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Chinese Gift Exchange By Monica Resinger http://homemakersjournal.com My husband and I attended our church's Christmas party and they had a Chinese Gift Exchange. It was a lot of fun. Here are the rules: 1. Everyone brings a wrapped gift of the same cost (it's a good idea for some to bring an extra wrapped gift, in case someone forgets or doesn't know to bring one). At our party, they set the gift cost at a minimal $5. You could even choose to do gifts that don't cost anything... like handmade gifts, or trinkets you would like to pass on, being sure that they are nice and would be appreciated... no junk allowed. The main thing is to try and keep values the same. 2 Arrange all the gifts in a central area, being sure there is enough gifts for everyone there. 3. Count how many people are there; if there are 18 people, number 18 slips of paper 1-18 and place them in a bag. 4. Have someone bring the bag of numbered slips of paper around to each person and have them draw one number from the bag. 5. To start the exchange, have the person who drew #1 pick a gift and unwrap it. #2 can either take #1's gift, or pick a wrapped gift to unwrap. The exchange continues consecutively, each person being able to take a gift from any previous exchangers, or a new wrapped gift until all have gifts. If your gift gets taken, you can then take a new wrapped gift, or take someone else's, but not the one that was taken away from you. The exchange continues in this manner until everyone has a gift. Because #1 didn't have the opportunity to take a gift from another person, they have the choice to exchange their gift with anyone in the room after everyone has gifts. 6. Any one gift can only be 'taken' 3 times. For example, there was a mini Mag-Lite flashlight gift that all the guys wanted. They decided to let the 2nd elderly gentleman keep it, but if it had been taken away from him (3rd time), that person would have been able to keep it. This is a lot of fun because of the variety of gifts. Because I knew there were going to be males and females, I looked for a gift that either one would appreciate, however, what makes the game funny is when a male gets a gift that a female would appreciate more, or vice versa. This is what inspires people to take another person's gift and produces lots of laughs! So there really is no need to buy gender specific gifts. Of course, you could imply a non-gender gift rule if you wish, to be sure everyone gets something they like, and it would still be fun. Have a blessed Christmas! Check out the Holiday E-book Package that includes 7 holiday e-books (4 are FREE!) packed with tips for giving homemade gifts, mix-in-a-jar recipes for giving, toy oven mix recipes, fun-to-make holiday crafts for giving or decorating, delicious holiday recipes and so much more!! Click here for details: http://homemakersjournal.com/ebooklets.htm Get Monica's FREE weekly e-zine for homemakers! To subscribe, just send a blank e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE USING ARTICLES POSTED ON THE GROUP: 1. Print the article in its entirety. Don't make any changes in the article . 2. Print the resource box with all articles in their entirety. 3. Send the Author a copy of the reprinted article or the URL where the articles was posted. Anything short of following these three rules is a violation of the Authors Copyright. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ReprintArticles-Paradise/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
