I just finished up my vacation schedule for the rest of the year and realized that Christmas is drawing pretty near and will be upon us soon.

Just wondering who would be interested in doing a Secret Santa type deal this year. Maybe we could find a restaurant that could accomodate our large group so we could all sit down together and have dinner, exchange gifts, witty banter etc.

that would be kool. As long as we set a low Price like 20 bucks or something.

Excellent idea, I’m in. :clap:

I was thinking $10 or $15 but I will run a poll for the rest of the details if there is enough interest.

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sounds good - im in

That sounds like it would be a fun idea... I'm in

yeah, i'm in too...that sounds cool.

sounds good to me if we can all work on a date that is good for everyone :)

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I see your at a lose for words today :rofl: Did you vote no :tap:

Of course I am in!

I'm in, this sounds great

sounds spiffy

cool. nice idea

im out

We'll do whatever is convenient for everyone, not just one person.

im out

Can we tie people up with lights?????

Can we tie people up with lights?????

Geez.

Better yet, lets decorate some xBs and have a parade.

Can we tie people up with lights?????

Geez.

Better yet, lets decorate some xBs and have a parade.


that'd be awesome! tying people up AND having a parade? lol...we could have randy make us some snowflake vinyl and stick em on our cars :rofl:

Im down for it..

I'm In

I'm in as long we can have some fun with this. Janice you are in Charge of this. make it happen

Sounds good...I'm in

I once attended a party where everyone who attended brought a gift, gag or otherwise... Then someone would read Twas the night before X-mas... Everytime Santa was mentioned you would pass your gift to the person on your left... It was fun!

Secret Santa drawings are fun, too!!

It's all you Janice... so I'm sure it will be a blast. I'm in!

Amber :bow:

im in

I once attended a party where everyone who attended brought a gift, gag or otherwise... Then someone would read Twas the night before X-mas... Everytime Santa was mentioned you would pass your gift to the person on your left... It was fun!

Secret Santa drawings are fun, too!!

It's all you Janice... so I'm sure it will be a blast. I'm in!

Amber :bow:
That sounds fun! My grandparents put on a White Elephant gift exchange AKA Chinese gift exchange every year. It is where every person brings 1 gift like you mentioned and we sit in a big circle. One person goes up to the gift table and chooses a gift and opens it in front of everyone. Going around the circle the next person can go up to the table and choose a gift or "steal" another gift that is already opened and it continues around the circle. If you "steal" the same gift 3 times it is yours to keep and no one else can take it. After everyone in the circle has had a turn you get to keep whatever is in your hands. It is pretty fun!

Oooh, that would be fun, too!!

I once attended a party where everyone who attended brought a gift, gag or otherwise... Then someone would read Twas the night before X-mas... Everytime Santa was mentioned you would pass your gift to the person on your left... It was fun!

Secret Santa drawings are fun, too!!

It's all you Janice... so I'm sure it will be a blast. I'm in!

Amber :bow:
That sounds fun! My grandparents put on a White Elephant gift exchange AKA Chinese gift exchange every year. It is where every person brings 1 gift like you mentioned and we sit in a big circle. One person goes up to the gift table and chooses a gift and opens it in front of everyone. Going around the circle the next person can go up to the table and choose a gift or "steal" another gift that is already opened and it continues around the circle. If you "steal" the same gift 3 times it is yours to keep and no one else can take it. After everyone in the circle has had a turn you get to keep whatever is in your hands. It is pretty fun!

I've done this many of times and its so fun. I remeber at one job one of the gifts kept coming back every year and it was so funny.

That sounds fun! My grandparents put on a White Elephant gift exchange AKA Chinese gift exchange every year. It is where every person brings 1 gift like you mentioned and we sit in a big circle. One person goes up to the gift table and chooses a gift and opens it in front of everyone. Going around the circle the next person can go up to the table and choose a gift or "steal" another gift that is already opened and it continues around the circle. If you "steal" the same gift 3 times it is yours to keep and no one else can take it. After everyone in the circle has had a turn you get to keep whatever is in your hands. It is pretty fun!

This gets better and better, I can not wait.

Now we just need to find a place that can hold us.

I once attended a party where everyone who attended brought a gift, gag or otherwise... Then someone would read Twas the night before X-mas... Everytime Santa was mentioned you would pass your gift to the person on your left... It was fun!

Secret Santa drawings are fun, too!!

It's all you Janice... so I'm sure it will be a blast. I'm in!

Amber :bow:
That sounds fun! My grandparents put on a White Elephant gift exchange AKA Chinese gift exchange every year. It is where every person brings 1 gift like you mentioned and we sit in a big circle. One person goes up to the gift table and chooses a gift and opens it in front of everyone. Going around the circle the next person can go up to the table and choose a gift or "steal" another gift that is already opened and it continues around the circle. If you "steal" the same gift 3 times it is yours to keep and no one else can take it. After everyone in the circle has had a turn you get to keep whatever is in your hands. It is pretty fun!

I've done the trade one. It's a lot of fun. I remember I got a car duster once but kept trying to get someone ot steal it. I wish I had it now (then I had an 85 toyota 4x4, hardly got washed, didn't need a duster).

Side note: I am selling the Toyota if anybody is interested PM me.

We're in. Has anyone thought of a place yet? Do you want to make this an adult thing or a family outing?

