Christmas Party
Gift Exchange Games
Pass the Fun Around

Games Available Mr. Wright Left Gotta Have It Charity Game Exchange Twas the Night Right Before Christmas Layers of Fun Christmas Party Gift Exchange Games are some of the oldest forms of trading your Christmas gifts with the most amount of fun possible. Years ago I needed a simple left-right exchange story. So I had my sister Melissa write one for me. That game is posted here with the title "Mr. Wright Left." I still have friends who call me every year asking for a copy. This game is where you have to pass the present to the left or right everytime the story teller says the words left or right or wright or write. You get the picture.

This year, I created my own gift exchange game with a little more flair. See if you like "Gotta Have It." I have played it at a couple holiday parties as a test case and improved the rules based off what I found.

Enjoy the season!

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Best Advice from Dana Palmer

Many people come to this site looking for a couple specific games. When they find them, great, the job is done. But there is one thing I want ALL my guests to know regardless of how many or how few pages they read. Therefore, if you see this box again on a few more pages, skip it and move on to finding more games for your event.

But for those reading this for the first time, here is the best advice I can pass on from my many years of experience planning and executing large and small events. Read on…

“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” These are great words from A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. I couldn’t agree more. And a solid foundation of organizing and planning is needed for most events. But I am here to tell you even with the BEST organization, no event is going to proceed EXACTLY as planned. You may even have a Plan B, C or D as a back-up. That’s fabulous! But trust me on this one; something will happen that you had no way of anticipating. So what now? Here is the trick. Pay close attention to this because it is the single most important piece of wisdom I can share with my readers.

Are you ready?

Learn to mentally let go of your perfect plans
the minute the party, event, game
or special occasion starts.

That’s it. I could write an entire page on how to “be in the moment” and “have fun at your own party.” But neither of those will happen if you don’t have the mindset that it’s alright to have things turn out differently than you imagined. The good news is that usually what you planned in your head that didn’t come through was never even missed by most.

So if you are going along, playing a game, or any other group activity, and it leads you down a road you didn’t foresee… Enjoy the ride.

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We only played the Christmas ABC game tonight, but it was fun and funny! I have 3 more games and quizzes that I will take to my parents' house on Saturday. Thanks again!!
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