Celebrating the Season
Posted by Kim Murphy on 22 Dec 2009 | Posted in: Holiday and Seasonal, Meet the Mailbox®, Relationships and Team Building
I have stolen a pair of gloves! No, no, the winter-wear police aren’t going to clap me in irons. I stole the gloves while playing a game of Dirty Santa at The Education Center’s annual holiday potluck! Each employee wraps an inexpensive gift. (Because we’re a quirky bunch, we’ve had everything from stuffed Grinch toys to framed Godzilla pictures.) We write our names on slips of paper and put the slips in a basket. Then a designated person draws a name and that employee opens a gift. The next person whose name is drawn can either open a new gift or steal the first person’s gift. Inevitably, there is one gift that is coveted by all and stolen repeatedly. This year I stole a pair of gloves that were quite popular!
How do you celebrate the holidays with your coworkers? Do you play games? Have cookie exchanges? Partake in banquets or potlucks? And how do you celebrate with friends, family, and neighbors? Drop me a note and let me know.
Happy holidays!
Kim
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Instead of spending too much money on gifts for everyone, we decided to give ourselves a gift. The gift is time together with our coworker-friends. We pick a night, get pedicures and then go out to dinner together. We’ve done this the last 2 years and it’s a great way to spend time together and much better than giving or receiving another coffee cup.
For me, it is work work, and more work. However there are some lighter times. One such was to bring a white elephant gift that had been received at one time. No, don’t go out and buy a ift. However, bring something that is just sitting around collecting dust. Remember, what is one persons trash is another persons treasure. Try and think of something you have received that no one uses. You are a third grade teacher. Now try and think of how a kindergarten teacher mibht use it.