Louisiana’s governmental ethics laws significantly restrict – in fact, virtually eliminate – the giving of gifts to public employees from businesses in the private sector that do business with them. It is that time of the year again – governmental ethics violations when gift giving to public employees. JSTOR 3119303.Date: October 2021 Don't Violate Louisiana's Governmental Ethics Laws This Holiday Gift-Giving Season When It Comes to Public Employees "Gift Receipt and the Reformulation of Interpersonal Relationships". doi: 10.1002/mar.1034.ĭots and Dashes: Interesting Stories of Progress in the Telegraph Industry, Volumes 3-20, Western Union Telegraph Company, 1927 "A guide map to the terrain of gift value". "White elephant in Thai culture, highly auspicious and symbols of royal power". "Dirty Santa Rules for Your Gift Exchange Party". ^ a b c d e McGough, Nellah Bailey ()."Why Do We Call That Holiday Game Yankee Swap, White Elephant And Dirty Santa? Unpacking the history of the popular gift exchange game". "What Is A White Elephant Gift Exchange? Here's What You Need To Know About This Entertaining Party Game". " The White Elephant Gift Exchange", an episode of the animated television show Regular Show, in which the park workers play the game." Christmas Party", an episode of the American television show The Office, in which staff play "Yankee Swap" at an office party.At the end, the first player may, if desired, steal any gift – according to some rules, even a gift that is out of play. The game is over when everyone has a present. Each gift can only be stolen twice per game. When a person's gift is stolen, that person can either choose another wrapped gift to open or can steal from another player. On subsequent turns, each person has the choice to either unwrap a new present or to steal another's. The first person opens a wrapped gift, and the turn ends. The gifts are placed in a central location, and participants determine in which order (often by numbers randomly drawn prior to the start of the game) they will take turns selecting a gift. Rules Įach participant supplies one wrapped gift, usually of similar value. While the first use of this term remains a matter of contention among historians, one theory suggests that Ezra Cornell brought the term into the popular lexicon through his frequent social gatherings as early as 1828. However, there is no actual record of the King gifting a white elephant specifically to burden the recipients, and white elephants are considered to be highly valuable and sacred in Thai culture, so much that any white elephant that is found must immediately be brought to the King according to his legal ownership. The phrase is said to come from a perspective about the historic practice of the King of Siam (now Thailand) giving rare albino elephants to courtiers who had displeased him, so that they might be ruined by the animals' upkeep costs. The term white elephant refers to an extravagant, impractical gift that cannot be easily disposed of. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to gain a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item. A man "steals" a gift in a white elephant gift exchange, while its previous owner is reluctant to relinquish it.Ī white elephant gift exchange, Yankee swap or Dirty Santa is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during festivities.
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