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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 224895" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>You may want to suggest doing what my family does when we get together for Christmas. My sisters' families can not afford much so we came up with a game. It is more special because Dad doesn't really like games but will participate in this one.</p><p></p><p>1. Everyone is to bring one home made item (can be anything) no more than 5 - 10 dollars worth. I always cheat on this because I don't homemake anything so husband and I will each bring something less than $10.00. We started a trend for family members who didn't want to make anything.</p><p></p><p>2. Each person is assigned a number 1 - 6. Mom and Dad are both 1, husband and I are both 2, My twin sister and her husband are both 3, my younger sister is 4 (she doesn't come - lives too far away), my youngest sister and her husband are both 5.</p><p></p><p>3. Mom sets the timer for a random amount of time.</p><p></p><p>4. We start with Dad and work down to the youngest.</p><p></p><p>5. We each take turns rolling the dice. What ever number you get, you exchange your gift with one of those people.</p><p></p><p>6. If you get a 4, you keep your gift (that sister is not there to exchange with)</p><p></p><p>7. If you get a 6, you exchange with anyone in the room.</p><p></p><p>8. Game ends when the timer goes off.</p><p></p><p>9. You get the gift you end up with even if it is yours.</p><p></p><p>This has been so much fun. Great fellowship without spending a lot of money. We have had a large variety of gifts - ornaments, homemade cookies/candies, towels, memorabilia from trips, CD's, ect.. Things that are not personal to the receiver because you do not know who will get it.</p><p></p><p>You can then each throw in whatever other money you would have spent, fill a bowl with papers of everyone's favorite charities and draw which charity gets the donation?</p><p></p><p>Two of my sisters and I did a variation of this when on a trip. We would purchase little inexpensive items from gift shops and play for those items the end of our trip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 224895, member: 5096"] You may want to suggest doing what my family does when we get together for Christmas. My sisters' families can not afford much so we came up with a game. It is more special because Dad doesn't really like games but will participate in this one. 1. Everyone is to bring one home made item (can be anything) no more than 5 - 10 dollars worth. I always cheat on this because I don't homemake anything so husband and I will each bring something less than $10.00. We started a trend for family members who didn't want to make anything. 2. Each person is assigned a number 1 - 6. Mom and Dad are both 1, husband and I are both 2, My twin sister and her husband are both 3, my younger sister is 4 (she doesn't come - lives too far away), my youngest sister and her husband are both 5. 3. Mom sets the timer for a random amount of time. 4. We start with Dad and work down to the youngest. 5. We each take turns rolling the dice. What ever number you get, you exchange your gift with one of those people. 6. If you get a 4, you keep your gift (that sister is not there to exchange with) 7. If you get a 6, you exchange with anyone in the room. 8. Game ends when the timer goes off. 9. You get the gift you end up with even if it is yours. This has been so much fun. Great fellowship without spending a lot of money. We have had a large variety of gifts - ornaments, homemade cookies/candies, towels, memorabilia from trips, CD's, ect.. Things that are not personal to the receiver because you do not know who will get it. You can then each throw in whatever other money you would have spent, fill a bowl with papers of everyone's favorite charities and draw which charity gets the donation? Two of my sisters and I did a variation of this when on a trip. We would purchase little inexpensive items from gift shops and play for those items the end of our trip. [/QUOTE]
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