Gardner Villa: White Elephant Christmas Party 2009

White Elephant Christmas Party 2009

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 by Diana

Every December for the past three years we've hosted a white elephant Christmas party. It will be a fun memory for our kids to have as they grow older. I wish I could have invited many others, but that would mean sitting four to a lap, and that could get painful for the one on the bottom. But maybe some of you wouldn't mind that so much 8-)

Sascha made this amazing sign which hung out front as people walked in. It says,
"WELCOME TO DE CHRISTMAS PARTY"
at the bottom it says,
"SORRY, THE SIGN CREATORS THOUGHT IT WAS FOR ALL HOLIDAYS."
On the sleigh it says,
"RENT-A-SLEIGH, THIS IS OURS." "BOXING DAY." JUST A REPLICA."
Make note that Sascha drew Christopher Columbus and a pilgrim pulling the sleigh. He's always good for a laugh...

Errol and LaRee:

Kaitlyn and Duncan:

Steve and Brian:

Dianna, Tracy, Cami, Mireya, Sophia and Monica:

Mike and Chris:

Emilee, Sydney, Chase and Lindsay:

Who wants to be first to get their pic taken with Gingy?

The kids had their gift exchange first:

Some of the biggest hits that got stolen...

The pony costume:

The snow cone maker:

and the Highschool Musical stuff:

And then it was the adults gift exchange...

Kaitlyn ended up with a real autographed picture of Daryl Hannah:

Mireya got a hot lips pinata that she would later use for Sophia's bday party (notice that the football game was running in the background. The guys wouldn't stop whining until we turned it on):

Every guy wants a wreath to decorate:

Steve was actually really excited to get the cowboy boots figurine (not sure why, maybe because it had candy in it?), but Duncan ended up stealing it away: