You can steal another gift or choose from the pile. If your gift is stolen, you can't steal it right back.For example, if person #17's gift was stolen, and they steal from person #5, then person #5 cannot steal the gift that was taken from #17. A gift can also only be stolen once per turn.The host should keep a tally of each gift and announce once a gift is 'dead' and can no longer be stolen. A gift can be stolen no more than three times.

This continues with each person having the chance to steal or choose a wrapped gift. The person who drew #2 then goes and has the option to steal #1's gift (aka 'Dirty Santa') or pick a different gift from the pile.The game begins once #1 selects a gift from the pile (after much thought and deliberation, of course), opens it, and shows it to everyone.The slips of paper should be numbered one through the number of people participating.

Before starting, everyone draws a number from a hat.

Be sure your personal presents are not in the same area, or someone may be going home with a fancy blender intended for Aunt Suzy. It's best that guests don't see each other placing their gifts, in case one happens to know what another guest brought and wants to steal it.

Choose a location for the gifts to be placed.

You can also try wrapping the gift to look like a different object, such as a chair or a bottle of wine. Try wrapping the package in several layers of paper or different size boxes to make it appear like an elaborate gift when it's actually a TV remote, for example. Here's a tricky wrapping tip: The more interesting the wrapping, the more excitement there is to choose a certain gift early on.

Specify in your party invitation to wrap the gift without a to-and-from label.

Your game doesn't have to have a theme, but it is always best to set a price limit. A few of our favorite themes are locally made items, gifts that start with a certain letter of the alphabet, and gifts related to something all the participants have done together.

Select a dollar limit for the gifts and a theme, if you want.

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