Allamanda Garden Club Holiday Luncheon 2019

Friday, December 6, 2019
11:45 a.m. – 3 pm

Heron Creek Country Club

5301 Heron Creek Blvd., North Port, FL

$25 all-inclusive luncheon

Included

House salad and dressing, assorted rolls and butter

Choice of:

1. Atlantic Salmon Dioria made with cucumber dill butter and shrimp

2. Charbroiled Marinated Chicken Breast finished with artichoke hearts, fresh basil, grape tomatoes, in lemon butter

3. Vegan Dish – Zoodles tossed in marinara with assorted sautéed vegetables
   
   Chef’s Choice of starch and vegetables
   Dessert, Coffee, tea and soda, Tax and Tip included

Let the gift swapping begin…with a Yankee Gift Swap. To participate in the fun, you must bring a wrapped, unmarked gift to exchange. Something you would want to receive.  The gift can be a re-gift, a nice plant, beautiful garden pot, baked goods, Christmas ornament, garden tools, artwork, or something silly or quirky we can fight over…  Be creative. Suggested $10 to $15 value.

We’ll have a RAFFLE for gift baskets, holiday floral centerpieces, and….we’ll be drawing the winning ticket for the Gourmet Dinner for Four with Chef Paul!

Sign-up at the meeting in November. Payment of $25 is expected at the meeting. Check made out to Allamanda Garden Club.

 For more information Contact Christy Glenn   941-423-2267   gardenglenn1@gmail.com

Can’t make the meeting? Mail check and indicate meal selection to: 

Christine Glenn

5112 Pine Shadow Lane

North Port, FL  34287

What’s a Yankee Gift Swap? – also called “Dirty Santa”

Suitable for small to large groups, adds an element of excitement and humor to traditional gift giving.

In a Yankee Swap, each participant brings a wrapped, unmarked gift and places it in a designated area. Guests are given numbers as they arrive, or their names are randomly drawn, and they select and unwrap gifts from the pile in that order — with a twist.

The person who receives the number 1 will pick a gift (that is not their own) from the pile and open it for all to see (or models it, reads it, or demos it). During the selection of a wrapped gift, the participant may visually inspect the gifts, pick them up and/or gently shake them.

The person who receives number 2 then chooses a gift and opens it, and then must decide whether to keep it or swap it for the first player’s gift. Each person in order then gets to select a present, open it and decide whether to keep it or swap it for any other gift someone has already opened.

Opening of gifts and swapping takes place until all the presents have been chosen. Finally, the person who picked first gets to choose from all the gifts or keep what he/she has already received. In the end, the gift you are holding is the gift you take home.

Because all the gifts are wrapped or in gift bags, you don’t get people taking the most obvious best gift or leaving the least desirable for last. It also adds an element of surprise! Most of the fun happens as people “steal” gifts from each other!