[Teachldsseminary] Christmas party games

[Linda Harper]

This is one thing we did for fun:

Gift Exchange Story



Have each guest bring a wrapped gift (or white elephant gift) for the gift 
exchange.  Everyone sits in a circle while a narrator reads the following 
story.  Each time the words LEFT, RIGHT, or WRIGHT are mentioned, the gifts 
are passed in that direction.  Each person will keep the gift they are 
holding at the end of the story.



A Christmas Eve to Remember

It was a beautiful Christmas Eve.  The snow was falling.  Everything seemed 
perfectly RIGHT for the evening.  There was enough hot chocolate LEFT to 
share with Santa, RIGHT along with the plate of cookies LEFT for him by the 
fireplace. Ed and Myrna WRIGHT thought it would be a great time to drive 
across town and deliver Grandmother WRIGHT's Christmas gift.  Grandmother 
WRIGHT had not LEFT her home for a week.  She was RIGHT down in bed, as the 
flu had LEFT

her feeling weak.

Mr. WRIGHT and Mrs. WRIGHT LEFT in their bright red car.  They had just 
turned LEFT out of the driveway when Mrs. WRIGHT said to Mr. WRIGHT, "I LEFT 
Grandmother's present RIGHT there on the kitchen counter."  Mr. WRIGHT 
quickly turned RIGHT back into the driveway and Mrs. WRIGHT leaned LEFT as 
he did so.  She hopped RIGHT out of the car and LEFT her door open.  Mrs. 
WRIGHT said, "I will be RIGHT back."  Snowball, their dog, saw the door open 
and jumped RIGHT into the car, RIGHT over the front seat and RIGHT into the 
back seat.  About this time, Mrs. WRIGHT showed up with Grandmother's 
present and said to Mr. WRIGHT, "It was RIGHT where I LEFT it, in the 
kitchen."

Mrs. WRIGHT was surprised to see Snowball in the car.  Mrs. WRIGHT thought 
they had LEFT him in the back yard.  However, Mr. WRIGHT had forgotten and 
LEFT the gate unlocked.  Mr. And Mrs. WRIGHT LEFT Snowball in the back seat 
of the car as they once again  LEFT their driveway for Grandmother WRIGHT's 
home.

As Mr. And Mrs. WRIGHT drove along enjoying the beautiful scenery they felt 
as if they had LEFT all their worries somewhere else.  It was Christmas Eve 
and they were surrounded, both on the Right and on the LEFT with new falling 
snow.  They were getting that wonderful feeling that often comes at 
Christmas time.



Mr. WRIGHT's car turned RIGHT onto Holly Street where Grandmother WRIGHT 
lived.  As they approached Grandmother WRIGHT's they could see she had LEFT 
her porch light on.  It felt RIGHT chilly when they stepped out of the car.

However, they LEFT their jackets in the car.  Mr. WRIGHT and Mrs. WRIGHT 
were glad they had not LEFT Grandmother WRIGHT's gift home.  They could see 
Grandmother WRIGHT peeking through the curtains as they walked up her steps. 
Snowball began to bark as he did not want to be LEFT out.  What a nice 
surprise for Grandmother WRIGHT; she had not been LEFT alone on Christmas 
Eve.

Mr. WRIGHT and Mrs. WRIGHT walked RIGHT up to the door and knocked.

Grandmother WRIGHT stood by the door and opened it RIGHT as soon as they 
knocked.  It almost LEFT them speechless to see Grandmother WRIGHT up and 
about.  Grandmother WRIGHT said, "What a wonderful surprise."  Mr. WRIGHT 
and Mrs. WRIGHT were also surprised to see that Grandmother WRIGHT had LEFT 
her bed.  She was RIGHT spry and it was easy to see that her illness had not 
LEFT her weak.

Grandmother WRIGHT wanted to celebrate what was LEFT of Christmas Eve, so 
Grandmother WRIGHT LEFT Mr. WRIGHT and Mr. WRIGHT and went RIGHT into the 
kitchen to stir up a pot of hot wassail.  She said, "I need my glasses to 
see this festive recipe, and they are not RIGHT here where I LEFT them."

The three of them LEFT the kitchen and looked in other rooms to see where 
she had LEFT them.  Grandmother WRIGHT yelled out, "Well, here they are, 
RIGHT where I LEFT them"  Sure enough, they were RIGHT there on her night 
stand where she had LEFT them.

Grandmother WRIGHT made sure she had all the RIGHT ingredients in the hot 
wassail.  Mr. WRIGHT built a fire in the fireplace and it LEFT a warm, 
festive feeling as they sat on the cozy stuffed sofa, listening to soft 
Christmas music and sipping their wassail, which was just the RIGHT

temperature.  Mr. WRIGHT opened the door to check on Snowball and he was 
fast asleep RIGHT there on the doorstep where they had LEFT him.

Mr. WRIGHT and Mrs. WRIGHT will never forget this special evening, as they 
were LEFT with the true spirit of Christmas in their hearts, and they knew 
that had done the RIGHT thing by sharing their Christmas Eve with 
Grandmother WRIGHT.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Pugmire" <dpugmire at gmail.com>
To: <teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 2:08 PM
Subject: [Teachldsseminary] Christmas party games


Ahoy all,
I'm having a christmas party tomorow evening at my home for my class. I
expect around a dozen to show. This is in place of early morning class that
morning, which excited the kids.
We're going to have treats and do white elephants.  Anyone have some ideas
for games to play (that wont destroy my house) ?
I had thought about playing the "I haven't done this" game, where you
collect a bean from everyone who has done it.
One problem I have with games is that the class is mostly boys, and pretty
aggresive boys at that. They tend to dominate anything we do, and I always
feel like the girls get pushed aside. Thanks in advance, and merry christmas
to all!

-dave
los alamos NM, ems.
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