White Elephant Game Printable, No Stealing Christmas Left Right Gift Swap

A Christmas gift exchange with NO stealing: everyone brings one wrapped gift and passes it. Choose from three funny LEFT/RIGHT stories and four easy passing-rhyme games. Pass together, laugh at the story, then open the gift in your hands at the finish.

For 4–30 gift-holding players PLUS one separate reader who does not play or bring a gift. These are wrapped-gift passing games: gifts stay closed until the end. Nothing is stolen: nobody chooses or takes another player's gift, and there are no numbered swap partners.

QUICK CHOICE
Exactly 13, 17 or 19 players? Choose any story. Stories only: after that story's THE END, pass every gift one extra seat LEFT, then open. The rhyme games do not use this extra pass.

SEVEN GAMES
Three LEFT/RIGHT stories:
- Aunt Dot's Gift Swap: cocoa mugs, a dog in a hat and a banana-shaped gift.
- Snowed In at the Cabin: a jar of pickles and a very proud cat.
- The Maple Street Swap: a tickling gift, a mystery package and boot prints.
Four passing-rhyme games, 12 verses each:
- Gift Circle Rhymes: playful rhymes about mysterious parcels and the people passing them.
- Wrap Shop Rhymes: an elf with a disastrous wrapping service.
- Greedy Elf Rhymes: an elf who wants every parcel.
- Wrap Party Medley: a dog, missing tape and Dad's wrapping cape.

HOW TO PLAY
Agree a gift price in advance. Sit in a circle with one wrapped gift per player; the separate reader brings no gift and keeps the page. Choose ONE game for this gift exchange; the other games are alternatives for another gathering. Print only the chosen game. Practice passing once each way.
Stories: everyone passes one seat on every spoken LEFT or RIGHT, even in a phrase such as “LEFT the room.” The reader pauses for each pass. After THE END, exactly 13, 17 or 19 players pass every gift one extra seat LEFT, then open together.
Rhymes: read each verse and then its bold instruction. Only the bold instruction causes a pass. For two or three seats, relay one seat at a time, counting aloud together. Wait until everyone holds a gift before continuing. No tossing or reaching across the circle. After the last bold instruction, stop; there is no extra pass. Open once together.
Every player holds one gift, and no one finishes with the gift they brought.
Allow about 4–6 minutes per game including pauses; this is an estimate, not live-group timing. Family-safe content for mixed-age Christmas gatherings, office parties and friends.

WHAT YOU GET: FOUR PDF FILES, 39 PAGES EACH
- US Letter color (8.5 x 11 inches)
- A4 color (210 x 297 mm)
- US Letter low ink
- A4 low ink

Each file contains the same set: 2 introduction/host-help pages; 3 one-page stories with quick rules; 4 one-page rhyme games; 1 blank Write Your Own Story sheet with a LEFT/RIGHT tally; 27 large-print pages with full rules and all seven games at 18 pt; 1 sheet of 4 optional prize cards; and 1 sheet with an optional Start Player star and spare gift tag. Large print and paper formats repeat the seven games. They are not extra games.

PRINT AND PREPARE
Print single sided at 100% / Actual size. Players do not each need a copy. Low ink has white pages, outlined headers and grayscale pictures. Gifts and prizes are not included. No music needed.

GOOD TO KNOW
Digital download only; nothing is shipped. Ready-to-print PDFs, not editable templates. Open your account's purchase history in a web browser to download the files; some apps do not support file downloads. For personal use at your own event or group; please do not resell or share the files. Printer settings affect color.
The passing sequences were checked by simulation for groups of 4–30. The stories have 39, 43 and 49 cues, with net distances of 13, 17 and 19 seats. The final seat depends on group size, so some groups may still get the same ending in different stories. For exactly 13, 17 or 19 players, each story has one extra LEFT pass after THE END; rhymes do not use that extra pass.
Stories, rhymes and layout made with AI-assisted tools. Illustrations are AI-generated.