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23 Dirty Santa Gifts Worth Stealing Twice

Dirty Santa is the Southern name for White Elephant — same rules, same stealing, same goal: bring the gift everyone schemes to take home.

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Handheld nostalgia

LEGO Game Boy

A near-full-size brick Game Boy with pressable buttons and swappable retro screens.

$50–$100See at Amazon.ca

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Pocket jukebox

JBL Go 4

Palm-sized, floats in the tub, and hangs anywhere by its loop.

$25–$50See at Amazon.ca

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Dirty Santa, White Elephant, Yankee Swap — one rulebook, plus a free live game tracker.

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Good to know

What's the difference between Dirty Santa and White Elephant?

Just the name. Dirty Santa is what the game is called across much of the American South; the draw-steal-swap rules are the same. "Dirty" refers to the stealing, not the gifts.

What makes a good Dirty Santa gift?

Broad appeal — the game rewards gifts half the room wants. Funny-but-useful beats pure gag: a joke gets one laugh, a good gift gets stolen the maximum number of times.

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