Chinese Gift Exchange Ideas

[TechnoMayor]

For Christmas at my parents, the men have a Chinese Gift Exchange. Each man brings a gift valued at $40, then we draw numbers to choose an unopened gift or "steal" an opened gift we like from someone else. It's fun and somewhat competitive.

I'm looking for some ideas for this year's gift.

The men range from apartment dwellers, homeowners with normal garages to full blown workshops. Some of the gifts in the past have been hand tools, jumper cables, step ladders, etc...

Any suggestions for this year's gift?

 

[tkonetzke]

GTFO! Im sure you will hear about this. Can I ask why you do chinese made gifts? Not sure I get it

 

[MP&C]

Chinese Craftsman wrench set, 39.95.

 

[hofferwood]

"Chinese" Is the name of the "Game"
Not the COO of gifts.
Kind of named after a "Chinese Fire Drill"
We do the same.

Chuck

 

[mmack66]

Buy something you want and then steal it back.

 

[Givl Reggin]

Strange how these family traditions star... we do "Indian Giver" you buy something you want for yourself, wrap it up, put your name on the tag and put it under the tree. Then on Xmas morning you can be like; "Hey, who got me this?"

 

[BJ42LX]

My wife's family does the same thing. But we call it the Yankee swap. I guess this has been shipped off to China too!

 

[SweetD]

We call the same thing a "Yankee Swap" here in New England...can be a lot of fun!

Dave

 

[Jeeper]

We call it a white elephant around here. If you are looking for a good gift, I'd do a collection of US made tools like ChannelLocks, eastwing/vaughn hammers. Something you can never have too much of but always nice to have nicely made ones.

Plus it helps support some of the US companies.

 

[larry_g]

Jug of whiskey, set of clamps, subscription to a magazine woodworking or auto related, gift card to ???, shop clock, vacuum, or a box of sausage.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[yuk]

try to throw in a set of american made chinese checkers, that will confuse(ious) the heck out of ALL of them.
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.sorry LOL

 

[BJ42LX]

Oh, yeah, forgot to answer the poster's original question:

Lottery tickets. The scratch off type. People seem to love that. Gets more trades than anything else.

 

[Muffduster]

gtfo! Im sure you will hear about this. Can i ask why you do chinese made gifts? Not sure i get it

lol!!!

 

[RedFordTruck]

This is $42

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...ads-_-pla-_-100190542&ci_gpa=pla#.UM6bcG80WSo

 

[Muffduster]

This is $42

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...ads-_-pla-_-100190542&ci_gpa=pla#.UM6bcG80WSo

$39 and change in store I believe.

 

[RedFordTruck]

$39 and change in store I believe.

No they jacked the price up $2 earlier this year. Still a decent price vs. buying them individually.

 

[lotsoftools]

I often bring a fire extinguisher as a gift to those things. Wrap it up and people think it is a bottle of liquor. The look on their face when they open it is priceless.

 

[Jarhead0408]

GTFO! Im sure you will hear about this. Can I ask why you do chinese made gifts? Not sure I get it

Sorry man. Had to pick at ya!

 

[Conductor562]

Chinese Craftsman wrench set, 39.95.

This was my first thought too. Swear to God!

 

[hofferwood]

I often bring a fire extinguisher as a gift to those things. Wrap it up and people think it is a bottle of liquor. The look on their face when they open it is priceless.

The BEST suggestion yet
Never have enough, and surprisingly, some folks have none,0,nada.

 

[DonkDonk]

We play the same game and call it "Dirty Santa", looked it up and I guess it has lots of names.

While the term "white elephant" originally referred to a less-than-serious gift, its association with this particular game has become synonymous in some circles, such that the game itself is commonly called a White Elephant Gift Exchange. This game is sometimes called a Gift Swap, Yankee Swap, Black Santa, Chinese Gift Exchange, Dirty Santa, Greedy Punter, Naughty Santa, Thieving Secret Santa, Parcel Pass, Christmas Swap Thing, Greedfest, Pollyanna or Machiavellian Gift Exchange (or Machiavellian Christmas),or Now You Have it Now You Don't.. In south central Pennsylvania it is also called "Kamikaze Gift Exchange"

 

[tkonetzke]

Sorry man. Had to pick at ya!

No worries, Ill take it. I had heard of this being called just about anything but chinese. Listed examples seemed likely candidates for chinese manufacture. I guess thats what happens when you spend too much time on a board where COO is the most discussed topic.
I like the fire extinguisher idea.

 

[toomanytoyzz]

I usually put in a gag gift when doing this. My family has one every year, and I had a good one last year. I went to the grocery store bought a jar of peanut butter as well as jelly, a loaf of bread, a butter knife, two plates and a set of SPECIFIC directions I got off the interweb on how to make a proper PB&J sandwich. It may not seem too funny, but when you see the face of the person who opens up the package you'll see what I mean. Make sure you have a camera to catch his/her expression if you do some sort of gag gift.

sidenote I also included a $40 gift card to Outback Steakhouse on the bottom of one of the plates. I am a guy who likes to get a laugh, but I'm not a cheapskate.