As the end of the year
draws near, with a chill in the air, it is that time once again. A
time for one and all to come together for fun, food and
laughter.
I would like to invite any and all GeoCachers and friends to
the:
"Inaugural Coastal Georgia Holiday
Social"
This will be a lunch gathering starting at 12:00pm. At the CiCi's
Pizza in Hinesville, GA.
The main purpose of this gathering is to allow for some real time
face to face social interactions allowing us to put faces to those
GeoNicks for the new folks and for those of us that have met
before, we can swap larger and larger GeoFibs. (Honest, I WAS THIS
CLOSE to finding that cache first!)
We will also be conducting a completely OPTIONAL white
elephant gift exchange game.
There is NO requirement of bringing a gift to attend the event. It
is only required for those that wish to participate in the
exchange/game.
THE GIFTS: (Borrowed from the Wanna Go Crew, Thanks
Jonnie!)
1. This gift theme is geocaching or hiking
2. The gift should be valued as close to $15.00 as is
reasonable.
3. The gift should be something someone would actually want or use.
It should be in new condition.
4. The gift should be wrapped or in an envelope before arriving to
the party. Gift bags are OK only if a wrapped item is inside.
5. Gift certificates are not OK!
6. No geocoins or travel bugs for the game Please!
7. Please do not mark the gifts as to whom they are from.
8. For GeoTeams, you will need separate gifts if you wish to
participate as individuals.
THE GAME:
1. Each guest who wishes to participate must contribute a gift.
Everyone sits or stands in roughly a circle around the pile of
gifts.
2. Slips of paper equal to the number of gifts with clearly written
numbers. Each participating guest draws a number and holds onto
that slip of paper.
3. On the first turn, the guest with paper slip #1 chooses a gift,
opens it, and all admire it.
4. On the second turn, the guest with paper slip #2 gets the choice
of "stealing" any unwrapped gift (#1's) or choosing a wrapped one.
If #2 steals #1's gift, then #1 must open a wrapped gift.
5. On the third turn, the guest with paper slip #3 gets the choice
of "stealing" any unwrapped gift (#1's or #2's) or choosing a
wrapped one.
The game continues based on the following:
1. If a gift is stolen from you, you can steal a gift (within
limits, described below), or open a wrapped one.
2. The turn proceeds until a wrapped gift is chosen.
3. You cannot steal from the person who just stole from you..
4. The fourth "owner" of a gift gets to keep it. A gift is out of
play once it has been stolen 3 times.
5. "Owners" of "live" gifts must keep them visible and hold them up
when requested.
6. This continues until all gifts are opened.. Usually, guests are
encouraged to perpetuate the gift stealing as long as there are
"live" gifts, but no one is obligated to do this.
7. Finally, the person who picked first gets to choose from all the
presents and swap gifts to end the game, or keep whatever he or she
has already received.
Please post will attends with the number of people in your party
so I can make necessary adjustments with the restaurant.