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White Elephant / Yankee Swap · South / regional naming
Dirty Santa is the steal-heavy White Elephant variant popular in the South. Set your steal count, then generate turn order.
Ready to use the tool?
No accounts needed — share turn order with the group.
Open Dirty Santa / White Elephant generator →Confirm local house rules. Some groups allow more steals — decide up front.
Set a price limit. Keeps the fun from getting expensive.
Generate turn order. Share before the first unwrap.
Enforce lock rules. When a gift hits the steal cap, it stays put.
That is the point — keep humor kind.
Tone changes by room.
Late arrivals happen.
Open the tool for this scenario
When the plan is clear, jump into the live tool and finish the job there.
Open Dirty Santa / White Elephant generator →Yes. South / regional naming can follow “How to play Dirty Santa” and open /tools/white-elephant-generator at no charge. Create a free account only if you want saved lists or email reminders.
No accounts needed — share turn order with the group. That applies to this “How to play Dirty Santa” playbook.
Use “Open Dirty Santa / White Elephant generator” on this page, or go directly to /tools/white-elephant-generator.