[Steppes] "White Elephant" gift exchange

Thu Dec 17 12:55:59 PST 2009

LOL...thanks!

Lady Gwen

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From: Chelsea Durham <baby_sis_83 at hotmail.com>
To: ladygwensca at yahoo.com
Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 12:28:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Steppes] "White Elephant" gift exchange

  You, my lady, deserve a cupcake for the "Old apartment" jab. =) 

-Lady Grainne Kathleen NicPadraig MacDaniel 
Son, I never knew there was part of me missing until you were born.  

> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:26:52 -0800
> From: ladygwensca at yahoo.com
> To: steppes at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Steppes] "White Elephant" gift exchange
> 
> I for one will be leaving the two year old with Grandma and the 10 year old will be participating with Lochlan and I as a single entity. I'll just warn him ahead of time ;-) LOL...
> 
> I had planned on bringing something useful BUT I have LOTS of useless stuff stored in a box marked "Lochlan's Old Apartment Decorations" somewhere...<evil grin> Just let me know...
> 
> Lady Gwen
> 
> 
> 
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> From: Traci <traci at crimsonvision.net>
> To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 11:55:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Steppes] "White Elephant" gift exchange
> 
> "Parents may want to bring a gift specifically for that child to open for
> him/herself in lieu of participating in the exchange."
> 
> Seconded.
> Elizabeta (who's not sure if she will be there yet but still...)
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Susan McMahill <sueorintx at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> >
> > I would also recommend that your child be old enough to understand that the
> > package that they open may not be theirs to keep. While many would not try
> > to steal a gift from a child under normal conditions, in this game, if the
> > gift is something that would really be something that someone else would
> > want, and it hasn't been stolen twice already, it is fair game for stealing
> > by the person who might really want it.
> >
> >
> >
> > Recently we were at a party with similar rules for their gift exchange. One
> > of the children opened a gift that was an autographed copy of a book that
> > others of us valued highly. My dear husband, after we watched the child drop
> > the book repeatedly and treat it with less than the respect it was due,
> > managed to 'steal' the book right at the end of the exchange. It was the
> > last steal, as the child had gotten it back after it was stolen from him
> > originally. My dear husband then swapped with me for the alcoholic beverage
> > I had received. The child came up to me later, quite upset that I had
> > 'taken' his gift. I tried to explain why that book was so important to me.
> > He seemed to understand, but....
> >
> >
> >
> > Parents may want to bring a gift specifically for that child to open for
> > him/herself in lieu of participating in the exchange.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lyneya
> >
> > Well-behaved women Seldom make history - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
> >
> >
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:38:31 -0600
> > > From: simscath at gmail.com
> > > To: steppes at ansteorra.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Steppes] "White Elephant" gift exchange
> >  >
> > > Please also consider the feelings of the child that might open your gift.
> > I
> > > saw a child go from happy and excited to be participating to ready to cry
> > > because of the gift he unwrapped. I swapped my gift for his after the
> > game
> > > so he wouldn't be quite so unhappy, but I would be sorry to see such a
> > thing
> > > happen again.
> > >
> > > You may think your offering is funny. Every adult you know may agree with
> > > you, but please consider that there might be children present who would
> > not
> > > understand and be disappointed.
> > >
> > > Arianne Balfour
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It might be a good idea if people understand that the gift exchange is
> > a
> > > > rather silly game, and here are the rules.
> > > >
> > > > Everyone who brings a gift will draw a number out of a hat. In order,
> > we
> > > > will each choose a gift.
> > > >
> > > > The joker in the deck is that you can either choose a present still
> > under
> > > > the tree and unwrap it, or you can choose somebody else's gift, and
> > then
> > > > they get to choose again.
> > > >
> > > > A given gift can only be stolen twice. Once it's taken by a second
> > person,
> > > > it's out of the game.
> > > >
> > > > Some of the gifts will be useful or fun; some will be awful, and some
> > will
> > > > be in between. The reasonable limits are that you need to be prepared
> > to
> > > > justify the gift you bring to the morally uptight parents of the
> > > > eleven-year-old who might get it.
> > > >
> > > > It's a good time to pass on that useful SCA item that doesn't match
> > your
> > > > current persona, or that fit you twenty pounds ago, or that's used in
> > an
> > > > activity you no longer do. But it's also a good time to pass on that
> > > > outrageous item you aren't willing to admit you own.
> > > >
> > > > Nobody has to play. If it doesn't sound fun, don't bring a gift to it.
> > > > (And it's still fun to watch. People start *caring* about who's going
> > to
> > > > wind up with the Three Stooges clock.)
> > > >
> > > > Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin
> > > >
> > > > P.S. A note to newer members. In our period, Yuletide gifts were
> > > > exchanged, if at all, at Twelfth Night, so the real gifts that we bring
> > to
> > > > our friends will happen at our event on January 2, not at the Christmas
> > > > party.
> > > >
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