Holiday Party / End-of-Session Party 2014!!

On Friday December 4th we had our Holiday Party that coincided with our End-Of-Session Party. We decorated the cafeteria with wreaths, holly and a Christmas tree. The big event of the party was the White Elephant Gift Exchange that took place at the end. If you're not familiar with how a White Elephant Gift Exhange works, you're not alone! Most of our students needed to learn how the tradition worked. Here's how it works:

-If you want to receive a gift during the exchange, you bring a gift to donate on the day of the party.

-Don't put your name on the gift! It's all done anonymously :)

-White Elephant gifts are usually not expensive and can even be a joke. We told students to not spend more than $5.

-Each student who brought a gift got a number and when the Exchange started the person with #1 went to the tree first.

-The first person begins by choosing any present under the tree and opening it for all to see.

-Then the next person goes and here's where it gets fun! This person can either "steal" the first person's gift, OR they can go to the tree and choose a new gift.

-The game continues this way until all gifts are opened. Being the last person to go is the best because you can "steal" anyone's gift who has come before you!

Once students started "stealing" each others' gift the real fun happened!

Check out some of the pictures from this year's event. The rest can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ColoradoSchoolofEnglish/