Another snowy day for the NEMO christmas party, just like in 2003 (which was actually in early 2004 due to snow on the original date); I missed the real 2004 party due to last years MINIs Making-A-Wish. About six MINIs and one classic Mini showed, and with the bad weather GBMINI is once again very dirty!
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The “usual suspects” showed up, including both Daves, Ken, Greg, Paul, Hrach and of course Faith & Bruce. After a seriously garlic-laden lunch, the Yankee swap proceeded with just a few popular items this year – a clock made on a wooden cutout of a classic Mini changed hands about 5 times, and some Guinness glasses also proved popular:
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M&I / GBMINI 
Being a SoCal bread and born boy what the hell is a “Yankee Swap”?
I know of the “Valley Swap” but that can’t be done in a public place.
“Yankee Swap” – new to me when I arrived in USA too 😉
People bring wrapped gifts.
First person picks & unwraps a gift – shows it to all.
Next person *either* picks & unwraps a gift, or “steals” an open gift from someone else. If you have a gift stolen, you get to pick/unwrap another.
Repeat.
Popular gifts will be stolen many times 🙂
At the end, depending on rules, the first person (who was unlucky being #1 since there were no open gifts to steal), gets the chance to swap their gift with ANY other.
OK then.