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It's that time of year again... And invariably, some host / hostess will incorrectly title their intention of their party. In my humble opinion (IMHO) there's a GINORMOUS difference between White Elephant vs Gift Exchange Parties . I was tricked into thinking I was attending a workplace White Elephant Gift Party. Granted, the co-worker that invited me was a troll with #ERBF (Epic Rest B**ch Face) I was horrified to figure out it was a GIFT EXCHANGE PARTY. Basically, I fell into the trap that this troll knew how to host this kind of party when she didn't. Here's what happened... White Elephant vs Gift Exchange Parties: How I Was Tricked! Let's start this conversation with the difference between the two, in my mind! I'm confident there are some in the reading audience that have (and still do) confuse the ideas. The first time I ever heard of White Elephant was in 1995 at Payless Drug Store. A young lady approached me in the aisle I was replenishing with m

Ever since the Digital Age started, many traditional institutions such mailed letters have been in a state of decline. In fact, it's extinct. Well, at least, Christmas Cards Are An Endangered Species with young adults that don't know how to properly address an envelope. There's an app out there available that you can mimic hand written notes, have them digitally created, then the company will complete fulfillment for a small fee. It's called Bond. That's right! Christmas Cards Are An Endangered Species Christmas Cards and the family newsletter included is (was?) a time-honored tradition to divulge details of trails and tribulations and successes, too.  But with the immediacy of social media of announcements, cry for help and everything else, there's few reasons to carry on the tradition of Christmas Cards. Right? Wrong . I want to lead a paradigm shift back to those days of pad and pen. Not as a backlash of technology, or trying to be a #hipster, but

Y'all have it easy nowadays regarding Ugly Sweaters! I've seen them everywhere: Fred Meyer, Target, Wal-Mart, etc. There's all the peripheral items too. Back in my day of parties, if you didn't find a way, you MADE the way. Several years ago, I received a party invite from a friend I hadn't heard from in a minute. The invitation was for an Ugly Sweater Party during the holidays. If my memory serves, I couldn't attend even though I had every intention to do so. Later on, I saw pictures of the party on #Facebook. It sure seemed like it was a blast. Even more glaring ... I needed a new sweater! Ugly Sweater Party Up until this invite, I've never heard of purposely finding an ugly sweater to wear, let alone go to a party with others dressed as badly. So I was on a new adventure: to find the best ugly sweater ever! Six years ago ugly sweaters weren't in high demand therefore extremely difficult to locate. My girl at the time was a ginormous fan of