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Post by Melanie on Nov 13, 2004 21:40:20 GMT -5
My teenage and pre-teen daughters want to have their own cookie exchange this year with their friends. Any ideas that are tried and true for this age group? Also, I'd like to organize an office complex cookie exchange during our lunch hour (can easily be extended) during the last week before Cmas with approx. 8-10 ladies. I'm thinking of having CHinese or pizza delivered for dinner; then we exchange 1/2 doz. cookies per person that are already pre-wrapped. Any ideas for this that have worked or could work? I've hosted many holiday dinners and parties, but this is my first cookie exchange and I can't wait to try it out!  |
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Post by Bonnie on Nov 14, 2004 15:52:50 GMT -5
I think the cookie exchange for the pre-teens and teens sounds great. They love games and I would recommend the Pass the Present game. I posted lots of others as well. The office exchange sounds interesting. Are all of the ladies willing to participate or are you going to send out invites to see how many you get participating. I think your idea of ordering in sounds great - make it festive. Pizza is always inexpensive and everyone likes it (it would be easy to say bring your own drink or even provide sodas since they are so inexpensive). I also think it is a good idea to have the cookies pre-wrapped for easy handling and it looks great too. There are so many festive looking cello bags and containers out there. My invites always say dress festive but comfortably. The ladies always show up in reds or greens and sometimes have cute Christmas buttons. Last year I dressed all in brown and wore a Gingerbread Man Pin (just to be a little different). It sounds great - I don't know too many of my friends that do this at their office. |
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Post by Robin on Nov 15, 2004 15:49:40 GMT -5
My teenage and pre-teen daughters want to have their own cookie exchange this year with their friends. Any ideas that are tried and true for this age group? Also, I'd like to organize an office complex cookie exchange during our lunch hour (can easily be extended) during the last week before Cmas with approx. 8-10 ladies. I'm thinking of having CHinese or pizza delivered for dinner; then we exchange 1/2 doz. cookies per person that are already pre-wrapped. Any ideas for this that have worked or could work? I've hosted many holiday dinners and parties, but this is my first cookie exchange and I can't wait to try it out! First of all I love the teenage party idea, but I have never done that. This would be a group of inexperienced bakers, so the rules would have to be relaxed a bit. (Unless their moms offer to help them.) For your office exchange.... If I could encourage you to do one thing differently, it would be to make a little more effort than chinese take out or pizza. People go to a lot of trouble to attend a cookie party, I like to "reward" them with good holiday food. But for simplicities sake... How about a meat and cheese platter, breads, chips, and cokes and they can make their own sandwiches? Platters are much more festive looking and inviting than pizza or chinese, both of which get cold quickly and then turn gross and unappetizing. Since it's in an office, here's your instant dessert... Make a plate of the cookies being swapped. Make a pot of coffee and your done.  |
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Post by Bonnie on Nov 15, 2004 18:31:40 GMT -5
Robin you are so right! I totally forgot about an office party (very small maybe 20 ladies) that I attended one year. The hostess had a platter of premade turkey and ham sandwiches (well they were on nice rolls actually) with the condiments all on the side. I believe the local deli put it together for her. There was a cheese plater with grapes and chips and to drink soda and water. It was very festive especially since the conference table was covered with a red (paper of course) table cloth and there were Christmas napkins, etc. It was simple food but seemed like such a treat. She also brought in a tape player and had Christmas music in the background.
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