Have you ever seen the show “Kids Do the Darndest Things?!” I used to watch it quite a bit, and I just realized that I never see it on T.V. anymore! It was hilarious! Another show that’s on quite a bit, but I hardly ever get to watch anymore is “The Nanny” with Fran Drescher That show is usually pretty funny!
Has anyone heard of “white elephant” gifting? It is pretty fun, but kind of impersonal. My family has been doing this for Christmas every year for the past few years, and I’m kind of torn on whether or not I like it. For this, everyone who wants to be in on it brings a gift that’s gender neutral and there is a set limit on about how much it should cost. Then, at Christmas, or any holiday for that matter, you draw names of erveryone who is in on the gifting and whomevers name is drawn first gets to pick the first present and it can be theres that they brought or anyone elses. Next, they open the gift and show everyone and then they pick the next name. The next person gets to either choose the gift that the last person opened, or a new gift. Then they open or grab the gift of the other person, and if they grab the gift from the other person, then the first person gets to pick and open a new one. Once the second person has ended, they get to draw the next name, and the person has the option of taking either one of the first 2 gifts or a new one. This continues until all of the gifts are open or until all of the gifts can no longer be “stolen.” We have a rule where you can steal the gift 3 times maximum until the gift can no longer be stolen. Some of the things that I DON’T like about this way of giving/receiving gifts is that you don’t necessarily end up with the gifts that you may want and people can collaborate and get things that they want, which leaves you stuck with something that you might not want.
I hope everyone has a great holiday and a happy new year!!!!