Last night was the deacons & elders Christmas party. The church has a catered dinner at one of the banquet halls in town. We all have dinner, then play the white elephant auction. Everyone brings one present and puts it under the tree, then draws a number. When everyone has drawn, we go in order of the drawn numbers, picking a present. You can also steal one that someone else picked, which allows that person to choose another new one, or steal someone else's. the thing is, some of the presents are nice (Beth got a pretty painted blown glass snowman) and some are gags (I got a plastic tray labeled 'mixed nuts' that held a collection of old rusty nuts (as in bolts) and some pictures of Don, who is also kind of a nut). At the end, #1 can exercise an option to trade presents with anyone. Lots of fun.