Yankee Swap

the yankee swap is when, at christmas, you take the someone else present giving him/her yours

you can find an example of it in tv series “the office” (us) season 2, episode 10
in this episode, when the party gets worse:

michael: i got it! we are going to turn secret santa into yankee swap.
jim: what is yankee swap?
michael: one person chooses a gift. the next person can either choose a gift or steal that person’s gift. if your gift gets stolen, then you can steal somebody else’s gift or choose a new gift.
jim: i thought that was called nasty christmas.
pam: yeah, we call it white elephant.
michael: well, i call it fun!
oscar: why are we doing this?
michael: because it’s better. because it’s more special.
angela: it sounds mean.
michael: shut it. no, it’s not. okay, just give it a shot.

michael: okay, meredith is up first. here’s the deal. you can either pick a new gift or you can steal somebody else’s gift that they’ve already gotten, like the oven mitt.
meredith: i’ll take the teapot.
jim: oh, shouldn’t we … i bought that specifically for pam.
michael: yankee swap! that’s what makes it fun. pam, you can steal the oven mitt now.
pam: i’ll take the ipod.
ryan: and i have to give it to her? i don’t have a choice?
dwight: yes, now you can steal the oven mitt, the old shirt or the shower radio or pick a new gift.
stanley: (after ryan opens a new gift – a nameplate saying ‘kelly’) that was meant for kelly.
ryan: yeah, i figured.
michael: i think this is going great.

michael: everyone wants the ipod. it’s a huge hit. it is almost a christmas miracle.

dwight: yankee swap is like machiavelli meets … christmas.
when your xbox 360 (or similar product) breaks and you go to the store and buy a new one, returning the old, broken one in its place for a full reimburs-m-nt.

remember to switch the serial number sticker and pay with cash. works well at department stores such as: wal-mart, target, and k-mart.
yesterday my xbox 360 red ringed so i yankee swapped at wal-mart.
when a group of males steal a females phone and take anonomous pictures of their p-n-ses, afterwhich they tell said female’s boyfriend that they found a bunch of c-cks on her phone.
i was at this christmas party where they had a yankee swap.
the ultimate game-changer – calling yankee swap at any point during any game (chess, settlers of catan, etc.) allows for an abandonment of the previous rules and the reign of a new order.
player 1: “hey man, you can’t just trade in one of your p-wns for a queen and a rook!”
player 2: “whatever man, it’s yankee swap.”