On the third turn, the guest with paper slip 3 gets the choice of "stealing" any unwrapped gift 1's or 2's or choosing a wrapped one. If a gift is stolen from you, you can steal a gift within limits, described below , or open a wrapped one.
The turn proceeds until a wrapped gift is chosen. A gift cannot be immediately stolen back from the guest who just stole it. The fourth "owner" of a gift gets to keep it. The gift is "locked" after it has been stolen three times. The gift exchange ends when the last wrapped gift is opened, unless 1's gift was never stolen, in which case, 1 places their open gift back in the middle and "stealing" continues until the remaining gift in the middle is taken. After all players have had a turn, the first player gets a chance to swap the gift he or she is holding for any other opened gift.
When someone declines to steal a gift, the game comes to an end. Players can keep swapping until someone decides to stand pat, or there are no other eligible people to steal from. Here are some rules tweaks many people use:. If you get stolen from three times during the game, you are out of the game and can no longer be stolen from. Three Swaps and the Gift is Out. Or, if they do, the first person simply gets to swap once with no additional swapping allowed.
Instead of following the same set of rules each turn, players follow instructions given to them through a Christmas-themed poem or story. Gift Themes. The organizer may require people to bring a gift that fits a certain theme. The most common one is a re-gift i. Based on our findings the Chinese concept of destiny plays into the Chinese Gift Exchange and as a result the gift you end up with is the gift you are meant to receive.
In a sense, your gift was destined to be your gift all along and the playing of the game was just the path that your present took to arrive in your hands. And since your gift is meant to be yours, there is no reason to unwrap the gift during the Chinese Gift Exchange until the game is over. The thought behind the gifts in a Chinese Gift Exchange is different to as they should be less novelty and gags gifts and more life, reward and joyous gifts. However you can choose to adapt the Chinese Gift Exchange to your holiday party as you see fit.
Have guests bring in gifts for the Chinese Gift Exchange on the day of the event. Designate an area for guests to drop off gifts; by the tree, office, storage room, etc… 5.
When you are ready to start the Chinese Gift Exchange bring out the gifts and confirm that everyone in the gift exchange is there and has brought a gift. Determining the Gift Picking Order a. Count how many people are in the gift exchange and place that many numbers in a bowl.
Now going around the room and have everyone draw a number from the bowl. The person with 1 goes first in the Chinese Gift Exchange and the person selecting the highest number goes last. The person with 1 goes first and selects a gift from the gift pile. Do Not Unwrap the Gift! Then person 3 goes and the process continues of taking or selecting gifts. However the person that has their gift taken can only take gifts from players and gifts from the gift pile.
They can not take back the gift from the person who just took their gift and they cannot take safe gifts. A Safe Gift means that the person holding that gift gets to Keep that Gift and the present can not be taken.
However big gifts and identifiable gifts by the packaging like bottles of wine tend to be taken many times. In most Chinese Gift Exchange parties we have attended a gift can be stolen 3 times and then it if safe.
Example : i. Sally picks a gift from the gift pile. Joe takes the gift from Sally — 1 Steal iii.
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