Mom's 29th (plus) annual cookie exchange party...
Among my favorite traditions, her recipe is: delicious brunch followed by white elephant gift exchange (renamed this year to "what just happened?) Where each guest brings a $10 wrapped gift and then everyone opens one, and then going clockwise can choose someone else's gift ("the steal") or can keep what they opened.. But a gift can only be -stolen- three times max, so whoever has it on the 3rd steal gets to keep it. (Or has to keep it.. depending on the desire level you see.. Gag gifts add to the fun; desired gifts add to the steals..). -this game is best played after two or three mimosas.. In which case it becomes almost impossible to keep track of which gifts have been stolen vs. Just exchanged and how many times by who.. That's where the underage family members come in.. And take advantage of the rest of us..
Anyway.. That fun confusion is followed by a couple games of L, R, C
-a high stakes roll the dice game.. Where each person puts in $5..
Roll the dice (all 3 dice if you have $3 or more.. But only 1 dice per dollar if you have $2 or less.. And if you have no $...
You just sit there and hope the person to your write rolls an " L" or the person to your left rolls a "R"
-because then you are back in the game! -just like that.
Wait. I skipped a part.. I should explain that there 3 dice. With L's, R's C's or just dots.
There you sit with your dollar bills, or m&M's.. Whatever..
When you roll the dice,
R= give a dollar to the person on your write.
L= give a dollar to the person on your left.
C= throw a dollar in the center of the table
Dot= you get to keep your dollar.
No dollar = no turn; you are out! /unless, as I mentioned earlier the person next to you rolls to your advantage and gives you a buck..
Back in!
Last one with $ "WINNER!". -and gets everyone's $..
The way my mom plays. (And I just love this about my mom..). No person can win twice.. So, if the same person were to win a second time.. Instead of claiming all the $ again..
The winner would roll a dice one more time, and hand the winnings over to person L or person R..
Get it? I would be the first to advise you to just get the LCR game at your local store (walgreens perhaps..) And read those instructions..
But look! 2014 cookie exchange LCR champions... (Me!) And Nancy..
Stole the 2013 title from Robbie and Bobbie...
The other tradition my mom has is that she gives a prize every year to whoever was the first person to call in their cookie recipe.
A lot of my friends ask that question.. " how do you avoid duplicate cookies?"
My mom has everyone call in.. First call/first pick.. So if you mention a recipe already called in, you have to switch..
And that's the main part of the cookie exchange part-Y. Everyone brings # dozen of the same cookie, where # = total number of guests
And everyone brings a different kind
So! That when you exchange.. Each person takes one dozen each of cookies made by someone else, and you go home with A BIG VARIETY! Of delicious homemade cookies.. But all you had to make was one type.. See!
Genius. Who originated this?
Anyway.. It was another great time.. "Thank you Mom!$"
Love you, love you, love you! Xoxo
posted by SHE @ 9:20 AM
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