dirty santa question

at what point did the gift giving of Christmas become a dirty santa experience? we have over seven dirty santa Christmas parties.. honestly, it was a cool way to do Christmas when we had one of those a season. i was never that successful of a gift giver, but i sure like trying to think of people and find something that they would really appreciate or use.

update: first ds party down. i came away with an itunes gift card. not flashy, but it works. erin has a gift certificate to some boutique. the goal was actually to get a gift that we could potentially re-gift. both are potential. our gifts, a candle with 10 bucks was a hot swap. our other gift, was intriguing, but did not get too much play.

Comments

[John I. Carney]

I went to one last year and wound up with a gag gift. I tried to be a good sport about it, but the fact of the matter is that I spent $15-20 on my gift, which I really liked, and I was kind of hurt. I don't guess that was the Christmas spirit, but I'm only human.

[Mary Beth]

I hate Dirty Santa. Like we all don't have enough junk that we're trying to get rid of.

Although I have a friend here in town who works for Proctor and Gamble. Everybody wants her DS gift because she always brings tons of toilet paper and paper towels. It's not sexy, but it's sure practical.

[gavin]

i hear ya on the cheated part john. but i am also the guy that brings a gag gift.. or wants too. erin doesn't always allow that. you need to pick a gift with someone in mind, yourself, or someone else. mb, i like the non-sexy.