December 30, 2003
Leeya's White Elephant Gift Exchange
I found out an interesting story behind the origins of this little game we played called a White Elephant Gift Exchange. It seems it is a game in which you are supposed to bring an item from your home, that you wish to give away, dispose of, or just plain get rid of. In a way, it's like getting rid of the things you don't need anymore, in hopes that the next person may have a better use for it.
I always tended to think a gift exchange was a gift exchange, but it makes logical sense to me now. Unfortunately, I also fully understand why one of my clients in Singapore kept refferring to our tools as "White Elephants", now. He had been calling them "junk" all this time! hahha, well, something must have changed, since he is buying another 6 sets of tools, totaling for a record single purchase in our company history.
The saying "one man's junk, is another man's treasure" surely applies here. And if not, you'll be seeing the same gifts next year. =p~
Posted by Jimmy at December 30, 2003 02:25 AM