The fifth
annual Holiday Swap Meet will be held at the American Legion in
Hampstead, MD on Sunday, December 11th from 1:00pm to
5:00pm.
SCHEDULE
- Registration and Potluck Lunch/Dinner -
1:00
- The Games
Begin - 2:30
WHAT
TO BRING
- Yourself,
Family, and Geocaching friends.
- Food for a
potluck dinner, please post what you will bring with your attend
log or separate note.
- A wrapped
gift for the Holiday Swap (Optional).
- TB's and
Coins to trade and discover.
GIFTS
- If you wish
to participate - the Meets theme is Geocaching!
- Gifts
should be valued around $10.00 to $15.00
- Gifts
should be wrapped or in an envelope before arriving at the meet.
Gift bags are OK as long as the wrapped item is inside.
- As guests
arrive the gifts will be placed in an area where few people can see
who brought which gift. All efforts will be made to conceal who
brought which gift.
THE
GAME
- Each guest
participating will draw a number when they enter and retain the
slip of paper.
- On the
first turn the guest with slip #1 will choose a gift and open it
for all to admire.
- On the
second turn the guest with the #2 gets the choice of choosing a
wrapped gift or "stealing" an unwrapped gift (#1's) gift. If #2
steals #1's gift then #1 will unwrap another gift.
- On the
third turn the guest with #3 may steal any unwrapped gift or choose
a wrapped one.
THE
GAME CONTINUES AS FOLLOWS
- If a gift
is stolen from you, you may steal a gift (within the prescribed
limits) or open a wrapped gift.
- The turn
proceeds until a wrapped gift is chosen.
- Once a gift
is stolen from a guest, that guest may not steal it back
later.
- Once a gift
has been stolen 2 times it is declared "dead" and may not be stolen
again.
- "Owners" of
"live" gifts must keep them visible and display them when
requested.
- The gift
exchange continues until the last wrapped gift is opened. Guests
are encouraged to perpetuate the gift stealing as long as there are
"live" gifts but no one is obligated to do so.
So join us
in December for Good Friends, Good Food and Good Fun.