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A royal white elephant, as depicted in a Thai painting. A white elephant (also albino elephant) [1] is a rare kind of elephant, but not a distinct species. Although often depicted as snow white, their skin is typically a soft reddish-brown, turning a light pink when wet. [2] They have fair eyelashes and toenails.
A white elephant gift exchange, [1] Yankee swap [2] or Dirty Santa [3] [nb 1] is a party game where amusing and impractical gifts are exchanged during Christmas festivities. The goal of a white elephant gift exchange is to entertain party-goers rather than to give or acquire a genuinely valuable or highly sought-after item. [ 3 ]
The White Bone is a Canadian novel written by Barbara Gowdy and published by HarperCollins in 1999. [1] It was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 1998. [2] Sometimes compared to Richard Adams's Watership Down, [3] it is an adult fantasy story about animals—in this case, African elephants—in a realistic natural setting but given the ability to speak to one another throughout the book.
Winter House premiered on Bravo in October 2021 as a spinoff of the hit show, Summer House. The first two seasons featured several Bravo personalities as they vacationed in Stowe, Vermont.
It was originally built in phases and then expanded whenever funding was available or the elephants needed more space or accommodation. Twenty miles of double fencing encloses The Elephant Sanctuary's 2,700 acres (11 km 2). Heated barns located in the Asia, Africa, and Quarantine Habitats offer additional warmth during the cooler winter months.
This three-pack of Yankee Candle car fresheners is a great White Elephant idea. This set includes one “Vanilla Cupcake,” one “Black Cherry,” and one “Home Sweet Home” scented car ...
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The phrase was attached to "white elephant swaps" and "white elephant sales" in the early twentieth century. [7] Many church bazaars held "white elephant sales" where donors could unload unwanted bric-à-brac, generating profit from the phenomenon that "one man's trash is another man's treasure" and the term has continued to be used in this ...