White Elephant gift exchanges are often fun team building exercises, and the Orange County Otter swap is no different. Instead of going for something intentionally ugly or funny, my wife went and made an OCO knit cap for the event, and the logo was almost accurate. It kind of looks like a guinea pig, but I figure the team will love it either way.
The night of the event comes, and I am not disappointed by most of the gifts. Outside the always popular booze and snacks, there’s the arrangement of random joke t-shirts, signs with various innuendos, and finally, someone wrapped up a rock, presumably from the rock garden just outside the venue. I work on getting the bottle of homemade hooch that Jamadrian brought, but there was aggressive stealing for that all night.
At the end of the party, I was happy that Bread Bowl ended up with the hat I brought, and I ended up with a paperweight of an otter dressed up like the Statue of Liberty, holding a football instead of a torch. It will be on my mantle until next year, when maybe I’ll re-gift it for the party.
The night of the event comes, and I am not disappointed by most of the gifts. Outside the always popular booze and snacks, there’s the arrangement of random joke t-shirts, signs with various innuendos, and finally, someone wrapped up a rock, presumably from the rock garden just outside the venue. I work on getting the bottle of homemade hooch that Jamadrian brought, but there was aggressive stealing for that all night.
At the end of the party, I was happy that Bread Bowl ended up with the hat I brought, and I ended up with a paperweight of an otter dressed up like the Statue of Liberty, holding a football instead of a torch. It will be on my mantle until next year, when maybe I’ll re-gift it for the party.