Yankee Swap?
Dec 18th 2006, 9:37 pm
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I can't believe adults do this sort of thing. Can you imagine if you worked in the UK and suggested a Brit Swap or Secret Santa? 
Dec 18th 2006, 11:16 pm
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by krizzy
We do a Yankee swap every Christmas at our HOA party...or at the BBQ in the summer...at the BBQ we bring something we don't want anymore...a great way to get rid of the junk you got at Christmas...
At Christmas we do it the same way your place does...but I'm told bringing a gift from around your home is the older way of doing a Yankee swap..
At Christmas we do it the same way your place does...but I'm told bringing a gift from around your home is the older way of doing a Yankee swap..
Dec 18th 2006, 11:22 pm
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by Bob
It'll be my first...and as it's a family event, don't know what to expect *lol*...but it'll hardly be a knee's up like back in blighty where you'd get the bus home afterwards
Dec 18th 2006, 11:27 pm
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by Tbag
Secret Santa at our place, names in a hat, $10 tops to spend and there usually isn't anything secret about it as by the time the party rolls around everyone knows who there secret Santa is. We all ask each other trying to get ideas of what to buy 
It's quite amusing though to see what other think you might like, I have cats so I inevitably get something with a feline on it which is a nice thought but I'm not quite the crazy cat lady just yet 
It's quite amusing though to see what other think you might like, I have cats so I inevitably get something with a feline on it which is a nice thought but I'm not quite the crazy cat lady just yet
Dec 18th 2006, 11:41 pm
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
I can't believe adults do this sort of thing. Can you imagine if you worked in the UK and suggested a Brit Swap or Secret Santa?
Dec 18th 2006, 11:45 pm
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by TruBrit
i quite like indoor games 
however these secret santa's and yankee swap's are just not my cup of tea.
however these secret santa's and yankee swap's are just not my cup of tea.
Dec 19th 2006, 12:59 am
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by Bob
your the American
It's a war zone apparently, well you bring a gift in, and then pick one you want, and if it's crap, swap it with someone else's till every one has a go....different places have different takes on how ya do it, but that's the gist of it.
MIL has a secret santa, and I'd have thought that would be more fun....but they ain't doing that, and they wanted an excuse to have a party at the new digs, big enough office...oh well...
It's a war zone apparently, well you bring a gift in, and then pick one you want, and if it's crap, swap it with someone else's till every one has a go....different places have different takes on how ya do it, but that's the gist of it.
MIL has a secret santa, and I'd have thought that would be more fun....but they ain't doing that, and they wanted an excuse to have a party at the new digs, big enough office...oh well...
...must be a New England thing...like a Yankee Pot Roast, or the New Yankee Workshop...or the NY Yankees...??
Dec 19th 2006, 1:37 am
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by ironporer
"fraid I've never heard of it before either Bob ...must be a New England thing...like a Yankee Pot Roast, or the New Yankee Workshop...or the NY Yankees...??
...must be a New England thing...like a Yankee Pot Roast, or the New Yankee Workshop...or the NY Yankees...??so what's a yankee workshop? or shouldn't I ask?
Dec 19th 2006, 1:44 am
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by Bob
yankee bean pot dinner?
so what's a yankee workshop? or shouldn't I ask?
so what's a yankee workshop? or shouldn't I ask?
Norm Abrams.... of This Old House fame and the show New Yankee Workshop...
Dec 19th 2006, 2:26 am
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by ironporer
"fraid I've never heard of it before either Bob ...must be a New England thing...like a Yankee Pot Roast, or the New Yankee Workshop...or the NY Yankees...??
...must be a New England thing...like a Yankee Pot Roast, or the New Yankee Workshop...or the NY Yankees...??NY YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
My two favorite baseball teams are:
1. The Boston Redsox
2. Anyone who beats the NY Yankees
Dec 19th 2006, 2:50 am
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by AmerLisa
What's a Yankee Swap?
Dec 19th 2006, 4:03 am
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Re: Yankee Swap?
Originally Posted by ironporer
http://www.newyankee.com/index.shtml
Norm Abrams.... of This Old House fame and the show New Yankee Workshop...
Norm Abrams.... of This Old House fame and the show New Yankee Workshop...
