TVCC Club Events: 2018 November/Christmas meeting highlights

Location: Banbury Center
Date: Sunday November 18, 2018

Organizing Committee:

our annual Christmas potluck lunch kicked off our November meeting
as in previous years, our members had once again outdone themselves by bringing out a large variety of delicious and mouth-watering food – you name it, we had them on the table: turkey, chicken, chili, meatball, salads, pickles, cakes, cookies, brownies, etc, etc.

it seems our members truly enjoy the challenge of creating displays with unique themes
at this meeting, members were asked to bring in displays highlighting winter activities and they responded tremendously with flying colours as you can tell from the photographs below

Cherie talked about the Department 56 gathering in Chicago this past September and mentioned that Martha and Barry were the recipient of the “Collector of the Year” award presented by the National Council of 56
the next event will take place in Cincinnati in June 2019 and the planning and registration of that event is well under way

Darlene showed everyone her collection of vintage ornaments that are both intricate and beautiful

another tradition at our Christmas meeting is gift exchange
based on drawing of names, each person either picked a wrapped gift from the pile on the stage or “stole” a gift previously picked by somebody else
no one unwrapped the gifts until the “exchange” was completed
at the beginning, everyone was cordial and polite and only picked a gift from the stage; but as the “exchange” went on, people became more bold and decided that the gift in someone else’s hands became more desirable and all of a sudden, a lot more “exchanging”/”stealing” was happening
it took awhile but eventually, everyone got a new gift in his/her hands and the unveiling of the gifts brought lot more smiles in everyone’s face

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