2025 🌲Christmas Gift Exchange Event / Potluck 🌲 Community Celebration Event

This Micro Container Exchange event will be held at Pioneer Park on Saturday, December 13th, at 11:00 AM and will last approximately 2 hours. 

Update: Due to the proximity to the Thanksgiving holiday, we have decided to change the date for this event. We hope that there will be more interest in participating in the event. 

Additional Thoughts...

This year, we have decided to make this event a potluck. Those who attend write what you will bring in a note when you log your will attend. We can also play games as well, we have the Cache-me-if-you-can game we can bring with us. 

This is a micro container exchange Christmas Event with a twist. It is also a Gift Exchange! You do not have to participate in the gift exchange to log the event as a find, but if you do wish to participate in the gift exchange, you must follow these rules. Please read the following instructions carefully so that no one is disappointed...

Micro Container exchange rules

1) Before coming to the event, you must hide a gift (Christmas Cache) to be exchanged with another geocacher somewhere within 10 miles of Pioneer Park. The gift can be whatever you like... gift card, unactivated geocoins, TB dog tags, swag items, cache containers, etc. Please use your judgment in selecting your gift items and make sure that they are under 20 dollars in value. You may place your gift items in an inexpensive cache container (i.e., Tupperware, LNL, Christmas tin, etc.) and hide it to be found later that day. You may fill the container with Christmas cookies or candy to take up any leftover space in the container, but make sure your gift container is weather-resistant and critter-proof. Don't forget to mark a waypoint for your hidden gift for the step 

2) You must bring a micro container to the flash mob event. Inside the micro container will be a slip of paper with the coordinates of the Christmas Cache you hid for another cacher to find. In addition, it would be a good idea to write your geocaching name and cell phone number on the paper just in case the Christmas seeker needs a phone-a-friend to find their Christmas Cache.

3) At the event, the micro container will be placed in a container and mixed up. Everyone who places a micro container in the container will then be able to choose another micro container from the container randomly. For those families with multiple cachers, you may bring more than one micro container, but there must be one Christmas cache hidden for each micro container placed in the bowl, or someone will be disappointed.

4) After the micro container exchange, you must sign the event log, and we will take a group photo, so make sure you wear something appropriate. Your favorite Christmas sweaters or scarves are fine. Feel free to wear Santa hats, Elf suits, or reindeer antlers.

5) After the group photo, the event will be over, and you may disperse to find your Christmas cache. Remember... the entire cache is yours to keep, including the container, so make sure you take everything with you after the hunt. These containers should not be left behind or published as a regular cache.

6) When you log the event as attended, please thank the cacher who hid your Christmas cache for the gift. You may share what your Christmas cache contained if you like, and feel free to post pictures of the Christmas Cache too. You can even post a picture of the hiding spot since this is not a regular cache hide.

You can be as creative as you want in hiding your Christmas Cache. You can create a traditional type cache, or you can design it as a puzzle cache or multi-cache to make the hunt more enjoyable. Use your imagination!

Please email me if you have any questions regarding the rules.

Merry Christmas from Goblincamper2004/GC2004

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Community Celebration Events - 2025

This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 25 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.