At the request of several people, the drawing was done early this year. Last year, the drawing took place November 6, and today is October 24, so we’re about 2 weeks early…

The drawing of the names has been done, and the results are below. I believe that no one is buying for anyone that they’ve bought for in the last 5 years or more.

• Alisa buys for Nanny
• Andrea buys for Dad
• Brianna buys for Jason
• Dad buys for Lisa
• Graham buys for Brianna
• Jason buys for Andrea
• Julia buys for Mom
• Lisa buys for Julia
• Mom buys for Graham
• Nanny buys for Ron
• Ron buys for Alisa

Note: Please look it over and let me know if there are any mistakes. We don’t want people buying for each other as part of the gift exchange. We also don’t want spouses buying for each other as part of the gift exchange.

Here are some guidelines:

• As far as I know, we will continue with the $50 amount. There is no rule about spending exactly $50 to the penny, and no rule about whether it is $50 including tax or $50 plus tax. Just get something nice for the person that is close to $50.
• Try not to get a gift card for the person (or give cash, or equivalent) unless that is what they specifically ask for
• It would be good if people could provide a list (more than just a couple of items) to the person who is buying for them. That way the person receiving will be getting something they want, but if the list is long enough, they won’t know which it is.

I assume we’ll be hosting the traditional Christmas Eve party at our house again.