{"id":1729,"date":"2012-12-31T05:57:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T04:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2012-12-31T05:57:57","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T04:57:57","slug":"on-a-lighter-note-how-about-a-white-elephant-gift-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/12\/31\/on-a-lighter-note-how-about-a-white-elephant-gift-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"On a lighter note, how about a white elephant gift exchange?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of celebrating the deep joy of Christmas and having oodles of guests &#8211; at one point we were 45 people instead of our normal 13! &#8211; we have been having goofy fun as well. \u00a0Here is the gathering at our house for our white elephant gift exchange on Christmas evening. \u00a0The 7 little people, under 5 yrs old, are either asleep or playing in the other room. \u00a0Since then, some have moved on to Cameroon, and even some have come and gone in between times! \u00a0We now are 31 people, with SIL\/Wycliffe bible translators mostly swelling our ranks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas3-12.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1730\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas3-12.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas3-12.12.jpg 336w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas3-12.12-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas2-12.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1731\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas2-12.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas2-12.12.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas2-12.12-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas-12.12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1732\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas-12.12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas-12.12.jpg 448w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/12\/blog-Xmas-12.12-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1729&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of celebrating the deep joy of Christmas and having oodles of guests &#8211; at one point we were 45 people instead of our normal 13! &#8211; we have been having goofy fun as well. \u00a0Here is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/12\/31\/on-a-lighter-note-how-about-a-white-elephant-gift-exchange\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>On a lighter note, how about a white elephant gift exchange? 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