Just some thought,

Cindy

my family plays that trading game every year as well.....when i was a kid i ended up with an electronic rotating tie rack :-p

sounds good to me if we can all work on a date that is good for everyone :)

Great idea Malina!!! :clap: :clap: :clap:

I'm in and want to ECHO Joey's concern about the date. We might want to consider an off-night event for this. Say... a Thursday?

Malina, if you want help with a location I'm happy to help. Just let me know how I can!!!


This is why this crowd is the BEST Scion crowd in America.

We're in. Has anyone thought of a place yet? Do you want to make this an adult thing or a family outing?

Just some thought,

Cindy

I'd like it to be a family thing if it was up to me. We get a Christmas party for the adults where I work.

Is there a rec room big enough in anyone's housing development? Mine is small.

what if we made this an event, and maybe got together at a park? just throwing ideas...

It would appear that this is a good idea and should move to the next stage. Malina, a day of the week + anytime poll may be a good idea so we can see what will fit the majority of the attendees. Any suggestions to a location yet?

It would appear that this is a good idea and should move to the next stage. Malina, a day of the week + anytime poll may be a good idea so we can see what will fit the majority of the attendees. Any suggestions to a location yet?

Let's see who we have to attend and plan from there? I'd rather not do this outdoors. If we do end up having this on a week-night we canprobably find a restaurant to host it pretty easily. There's a Denny's near the dealership with an extra room they open up for large parties, I'm sure there are plenty more places like that.

It would appear that this is a good idea and should move to the next stage. Malina, a day of the week + anytime poll may be a good idea so we can see what will fit the majority of the attendees. Any suggestions to a location yet?


*cough cough* friday *cough cough* or *cough cough* saturday *cough* or even *cough cough* sunday *cough cough*


sorry, must be catching somethin :lalala:


unless....are we talking like a few days before/after xmas or a few weeks?

well i'm not going home for christmas, so i'll be able to do this thing :)

I have a few weeks at home when a Thurday would work, although weekends are definitely better...

Amber

I dont care when. I am in for whatever night

I dont care when. I am in for whatever night

You mean you'd go without me! *gasp*

:tap: Amber

lol

if I had to. Not that I want to

It would appear that this is a good idea and should move to the next stage. Malina, a day of the week + anytime poll may be a good idea so we can see what will fit the majority of the attendees. Any suggestions to a location yet?

Let's see who we have to attend and plan from there? I'd rather not do this outdoors. If we do end up having this on a week-night we canprobably find a restaurant to host it pretty easily. There's a Denny's near the dealership with an extra room they open up for large parties, I'm sure there are plenty more places like that.
I know that places like Hometown Buffet also have banquet rooms they open up for groups at no charge. Would anyone be interested in either of these locations? I know Hometown Buffet closes at 8:30 during the week though.

Another option would be to rent a community building like a req center or church hall and have a potluck but that can get pricey.

CoCo's restaurants usually have a banquet room or two... It is free, but they appreciate it if we order at least apps or something.

Amazing Jake's has party rooms and places for kids to run around... We only paid $8 each when we went last time, I wonder how much a room would add to the cost?

I looked into CoCo's and their Scottsdale location (near Scottsdale Fashion Center) has a separate banquet room (other locations did not) which would be available for no charge assuming we all eat dinner there. The room itself holds about 40 - 45 people and we would be able to arrange the tables and chairs after dinner in order to do our White Elephant gift exchange. The person I spoke with suggested we create a "limited" menu meaning we would have our own special menu with limited items basically to speed up the process of ordering and getting food out for our large group.

They have availability on Thursday, December 15th if this works. I am going to stop by the restaurant after work to see the location and see about the menu. Does this sound agreeable to everyone or would you like to look into other options?

sounds good :) what time u looking at doing this?

I can't do the 15th, but Chad can represent for us!!

:)

Amazing Jake's has party rooms and places for kids to run around... We only paid $8 each when we went last time, I wonder how much a room would add to the cost?

This is intriguing. I missed the last one at Jakes.

Also... the ONLY reason I suggest an OFF-night (maybe even a Friday) is that there will be office parties coming for the Holidays. Most of those are Saturday night affairs in my experience.

I can't do the 15th, but Chad can represent for us!!

:)
How about Saturday the 17th?

I can't do the 15th, but Chad can represent for us!!

:)
How about Saturday the 17th?

Maybe another poll to choose a day?

Yep, I agree on the poll. I am good for every day except the 10th.

The poll and weekends are both good ideas!!

So the 17th is fine...

Dec 17th is cool

would you guys want to follow it up with a new years eve party?

Please vote for a date here:

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=93021

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Janice - what's going on with this? :)
Here's my vote. http://www.amazingjakes.com/group_events.php

Yeah, what is dealio with the party

Put it on Scionetics when you get the date figured out :)

All 21 people who voted yes here voted on the date as there are 21 votes.

Someone else will need to take over planning this event if there is still interest. I will not be able to plan nor attend.

Someone else will need to take over planning this event if there is still interest. I will not be able to plan nor attend.


the planee can't make her own shindig? whats up with that?

Thank you to Janice for this idea - I will take it from here! :)

maybe something came up nick...duh lol

cool sharpies! let us know what's all going on :)

Thank you to Janice for this idea - I will take it from here! :)

If you need any help let me know.