still in…I’ve adopted this family as my chosen family 😭💕
🤣😂🤣. They do bring an extra lightness to a very dreary day.....I mean year.....I mean life. 🤭🤗
When you don't even know what is white elephant and still watch because it's holderness video and funny.
Thank you! I've never heard of white elephant before and I still only have a vague idea of what they are talking about....Gift exchange, like secret Santa? But with stealing?
It’s been years since I’ve been to one. But, my last one was for couples. The men stayed hidden and the women got fierce. You’re right, they can b “dangerous”. 😂
Awesome video, guys! Nothing beats the pleasure of taking gifts like arm extenders/reachers to white elephant parties with theatre peeps and watching the wardrobe and prop squads fight over them. They were $20/pair last time I did that several years ago.
The ending is perfect:
*"Oh shhh-"*
(fade to -black- white elephant)
See, that ending is perfect because that's what I say to myself when invited to these parties. 🎁
I think that white elephants are a huge hoot as long as everyone brings something either thrifted or they are re-gifting something they don't like! So much fun!
I find it frustrating when someone brings a gift that was probably free, or at least significantly under the suggested price.
Was laughing so hard at Suzy Strategy. That’s my aunt and the hair wig was pretty close to her actual hair cut 😂
My family does a white elephant and an elegant elephant exchange with all of the adults, and heck yes we steal! There's always tons of laughter and we all leave with a gag, and something nice.
No. I’d rather poke myself in the eye with a stick.
I don’t want or need random stuff that other people want to part with.
Now, a white *fudge* exchange would be another thing . . .
Never been to a White Elephant, but my brother had been to one and had to steal back the gift he wanted several times a standing tool box. He still uses it.
Tammy is me, only been to 1 of these parties, but I took a "unopened/ wish I'd use, but won't get to it" gift from our kitchen tea 6 years earlier, it went around several ppl and ended up with daughter-in-law of our original gifted.. yikes.. and yep, I have a box of gifts to give out.... 4 years ago, our kids got into the gifts...ugh. we moved house this year so all hidden future kid gifts were uncovered (some hidden for 3 years) and given to kids now. I'm Kylie aka Tammy Toobusy farmer in nsw Australia 🇦🇺
I'm definitely Tammy Toobusy. Currently I'm sitting in the parking lot at volleyball stressing about the white elephant gifts I haven't bought for the party this sat.
I don't remember ever going to a party where this was the main thing... At least, it wasn't to me! (For me, the big deal at a party is usually getting through the front door. Social anxiety bites.) 🤷
Literally every Christmas party I've ever been too has had either a gag gift or white elephant exchange.
I would only participate if the rule defines that we can only buy BAD gifts.
If nobody really desires any of the gifts, then it can be all fun without drama.
The second lady is the people at a firefighters christmas party.
There's always the person who brings a gift that's way under the spending limit. At the church choir white elephant, I got stuck with a pencil and a small coloring book from the dollar store one year. I was really mad as my whole family participated so I provided 3 gifts close to the $20 spending limit. The gifts my teens received were okay but my participation in that exchange was essentially dead the moment I unwrapped the coloring book.
Yeah. I do not like white elephant exchange. I have to figure out how to NOT get the crappy gift.
Some people are no fun! The whole point of these kinds of parties is to hang out and have a laugh, not to expect a fabulous gift you actually really hoped for. Stealing gifts is absolutely part of it and makes it funnier. In our group we allow 2 steals, then the 3rd owner of the gift keeps it/it's locked in. We do all try to bring things that are decently nice, or useful but hilarious. For example, a hilarious mug filled with chocolate or something else desirable, funny shaped cookie cutters, nice but funny printed socks, etc. I once brought a cow yoga calendar and it actually got stolen from the original recipient 😂. You never know what people will end up liking. And it's not meant to be a serious thing.
Just what I needed right now! I have one of these parties on the 18th and I was DREADING it...now I can just think of this video and keep a smile on my face. Thank you Holderness Family for making my misery bearable!
I believe it's safer for everyone to do a cookie and wine exchange. Ok, maybe the wine choices and who wants what can get a little testy but cookies are safe. . . . right??
No tried that some bought store cookies and three of us who are known for baking brought cookies. Let's just say at the end one plate of cookies went threw a window and the rest on the floor.
@@evettc7887 WOW. 😬
I quit going to a cookie exchange. The host was a "cookie Nazi" 1.Msin ingredient had to be flour 2.ONLY cookies, no other baked goods 3. Some how I always took 12 dozen in and only ever left with 3 or 4. Massive waste of time!!!
