White Elephants – More Trouble Than They’re Worth
I have too much crap.
The Solution: Participate in an online white elephant party hosted by NGIP and hope someone else has more closet space than I do for snowman-shaped salt shakers, Mickey Mouse watches, inflatable dumbbells and various holiday-themed wool socks.
Unfortunately, participating in a while elephant gift exchange just means your trading in your old crap for a newer variety. Whatever. I could use the change.
I was excited when my white elephant gift came in the mail. I forgot that I shouldn’t be expecting a silver bracelet or trip to Belize. After ripping open the box and tearing through the forest green tissue paper I was confronted by….
A candle stick adorned with what looked like grapes!
Yaaaaaaay. Wait. What am I going to do with ONE candlestick? I need a bigger closet.
There is a reason it’s called a “white elephant” gift: White Elephants are useless. Since they were considered sacred, putting them to work was inexcusable. So they just sat around in your yard doing nothing.
Getting the gift of an elephant was a great honor (and a curse), but at least the new elephant owner could go broke feeding the thing with pride.
P.S Thanks for the candlestick Rachele! It really was a lot of fun getting a random present in the mail. =)
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