Dec 22, 2010

White Elephant the New Mexico Way!

Hank - Your tongue is blue - Are you ok??
White Elephant?  What IS a white elephant?    A white elephant is an idiom for a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth. (Next question what is an IDIOM???  Save that for another day.)
Now THAT is just wrong, wrong, wrong............White elephants are possessions of...of...of.... ok so they're not wonderful  but, but, but there're FUN!! So there!
The "puzzle lady" gets a prize!
Barb LOVES blue (NOT)!
So 44 of us gathered to exchange elephants and eat.  These pictures are a few of my favorites of the night.
ummmm! Cliff?  That's interesting.


Kimchee - what is that???


Karan is after a gift to steal-----out of Ki's pocket.

Wyn that is SO you!!

Now Brenda - you might have to share.....

The FCC says I can't post what's in the bag.

Newell is SO proud of his....what IS that???

Dave had to steal a blanket to stay warm


Emile will you trade me - I love them

Are you going to model them Jim?

Love the purse Claire; but I thought Jim is the one that got it!

Too bad they couldn't afford more yarn to finish the fingers Ken

Maurice sharing his music with us.




Bob, Martha, Dick, Donna, Barb & Frank- the CC Staff
Archie you are SO up to no good!
Mayno bugging Karan and MauriceSo now we all LOVE white elephants.  Because there is always NEXT year!!

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