About 5 p.m. on Christmas the extended family came for dinner and a gift exchange. We had turkey, ham, salad, rolls, etc, etc, etc! There was too many desserts to mention and they were all delicious!!! After dinner we all gathered around in the family room. Each person described their gift and why it was their favorite thing (the idea is you bring something to give away that you love, $15 value and you come away with someone else's favorite thing for your own.) After describing gifts each person draws a number and that is the order in which they will participate. The first person selects any gift they want. And the next person can choose the gift that person took or anything else from the pile. Each gift can only be "stolen" three times and then that final person gets to keep it, no more steals.
Everybody enjoyed hanging and and playing and getting their gifts. Grandma was short on oxygen so after about 2 hours she had to go and the big party broke up.
All our kids were left and we had just them for a couple more hours. The kids exchanged gifts amongst themselves and we played ping pong.
