You have you holiday preparations almost done. A venue has been booked, the menu is set and you are looking for a fun Christmas party gift exchange game.
One, "It’s a Dirty Rotten Shame", is really a lot of fun. There are a number of versions of the game with slightly different rules and different names.
Here are the basic rules. If the players all know one another name tags are not necessary. However for an office party name tags can make the game easier to play.
Each guest brings a wrapped gift. You will need two decks of cards. Each guest gets a playing card. The host/hostess has the other deck.
He pulls a card and the guest that has that card picks a gift and unwraps it. The next guess may either pick a new gift or "steal" the first one. If your gift is "stolen" you can pick again.
You may not take back a gift that was stolen from you and everyone ends up with a gift although it is possible to wind up with the same gift you came with, so get something you can live with, or re-gift the item. Generally the price range is about 10-20 dollars.
Another gift exchange game is called the right-left game. It too has other versions and names. There is a story about the right family - everyone stands in a circle holding the gift he or she brought.
The story is read. Every time the word right is read the gifts get passed to the right. When left is heard they move to the left. You keep the gift you are holding at the end of the story.
There are other fun gift exchange games available online. Feel free to use any of our Christmas party gift exchange game ideas at your party.