I have had the opportunity of planning and co-hosting the Annual White Elephant Christmas Party for five years now! Each year has been fantastic in its own way! For a few years we hosted at the Logan house. After we moved from the Logan house, we realized that the party has grown so much over the years that we should consider hosting it elsewhere.This was the second year that we reserved the private room at The Celtic in Littleton. Having it at The Celtic allowed us to expand our guest list and has personally saved me a lot of day-after clean up!
We had a great turnout this year! Many old friends and White Elephant veterans. We also had the pleasure of being joined by new friends this year as well!
From left to right: Cara Syers, Dana VanStelle, Sarah Hernandez, Kelley Sander, Lindsay VanDusseldorp, Trish VanDusseldorp, Anna Ra, Julie VanDusseldorp, Rachel Peck, Gwen Vogelzang, Jenn Amann, Jen Swalley, and JJ Bomgaars. Sadly, our group photo is missing a few dear friends and regular attendees (Ally Frazier, Natalie Buys, and Wintre Brown).
Dana pulled a cute guest gift idea off of Pinterest! We watched Christmas Vacation and enjoyed special Christmas beverages while we assembled them.
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Old friends and new friends
Cara, Gwen, and Tim |
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| White Elephant pile of gifts |
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| Cara, always camera ready. |
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| Lindsay and Cara |
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| Argyl was a common theme this year. Wes, Jeremy, and Nathan (excuse the blur) |
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| Dana and Lindsay |
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| Newly weds, Kelley and Ryan Sander |
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| Anna and Jenn |
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| Lindsay and Jeremy share a seat during the gift exchange |
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| Nathan and I |
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| Wes and Cara |
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| Das Boot!!! |
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| Gwen and her new friend. |
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| Rachel and Rob, VanDusseldorp cousins visiting Denver for Christmas |
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| Chris Roozing |
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| Chad and JJ |
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| Julie went home with an Atari. Chad and JJ always bring the best gifts! |
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| Ryan Sander |
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| Jenn choosing a gift |
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| Ernie will re-gift the Guinness light next year |
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| I just love Mark's look of approval behind his wife. |
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| So glad Ava was able to give Toe and Sarah the opportunity to attend the party this year! |
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| Julie and Dan |
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| Rachel IS a Jedi! |
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| Dana and Toe |
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| VanDusseldorp sisters-in-law. |
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| Cara and myself. |
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| Sarah and myself. |
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| I am guessing that these two are talking politics. |
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| Ernie, Chad, and Nathan in approval!!?? |
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| Julie and Dan |
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| Julie, Sarah, Jenn and myself |
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| Cara and Dana |
As always, everybody had a WONDERFUL time. We don't all get to see each other as often as we would like. The holiday season brings us all the opportunity to catch up with one another. Thanks to all who attended and made it another special year! We already have some great ideas for next year's party.
P.S. For those of us who would like another reading of the special End of the World/Christmas Party Memories poem written by Jeremy and Lindsay, email myself or Lindsay and we will email you a copy!
It's just as funny the second time you read it!!! Thanks for a good laugh guys!
We had an amazing time, thanks for hosting! You, Nate, and Dana do such a good job. I FINALLY got my dance party, so I will say it was a Christmas miracle :) Looking forward to next year's soiree already!
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