@@evettc7887 Cookie exchanges are sooooo much work. I really hate being invited.
cookies yes wine no for me i cant and dont drink
I was excluded from my family's only white elephant exchange. Everyone agreed kids (me @ around 10 years and everyone younger) would recieve a small gift from everyone and adults, along with my teen siblings would do the white elephant gifts. A month later...all the kids but me got gifts 4x the agreed upon amount and I was excluded fromthe white elephant game as I was too young and a kid! No one but my grandma, me,, parents and siblings figured I was left out from "my family"!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger... or something like that.
IMHO, white elephant exchanges are ok IF there are no steals. No one wants to be the person whose gift everybody hates - that's hurtful. No one wants to have a good gift taken - that's mean. 🤣🤜
@@wisconsineaglesfan7925 Thanks awfully, but I do not need your rude, foul-mouthed "help". Also, you're wrong. Life lesson: There's more than one way to do many things, as referenced in Kim's question about which you like, steals or no steals. If it truly doesn't bother you for people to be hurt, I can only imagine that you need to review the meaning of Christmas, your motivation for gift-giving, and your definition of fun. I've a feeling you're going to keep coming back at me over my comment. I don't have time. Hope you enjoy your white elephant exchanges this year. I know I will enjoy mine. Merry Christmas!
So perfectly right on the money with all these different people 🤣🤣. I am the peace maker
So, Up until recently we had a lovely holiday gift swap. Gifts had to be homemade ore regifted. The homemade gifts were often incredible and often there was hard core strategy with various family members working it. My daughter started when she was a lot younger and we had a gift plant for her, a ballet costume. She got stuck on a tin of cookies but did eventually give up the cookies for the costume. She also kind of wanted the wine glasses, they were so pretty. It helps if the crowd is on the same page but I have seen some crazy out of control gifting parties. We call them a Yankee swap here in Maine.
There was another crowd that I did this with and a velvet painting appeared one year, that one kept going for a few years, often disguised. They can be fun, stressful, absurd, or downright crazy.
Thanks for your video as always
As my hon likes to say-"People are crazy animals"😂
We better see how this game plays out next year 😂
I mean I've gotten a bit upset at a white elephant. I, a brand new mother at the time, had gotten a Starbucks gift card. Most of my colleagues were happy for me to have it since all but 3 presents were alcohol (one of which was the gift I brought) and I was nursing my child so none of those were going to work for me.
One colleague didn't seem to get why everyone was leaving my gift be and stole it....
Part that made me go from a bit annoyed to a bit angry, she had never been to Starbucks before! Why'd you take my gift then Karen!
This triggered my party PTSD so hard. :)
“Patty peacemaker”😂
It's a tradition with our families on Christmas Eve to play the White Elephant game. We get funny gifts. We love it. Lots of laughs.
I didn’t know Michael Scott’s real name was Olivia Overspend!!
The pre-covid office white elephant gift exchanges were torture - so now no one wants a grimy re-gift from someone else’s home - yea! Best performance: Penn as Gabby Grossgift.
I’m YOU, Kim! My workplace has a white elephant gift exchange every Christmas, and I don’t participate for the same reasons you don’t - and more! But they are SERIOUS about the exchange! There’s a whiteboard with a graph on it so that all 3 steals of each gift can be recorded! Hahahaha! It is a blast - to WATCH!!!
I’m totally Patty Peacemaker. Love this!
Literally just got out of a white elephant and then saw this! Perfect. 🤣
Tammy toobusy was my favorite. It's me. 😂
We call this Bad Santa in Australia. Usually as a workplace gift exchange.
Kim in the role of Olivia Overspend sounds just like Moira on Schitt's Creek! No white elephant parties for me.
I was looking for this comment about her imitating Moira.
Lmao “Gabby CrossFit”
My names Olivia and I agree with Overspend Olivia. I always think “what can I get for (this amount of money)” Penn as Tammy was so hilarious!!
Funniest white elephant I ever saw, wrapped in a cheerios box, inside, a can of baked beans, a magazine, and a roll of tp.
I buy a gift I want and if no one picks or steals it, than I take it home and enjoy! It’s worked out really well twice now 😆😁
The last one I was at was incredibly entertaining, and I got a bag of dice out of it (which was highly sought after I might add ;) ) so I'm not complaining.
