Monday, December 30, 2013

Calvin's Annual Christmas Party - November 30th

Each Christmas season brings around what has become a Calvin Tradition.  
Our annual Christmas Party.  : ) 
I think we've held 8 or 9 of them. 
On Saturday, November 30th Jason and I set about getting ready for yet another.  


We set up the Christmas tree as well.  

Adelle came to help us. 

She was a great help.  

The room 
finally ready to receive guests.  

At 6:00 pm they started to arrive.  
Hot apple cider, cold punches, and coffee were available to partake of as people gathered together.  

At 6:30 pm we gathered everyone in their seats.  

We started out by singing some Christmas carols and then Jason got things rolling.


A nice shot of everyone gathered together.  

Before we were allowed to eat, Jason had everyone do a game of guessing the titles of Christmas carols.  

Wilma took charge of this group.


Getting into things.  

This group had fun too.



Peter handily recording the songs. 

Once the game was done, it was time to eat. 
Seems like Jason is trying to sample Peter's food....and he's not too happy about it.  : ) 



Bonnie wore a necklace that actually lights up.  


So did Christine. 



The boys chowing down.  : ) 

Evert relaxing quietly and enjoying 
the wonderful potluck food.  

Everyone brought a gift along for our gift exchange.  

During the meal Jason had us do another game. 
As he gave us the answers to some very ambiguous questions about Christmas, he seemed to have a hard time finding the answers....hence his smile.  : )  


The three who wore Christmas lights....
Michelle has one on her wrist.  

After dinner, it was time for our gift exchange. 

Everyone gathers in a circle.
Jason calls out a number that everyone had been given. 
The person with that number can go get a gift, 
or take a gift from someone else.

Michelle unwraps a gift.  

Peter getting a gift.  

LOTS of chocolate.  : ) 
I think someone will be taking that gift.  

Jeannette unwrapping a gift.  

Sonja decides to grab a gift from the middle, not someone else.  

Elizabeth figuring out what's in her gift.  

Stuart took some time to open this container. 
It was worth it though, seeing as it was Sonja's 
wonderful fudge. 

Katrina looking intently at her Mom unwrapping a gift. 

Walter got some ping pong balls that he could decorate.   

What to pick from, eh Wilma?  



Jane unwrapped a cool cup. 
A removable snow globe at the bottom. 

Katrina unwrapping a gift...

...only to receive the real gift...
Annet's annual flower arrangement.  

Amy unwrapped some bubble making stuff. 

Daniel deciding whether to acquire a gift.....

...or unwrap one.  

He unwrapped a talking cow.


The best dressed man of the evening...
Eric heads to the diminishing gift pile.  

Katrina had her plant taken from her so she is going around to see what she might like.

Caralynn received the other Annet plant.  
She really wanted to keep it. 
I really tried to get someone to take it from her.
She really didn't like me doing that. : ) 



Patrick roaming the room in search of that perfect gift. 

Christine doing the rounds as well.  

Now here's a good story...
Christine got a star Christmas tree ornament and I joked that it looked like a great earring.  
Pretty soon after that Stuart took a gift that looked a lot like the gift Christine had.
We joked that it could be a matching set of earrings...
and sure enough they unwrapped his and her earrings...or, I mean, Christmas tree ornaments.  
Too funny.  


Evert on the hunt.  

Peter looking at a gingerbread packet.  
What you didn't see was when Peter grabbed the gift, he acted like it was so heavy for him that he had to drag it to his chair. :) 

Annet REALLY liked the mugs she unwrapped.  
 She actually got to keep them too.  

Once the exchange was done, and people had a chance to exchange one last time (which did happen for some) we finished off our evening with dessert.  

Everyone had a wonderful evening together.  
This was Joey's first time attending. 
He seemed to have fun. 

Hope to see many of you again next year. : )


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