Hello all. This is a rather utilitarian sort of post for me to make (sorry, no photos), but something that involves all of us (kids, anyways). I know it's only October, but in the Hancock Barnhart household, we're already starting to think about Christmas...if only to figure out who we are privileged to gift this year and give us enough time to work on their gifts. So, all of that to say....we need to do our gift exchange list.
Some of you may (or may not) remember Steve's creative listing of names for the exchange last year (determined via email)...and I propose we use a similar list for this year. I believe that the list was in alphabetical order by first name, and then we paired up top to bottom (then 2nd to 2nd from bottom and on through the list).
Here's our list of names in alphabetical order...
Andy
Ben
Daniel
David
Janell
Lisa
Rachel
Steve
I propose that we gift the person 2 names below ourselves...this means that none of the married couples end up with their spouse's name, and no one gifts the person they had last year. For example...Andy gives a gift to Daniel, Ben gives a gift to David, etc.
If there are comments, please leave them for everyone to check out so that we can get these "officially" listed by the end of the month (if not sooner).
Thanks for your input. Looking forward to an exciting holiday season with y'all.
3 comments:
Brilliant idea! I am fully in support of this proposal! Ben tends to give very good Christmas presents. No qualms from me.
On a side note, I notice that Janell will be receiving her "gift" from Daniel. Hehe. Serves her right for not getting me a birthday present this year. Or wait. I might have that backwards. Come to think of it, I think it was the other way around, actually. Um. Sorry Janell. I'm still, uh, searching for just the right wrapping paper to house your utterly incredible present.
If people aren't too happy with Rachel's proposal, I'd like to introduce "Christmas Algorithm #2":
CREATE VARIABLE LIST "BARNHARTKIDS"
SET BARNHARTKID[1] = "ANDY"
SET BARNHARTKID[2] = "BEN"
SET BARNHARTKID[3] = "DANIEL"
SET BARNHARTKID[4] = "DAVID"
SET BARNHARTKID[5] = "JANELL"
SET BARNHARTKID[6] = "LISA"
SET BARNHARTKID[7] = "RACHEL"
SET BARNHARTKID[8] = "STEVE"
CREATE VARIABLE MYFAVORITECHRISTMAS
SET MYFAVORITECHRISTMAS = 4
STEP (VARIABLE X) FROM 1 UNTIL 8
{
PRINT "BARNHARTKID[X] WILL GIFT " + BARNHARTKID[X*MYFAVORITECHRISTMAS/X]
}
Ummm, I'm not sure I understand David's algorithm up there. I think I'm going to have to go with Rachel's proposal this year.
I've just now read the comments on this post, and I'm shocked that you never got me a present David! You must have somehow doubletalked me into thinking you had, and I'm feeling quite crabby about it. I'm sorry Lisa, but David will not be allowed to gift anyone else until my birthday present debt is satisfied.
On a side note, thank you for figuring this out Rachel. :) I don't know how you did it without David's algorithm, but suffice it to say I'm very impressed.
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