I guess the white elephant exchange is a way for people to get together and have something festive to do but do we all really need that extra crap? And no… I am not a minimalist 😁
I'm a mixture of all them except the too busy one. That award goes to my friend Jeni who is on 4 pickleball teams and has tons of grandkid activities.
I’m a combo between Tammy toobusy and patty peacemaker. 😂
We have Yankee Swaps where I am at. I basically banned them from my friend group. Instead I put in place a book swap, and cookie/baked good exchange. You bring your favorite bakeries cookies/baked goods or something homemade along with an empty cookie tin. Everyone drinks wine, and splits up the cookies/baked goods among themselves. Then people trade books. We use to have them unwrapped but now we wrap them and just put the genre on them. To make it more like a fun surprise gift. My favorite tradition I watch every year is to watch the group of hardcore sappy romance novel readers swap among themselves stacks of bundled books of the latest series they read that year. Its like a mini-swap among the bigger swap.
I swear there’s always that person who has to leave early, so once it’s her turn to open a gift, she’s gone. The last one I went to was funny, because when it was someone else’s turn, she chased down the other person on foot to her car as she was driving off. The driver had to stop, return, and pick another gift to open.
Ok, I have never ever heard of White Elephant.....but I would have to be Tammy Toobusy. I have 5 kids in multiple competitive sports and always end up waiting until the day-of to buy presents. LOL
So happy to see the Rona wig at the party!
Spitting my coffee out...hahah
I'm a Patty Peacemaker for sure. Merry Christmas! I love this video, and I still enjoy white elephant exchanges.
I learned to opt out of White Elephant gift exchanges. I save the money and don't go home with something I don't want or need. Besides, it's fun to watch the the evening disintegrate. I'm evil that way. Merry Christmas, y'all!
Hilarious and relatable! 😂😆
too funny 😂love your christmas tree omg so true the too busy lady i watches it again 😂
I make pottery, so I am always the one bringing a really nice, handmade gift to a White Elephant party. It feels nice to have people work and strategize to get my gift!
How is it that the people who find "stealing" great fun never consider that others might not? The only solution is to separate them before you start!
Olivia Overspend reminds me of Kelly Ripa 😸😸😸 Never been to a white elephant party 🐘 thank God 🙏 !!!
You guys realize what a white elephant is supposed to be, right? Last year I gave a non-functional DVD player that weirdly turned out to be helpful to the people who ended up with it. I got a burning poop game.
I was just thinking "I wonder when there will be a new video coming out with The Holderness Family. Yay!!!
*the bleeps* I just can't with the bleeps...🤣
Also, how about the person who brings the same gift EVERY YEAR to the White Elephant party... #rhondarepeat #thegiftthatkeepsongiving
I am definitely Tammy Too Busy, cuz I totally have a shelf in basement of gifts that I got that I don’t want, to use for White Elephant. Though when I was introduced to White Elephant in college, most people brought stuff that they already owned but didn’t want and it became a trash to treasures situation. I would give a bath and body works set that I would never use and come away with a cool new book to read or a cute Christmas ornament or something that I would actually use.
Hahaha! Just wrapped mine for tonight!
As soon as u post any video I just watch it . You both are so funny. Love u guys ❤❤❤❤
You guys are tooooo funny! Love your skits!!
Peacemaker! 🙋🏼♀️ I wanted to make homemade gifts for *just a few people* at church. Buuuuuut I don’t want anyone to feel left out or sad soooo I am still frantically packaging up gifts in time for service tomorrow! 🤦♀️ why did I even start!?
Tammy Toobusy keeps floating around in my mind haunting me that she is me 😂
For my neighborhood book club, I turned it into a dice game, so the dice tell everyone when to swap, pass, or unwrap, and there's no strategizing. We call it Rollin' Around the Christmas Tree. (Which I suppose could also refer to the results of the wine consumption....)
Here in Louisville ky they are called “dirty santa”. I have to go to one tomorrow at work. When i got the invitation i immediately replied “ i wont be participating in the dirty santa”. The looks of pity and rage were stellar. Id rather do about anything than participate.
Yep. They can be super fun (if everyone takes it lightly) or a drag (if people are in it for what they can take away).
I’m “Not Going Nancy” - too much drama!
there is nothing better than when Kim does her insipid voice. its just too perfect.
I HATE when someone can “steal” what I get! I like it much better when you get a gift and just keep it.
I wonder if Olivia Overspend brought Herb Ertlinger Fruuuiiitt Wiiine. 😂