[quote=mommamac][quote=great aunt jacqui]We start xmas eve with a pink elephant game. Each person wraps 3 unwanted but useable gifts in newspaper. Each person puts in $1 into a kitty. There is a Golden screw large which is hidden in the pile of stuff. We shake dice and if you get a 7 or eleven you get to choose a "gift".
It could be a plunger, can of soup, vase. there are a lot laughs.DH always puts in a can of vienna sausages, the kids go wild if they get that. Whoever gets the Golden screw gets all the $$.
dear mommo, the premise, is to leave with less than you brought but we encourage the kids to take the big ones, as their parents shout no no. one year a visitor from CA was here and her daughter 7, chose a giant stuffed animal. she insisted it go back with her.....they were flying out the next day.....my DH secretly put it in the trunk of the rental car. what a surprise when they turned the car in.lol