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Giving gifts to co-workers takes tact — or a silly sense humor. Some companies host ‘white elephant’ exchanges, in which useless and outrageous gifts are given.
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is randomly assigned a recipient — whose tastes may not be obvious. An attempt at humor might be taken as an insult. A present that is a mite too personal can lead to misunderstandings. Trepidation over office etiquette during the holidays has spurred more than a million articles online offering advice, in-
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or the holidays one year, Diana Turner got a box of cat litter-box liners from a coworker. And she loved it. Turner, group wellness director for the Palo Alto Family YMCA, explained that the Y’s leadership team used to engage in a little gift-giving tradition: After a holiday lunch at Pizz’a Chicago, everyone would choose a fellow team member’s name out of a hat, receive $5, and go across the street to shop at the Palo Alto Goodwill. There, they’d have to stealthily find and purchase just the right item, hiding it from the intended recipient, who was also trying to sneakily buy a gift for someone. “It was a fun and endearing tradition,� Turner said of the practice that also benefited another nonprofit. (For the record, Turner does own two cats.) Turner was one of the lucky ones. As many company employees have experienced, gift exchanges among co-workers don’t necessarily turn out merry and bright. Whether one is on the receiving or giving end, office gift-giving can be fraught with hazards. It’s especially so when participating in a “Secret Santa� exchange, in which the gift giver
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