Tonight we had our Friendship Company Christmas dinner at the church. And we exposed ourselves to our Precious Pals. There were not as many ladies there as sometimes, but we did have a good time.
A white elephant gift exchange and then the ones who did Precious Pals exchanged their gifts.
We always say, if you bring a nice gift for the white elephant, don't have your heart set on going home with a nice one. Someone might steal it from you if their number is after yours.
I got to keep my snowman cookie jar, my Rudolph, etc. Think I will take it to work and put it in my corner for a winter decoration at the office.
It is always fun to see if the person who's name we had could guess or knew that we had their name. Some of them have no clue.
Next year, we are trying something different. Only cards and prayers throughout the year, then a nice gift at Christmas time. Cards can be purchased cards or homemade ones. So guess, I will need to get my creative hat on and come up with some good ones.
I'm not telling who I drew for this next year. Let's just say, I hope to have a lot of fun getting and doing cards for this one.
Then there are those who wouldn't do it for this next year. They don't like change. They are the same people who don't do much throughout the year for their precious pals in the past.
I could care less about the gifts. I simply love to know that there are people out there praying for us. There when we need them, we can cry on their shoulders, tease them or laugh till we cry with them. It helps to know that there is someone out there praying for us.
The gal who's name I had this past year, commented that they would not have been able to go out to eat for their anniversary had I not given her that gift certificate for their anniversary. How sad, that in their budget they wouldn't have been able to go somewhere for a simple meal out with their spouse.
