Re: Gathering - Yankee Swap

[Guest guest]

Hi Lorrie,

I'm not Shaye but I borrowed the Yankee Swap idea from the New England

gathering a few years ago for our gathering so I'll give you the rundown.

Participants bring an item wrapped in a plain brown box or a used (used

or we could get in trouble with the PO) priority box turned inside out so

that no one can identify one person's item from another's. Only the outside

of the box should be unidentifiable. The reason for this is that if I knew

what you were bringing and I wanted it I could pick that box and hope no one

decided to take it from me.

Packages are placed on a table. Everyone picks a number out of a bag, #

1 picks a box, opens it up, shows to everyone. #2 picks a box, opens, shows

everyone and has a choice to swap with/ #1. Every person has a choice to

swap with/ anyone who has gone before them. Because #1 had no one to swap

with in the beginning, he/she has the choice to swap with anyone at the end.

The best # to pick is #1 because you have your choice of all the items

even if they have been swapped 10 times before you. Things get passed

around quite a bit and even if you have grown attached to what you picked

you have no idea what you'll end up with.

We've set a $10 package value in the past. You can include supplies

such as mango butter, lip balm tubes, bottles, FOs, powder shakers, beeswax,

molds, herbs, colorants, etc. You can also bring something that you make

such as candles, washcloths, soap bags, etc. You can include any labels,

identification etc. on anything inside the box. After the box is chosen and

opened it doesn't matter if we know who put it in the swap.

H.

<<Could you explain what a Yankee swap is?>>

[Guest guest]

Oh, I see! We do that at work for our Christmas gift exchange. Its really

fun!

Lorrie

In a message dated 4/22/2003 10:32:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,

brink@... writes:

> Hi Lorrie,

> I'm not Shaye but I borrowed the Yankee Swap idea from the New England

> gathering a few years ago for our gathering so I'll give you the rundown.

> Participants bring an item wrapped in a plain brown box or a used (used

> or we could get in trouble with the PO) priority box turned inside out so

> that no one can identify one person's item from another's. Only the

> outside

> of the box should be unidentifiable. The reason for this is that if I knew

> what you were bringing and I wanted it I could pick that box and hope no

> one

> decided to take it from me.

> Packages are placed on a table. Everyone picks a number out of a bag, #

> 1 picks a box, opens it up, shows to everyone. #2 picks a box, opens,

> shows

> everyone and has a choice to swap with/ #1. Every person has a choice to

> swap with/ anyone who has gone before them. Because #1 had no one to swap

> with in the beginning, he/she has the choice to swap with anyone at the

> end.

> The best # to pick is #1 because you have your choice of all the items

> even if they have been swapped 10 times before you. Things get passed

> around quite a bit and even if you have grown attached to what you picked

> you have no idea what you'll end up with.

> We've set a $10 package value in the past. You can include supplies

> such as mango butter, lip balm tubes, bottles, FOs, powder shakers,

> beeswax,

> molds, herbs, colorants, etc. You can also bring something that you make

> such as candles, washcloths, soap bags, etc. You can include any labels,

> identification etc. on anything inside the box. After the box is chosen

> and

> opened it doesn't matter if we know who put it in the swap.

>

> H.

>

[Guest guest]

> coleen... if your out there... drop me from the other swap...lol..

this is

> the one i wanted... didn't realize there was two... sorry for the

> inconvenience

>

> Sam

Okay Sam, thanks.

Colleen

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