The Schmidtmann Family (Rochester, NY)

The Schmidtmann family has always had the most fun at Christmas. This is a archive detailing our Christmas games since 2004.

• Round Robin Gift Cards - 2004
• Make a gift - 2005
• Deal of the Century - 2006
• Shoebox of Personality - 2007

Round Robin Gifts Cards - 2004

For the first year of interesting gifts, I decided to give everyone a chance to blindly pick gift cards out of a bag. It was very interesting and Uncle Eric got the best card (Victoria's Secret) and Grandma Joan got her favorite - Barnes and Noble. This set the stage for who was to make gifts for who the next year.

Make a gift - 2005

Ok. So for 2005 we each had to make a gift for whoever was drawn from a hat the year before. This was a huge success and people really came through with nice gifts. For example Bill made Andrea an awesome spoonrack (see the photo). Frank made his Dad a website for his business and Karen made Dude some PJs. All in all, it made for a very fun and wonderful Christmas
Deal of the Century 2006

So, for 2006 we had our best fun yet - The deal of the century. With this everyone had to spend only $10 on the chosen individual and get the best deal (the highest retail value). People really shined this year - we saw a $60 backpack for only $6, USB drives, jewelry, clocks, frames, mugs, DVDs for free. Abby claimed the first prize ever (a $20 gift card for Target) with her assortment of ornaments, mugs, and a cookbook for Karen totaling only $2!! Uncle Carl had a great deal - although not a big sale - it was still a huge hit with Nate. If only we could have this much fun every year!

ShoeBox of Personality 2007

Great showing by everyone this year. We saw some great shoeboxes (and a few bags for those who are shoe box deprived). Neat theme boxes came out this year, the aquarium box (which its a good thing there was no real fish because the cat jumped righ in) or the box of Moose for Nate. In the end - Grandpa Werner seized the gift card prize this year for his medical supply box for Andrea. Well done everyone!

 
 
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