xmas shopping

rottiman · Dec 22, 2019

yooperdave said: ↑

After years of beating ourselves up for gift shopping and buying, we (family) all decided to finally stop buying for each other. It sounds kind of "scroogie" but has worked out well for quite a number of years now.

What we do In place of exchanging is to play what we call the "dice game". Everyone buys a number of smaller useful desirable items, wrap them and bring them to the gathering/meal. With us all sitting around a table, we'll place some of those gifts in the center and then usually two sets of dice (because of the number of people) are used. When you roll a 7 or 11, you choose a gift and this goes on until all the gifts on the table are gone. Unwrap the gifts and everyone finds out what they have......for the moment. Then the game starts. Setting a timer-usually the buzzer on the oven- we start rolling the dice to get a 7 or 11 once more. When you roll either number, you can pick out any other gift that you want. This goes on until the buzzer sounds and then everyone is set with keeping the gifts in their pile at that time. Timer is usually set for around 15-20 minutes.

The gifts range in value from low to probably no higher than $20-$25 at best. Lots of snacks, home made preserves, hats gloves socks smaller tools knives movies gadgets decorations useful and gag gifts...you get the idea. Due to the quantity of gifts brought, there are usually a couple dozen gifts per game session and usually a minimum of 3 sessions.

After 99 played this game with my family, she introduced it to her family and it was a huge success and looked forward to every season!
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Around this area, that game would probably end up with the Provincial Police having to quell a half a dozen fights which would end up with them having to have a bail court on Christmas morning.........................

yooperdave · Dec 22, 2019

rottiman said: ↑

Around this area, that game would probably end up with the Provincial Police having to quell a half a dozen fights which would end up with them having to have a bail court on Christmas morning.........................
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Yeah, it can get kinda "competitive" at times! And then you have the slow "I'm not sure what I'm going to pick" people while they hold on to the dice the whole while.....and the buzzers about to sound off at any moment!

Thor · Dec 22, 2019

Just got back to the house. I'm all done with the Christmas shopping. Since it's so warm out I may go give the truck a bath in the driveway. Then it's

billb3 · Dec 22, 2019

Supposedly have an Amazon package arriving by Amazon courier this afternoon.
Delivering packages on Sunday must be interesting. Maybe not.
I was told/asked not to open it.

sirbuildalot · Dec 22, 2019

clay shooter said: ↑

we got up at 6 went down the big store got all our xmas shopping home by 7.
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Was it 20 gift cards?

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xmas shopping

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