The Family

OK! We are ready to do this!

Our Christmas in July party will be Sunday, July 10.

It will be at Mom & Dad’s place. Chris is in charge of the meats and in coordinating the rest of the food. I’m in charge of … um … organizing.

First thing – drawing names for gifts! From the random number generator, here’s what we have:

Luke -> Christina
Nelia -> Joseph
Chris -> Nelia
Christina -> Ramona
Joseph -> Chris
Ramona -> Luke

Rules for the gifts: Since this is very close to the 4th of July, there’s going to be a certain holiday fusion aspect to all this. So, for the gifts, think Colonial! The price cap is $1, in 1776 money. Mom found a source that says that that’s equivalent to $33.60 – and not a penny over (including tax)! What do ya’ll think, should we include the receipts?

And bonus points for gifts that would have fit into the colonies well – something they would have given, used, had, etc. Homemade is great. Re-gifted things you already have is great. We found this site, which has some great inspiration ideas – https://shop.colonialwilliamsburg.com/18th-century-goods/.

I have my usual set of games in mind, but if anyone would like to brainstorm with me that’s always welcome.

I’m also thinking that we’d carve out some time for celebrating the July birthdays – any objections? It does kind of move us in all kinds of different directions, but I think it should be fun.