White Elephant Wheel for an Order Draw

When everyone is around the gift pile, spin once on a shared screen to call who picks next. Wrapped gifts sit in a circle around the tree or a break-room table. This white elephant wheel is the order draw: guest names on the slices, who picks or steals next. In under a minute, paste the RSVP list, turn on Remove Winner, and tap Spin. The wheel lands on a person, not a present. Steal limits stay spoken.

How this wheel sets white elephant pick order

Paste the RSVP names. Turn on Remove Winner before the first spin so a Christmas gift exchange cannot call the same guest twice. Each tap names who picks or steals next. Repeat until every player has a place. If you searched christmas gift exchange wheel, stay here. Same job. Same list. Not a second page.

Each spin uses crypto.getRandomValues in your browser. With equal weights, every remaining name on the exchange list has the same chance.

Put participant names on the wheel, not present ideas

Keep slices like Maya and Jordan. Drop gift titles, dollar amounts, and cards such as Trade Left. If you need a ready-made list to copy, copy and edit your exchange name list.

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How to set white elephant pick order

1. Paste participant names. Type the people in this exchange. Names only. Delete gift titles, dollar amounts, and Trade Left cards.

2. Turn on Remove Winner before the first spin. Leave it on for the whole order run so a name cannot land twice in the sequence.

3. Spin for the next picker. Call that name. They pick or steal under the house rules you already said out loud.

4. Repeat until the order is set. Keep spinning until everyone who is playing has a place. Do not rebuild the night as a prize raffle.

5. Edit the list when RSVPs change. If a guest cancels or a plus-one arrives, update slices before you spin again.

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When this wheel helps

Office exchange

The office RSVP list is ready. Paste those names. Keep Remove Winner on. Spin who unwraps next. Steal rules stay verbal.

Family white elephant

Same name-order job at home. Short first names on the slices. Player 1 final swap is a spoken house rule, not a slice label.

Late cancel or plus-one

A guest drops out after you started. Edit the name list before the next spin so the remaining sequence stays clean.

Tips

• Put people on the slices, not wrapped-gift titles or prize amounts.

• Keep Remove Winner on for the whole order run, not only the first tap.

• Edit for a no-show or plus-one before you spin again.

• Short first names read better than full sentences.