New Christmas Traditions & White Elephant Gifts
I love creating new traditions!
Since getting married, John and I have tried to come up with fun traditions surrounding each holiday – it’s something I look forward to every year.
John has a lot of cousins on his dad’s side of the family, and last year, on our first married Christmas, the Stillman cousins decided to get together after Christmas to have a “Stillman Cousin Christmas Party.”
It was SO MUCH FUN! We all got together for dinner and exchanged (READ: HILARIOUS) white elephant gifts! And this year, we’re doing the same thing.
But the problem is, I’m going to have to up the ante on my hilarious white elephant gift this year.
I’ve been brainstorming and trying to figure out what I might include in my white elephant gift package at the Stillman Cousin Christmas party…
ANNND of course, my happy place, Target, has not failed to disappoint this year (as they never disappoint me). Target came out with an entire line of #hilariousholiday gifts!
Check out some of the options:
I’m a BIG fan of this hilarious socks – anything that includes a pun is a top choice in my book.
The fox socks? Taco socks? HILARIOUS.
And for the guy in your life who wants a hilarious gift… how about BEARITTO boxers? SO. FUNNY.
And meow-y Christmas boxers:
Or for the lady… I am CRACKING up at these pun-filled shirts: 
I love the Christmas story pint glasses. Not so much a white elephant gift, but awesome nonetheless. 
I’ve already got mine picked out for what I’m going to take to the party… but I don’t want to reveal yet to ruin the surprise. 🙂 🙂
Do you have any Christmas traditions? Are you a fan of white elephant parties? What funny gifts are on your list this year?
This post is brought to you by our partner, Target. All opinions are 100% my own and I really looooove Target. No, really. I do.
One of the things I don’t look forward to at all about Christmas is the shopping. I don’t like crowds, I don’t shop sales, and nothing will make me into one of those Black Friday campers I so gleefully mock. I am a guy in this respect too. I do not browse. I search and destroy. I get what I came for and get out. But I don’t enjoy it. Unless it involves good company, and this is where my friends Chris and Mike come into it.
The year that Chris and Kristi got married – right before Mike and Lindsay got married that January (This was the year of three Bachelor Parties hosted by yours truly) – Chris organized the first of what has become an annual tradition – The Husbands Go Shopping for their Wives Day. Chris plays chauffeur, picks up me, we go to the Southside and grab Mike if Mike can make it (and he’s only been able to go twice in the four years we have been doing this, unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts), and then hit some of our favorite places. Our wives are all voracious readers, so Barnes and Noble always ends up featuring in the mix, as does the big FYE near Pembroke, and then we’ll wrap up at Best Buy or something similar, getting food somewhere along the way. It’s great for the company, and for the ability to consult on ideas for our respective spouses, and, as I tend to be something of an impulsive spendthrift, for a check on my tendency to overdo it. I’m such a huge proponent of this Christmas Tradition that I have taken to organizing it myself just to make sure it happens – it turns shopping, something I dislike doing at best, into the high point of my Holiday Preparations. I’d highly recommend it to any women reading this with non – shopping spouses – make a guy’s day of it, and the shopping will get done and a good time will be had along the way.
Haha we always have a Koskores (my maiden name) cousin Christmas Party, and it’s a White Elephant party! So fun!!! I love those socks and the Owl Be Home For Christmas tee!
The socks? Yes please!
Carly
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ahhh Target. Always steals my heart!
Those socks are too cute! 🙂