<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">My daughter came home from school early with a stomach bug today. I am sad to miss tomorrow's lunch. I hope you all enjoy the holidays - my gift to you all this year is health :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:large">Kristen</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 8:48 PM Jamie Crane <<a href="mailto:blackbyrdfly@gmail.com">blackbyrdfly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Sure! In white wlephajt, everyone brings a wrapped gift. They can be nice, or a bit silly, and here’s why. Each person takes turns choosing one of the gifts and opening it. But after the first gift is opened, subsequent players can either choose an unopened gift, OR “steal” a gift that has already been opened (leaving that player they stole from to take another turn). With the right crowd and right gifts, it can be a really playful and amusing time. I’ve played this party game before where there were gifts as lovely as chocolates, Bluetooth speakers, or bath sets, or as silly as “snowman poop” ($20 worth of marshmallows and a carrot), a literal white elephant figurine, or novelty t-shirts. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 8:40 PM Kristen Ingalz <<a href="mailto:kristen@ingalz.com" target="_blank">kristen@ingalz.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks Jamie! I plan to be there with my husband, but not sure about my daughter yet.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Could you explain what a white elephant gift exchange is? I’ve heard if it but never done one. Depending on who I ask I’m told it’s the same as “secret Santa”, but some people (my husband for one) says a white elephant gift is a silly/outrageous gift. Help! :)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kristen </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at 8:16 PM <<a href="mailto:blackbyrdfly@gmail.com" target="_blank">blackbyrdfly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Friends, <br>
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The start time of our party has changed to 3:00 PM. All other details are the same. <br>
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Thanks,<br>
Jamie <br>
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> On Dec 10, 2024, at 10:37 PM, <a href="mailto:blackbyrdfly@gmail.com" target="_blank">blackbyrdfly@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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> Hello San Jose Chapter friends,<br>
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> It’s that magical time of year once again! For the month of December, instead of our regularly scheduled meeting on Zoom, we ask all of you and your families or friends to please join us IN PERSON for our annual holiday party. We will enjoy lunch at a restaurant convenient to the Berryessa BART station in San Jose. Please find time and location details below. In addition to great Cajun and seafood courtesy of Claw Shack, we will also have our usual thought provoking discussions, some fun games, and a White Elephant gift exchange. If you’d like to participate in the White Elephant, please bring a wrapped gift to the party valued at no more than $20.<br>
> Please invite anyone in the south and east bay areas whom you think would enjoy connecting with our chapter and celebrating the year with us. <br>
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> Where: Claw Shack Restaurant<br>
> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1696+Berryessa+Rd.+%0D%0A+San+Jose,+CA+95133?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">1696 Berryessa Rd.</a><br><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1696+Berryessa+Rd.+%0D%0A+San+Jose,+CA+95133?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">
</a>> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/1696+Berryessa+Rd.+%0D%0A+San+Jose,+CA+95133?entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">San Jose, CA 95133</a><br>
> When: Saturday, December 21 at 12:30 PM (NOTE that this is earlier than our usual meeting time!)<br>
> Directions from BART:<br>
> When you exit the BART station on Berryessa Station Way, turn left and walk north to Berryessa Rd. Turn right on Berryessa Rd. and walk about 0.1 mile Ypu do not need to cross Berryessa Rd. The restaurant will be on your right after the second parking lot driveway. Claw Shack is next to a bubble tea shop called X Tea. The restaurant door will be before the tea shop.<br>
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> See you all soon!<br>
> <br>
> Jamie<br>
> San Jose Chapter President<br>
> California Affiliate<br>
> National Federation of the Blind<br>
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