Tonight Sweetie and I went to a choir party. Part of the activities was a "White Elephant" gift exchange.

Do all of you know what that is?

We had a lot of fun opening the gifts or 'stealing' someone else's gift. I took a small basket that is meant to have a plant pot in it and a can of mulling spices. That was one "White Elephant." The second gift I took was a jar of dried beans meant for 15 bean soup. In the same bag was a set of colored marker stamps. I brought home a stuffed reindeer that sings "Blue Christmas" like Elvis would have done if he were drunk and suffering from a bad cold. Sweetie gave away his gift -- a set of woodworking books that a friend wanted.

Tomorrow night I will go to a party for ladies only. We will have an ornament exchange but it will be handled like the White Elephant exchange -- the more popular ornaments will be "stolen" until they are "frozen."

My quilting group had a party on Monday and we exchanged gifts of fat quarters, using the same format. Saturday evening we have still another party and another white elephant gift exchange.
All these parties are a challenge to my diet!