Posted By: Dave H
Christmas in October! - 02/24/01 06:16 PM
Some while ago, Rod Watson floated an idea for a gift exchange among connected collectors. It was posted not long before Christmas, and nothing happened that year. This past year the idea was not resurfaced. For the past several months I have harboured an idea for an ice-breaking activity for the Reunion based on this concept. A chance to get to know in person others we only know from the internet, to renew old friendships, make new friends, and to have some lighthouse fun. What I am proposing is Christmas in October.
What I was thinking was that we have a little get-together prior to the reunion, probably Tuesday evening. Many will arrive Tuesday, to go on John's bus-capade on Wednesday. The bus trip would eliminate Wednesday evening, as John will have us on the road well past our bed-time. Thursday evening the reunion will be underway. The intended audience is the Connected Collector, but hopefully we will also see some collectors who are not part of our internet family.
Here are the basic ideas, using as a basis how our agency does its' gift exchange at our Christmas dinner. They can be modified or improved upon.
• Anyone can participate
• Each participant will bring a wrapped gift with a value of around $10
• If you want to participate more than once, you simply bring more than one gift (do we need to have a limit?)
• Gifts should be lighthouse related, but not Harbour Lights
• All the gifts are placed in one place
• Each participant draws a number to determine the "picking order"
• Low number starts by choosing any gift based on whatever criteria they may have. How well can you "disguise" what is in your package?
• Person opens gift and lets everyone see what they received. Don't get real attached to this gift.
• Next person chooses. They may choose a new gift, or take away a gift previously picked by another. (If this happens, the person who lost their gift gets to pick again - either new or take-away, but can't take away the gift they just lost.)
• The third person to possess a gift gets to keep it. After 2 "take-aways" the gift is retired and out of play.
• Repeat until done
What do you think?
Santa Dave
[This message has been edited by Dave H (edited 02-24-2001).]
What I was thinking was that we have a little get-together prior to the reunion, probably Tuesday evening. Many will arrive Tuesday, to go on John's bus-capade on Wednesday. The bus trip would eliminate Wednesday evening, as John will have us on the road well past our bed-time. Thursday evening the reunion will be underway. The intended audience is the Connected Collector, but hopefully we will also see some collectors who are not part of our internet family.
Here are the basic ideas, using as a basis how our agency does its' gift exchange at our Christmas dinner. They can be modified or improved upon.
• Anyone can participate
• Each participant will bring a wrapped gift with a value of around $10
• If you want to participate more than once, you simply bring more than one gift (do we need to have a limit?)
• Gifts should be lighthouse related, but not Harbour Lights
• All the gifts are placed in one place
• Each participant draws a number to determine the "picking order"
• Low number starts by choosing any gift based on whatever criteria they may have. How well can you "disguise" what is in your package?
• Person opens gift and lets everyone see what they received. Don't get real attached to this gift.
• Next person chooses. They may choose a new gift, or take away a gift previously picked by another. (If this happens, the person who lost their gift gets to pick again - either new or take-away, but can't take away the gift they just lost.)
• The third person to possess a gift gets to keep it. After 2 "take-aways" the gift is retired and out of play.
• Repeat until done
What do you think?
Santa Dave
[This message has been edited by Dave H (edited 02-24-2001).]