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Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, or Merry / Happy what ever you celebrate
Each member of Team 7 met back together on Christmas Eve bringing two gifts for the gift exchange. Everyone put their presents on the table. Then in the good spirit of the holiday, they looked each other over critically, trying to assess the type of present the others would contribute.
Buck held up a bowl with little pieces of paper in it, numbered 1-7, "Each of us will draw a number, it represents the order we will select gifts. Everyone ready? Now let the gift giving commence" he decreed
Back together on Christmas Eve
"Who should draw first from the bowl?"
"Chris you're the fastest draw, you draw the first number" Josiah suggested with a laugh at his pun
"Naw, age before beauty" Chris countered with a laugh at his own joke
"Alright, as the most elder of the group, I will dive into the bowl first, however, I must hasten to point out, you Chris are no spring chicken nor beauty queen either" Josiah reached in to the bowl and withdrew a piece of paper. He looked at his selection and burst out laughing. He turned his paper over to show the rest of the guys. He had selected #1
Buck turned to Chris with the bowl, he reached in and pinched a paper. He turned over his paper to show the group, it said #6. Buck moved to Nathan with the bowl. Nathan closed his eyes and reached in. His fingers closed around a paper, he pulled it out and looked at his order of go, shaking his head and grinning he turned his paper over to show everyone he had selected #7. Buck moved on to JD. He used the no-look approach as well. He shoved his hand into the bowl and rummaged around until his fingers closed on a paper. He withdrew his paper slip and immediately looked at what he had picked up. It said #3, he proudly showed off his results to everyone. Buck looked at both Vin and Ezra to see who would go next. Vin stepped in front of Ezra to claim the next selection. Ezra was having none of that, he abandoned all sense of maintaining appearances, he shoved Vin aside, he was claiming the next spot. Ezra grinned victoriously at Vin. Vin was caught by surprise at the southerners forward offensive. Vin narrowed his eyes menacingly, then he shoved Ezra back, he put enough force into the push, to send Ezra off balance by several steps. Vin smiled back at Ezra triumphantly. Ezra put up his hands in surrender, Vin could be King of the mountain if he wanted it so bad.
"Tsk, tsk, remember your karma, your actions will come back to haunt you" Ezra said with foreboding and a disconcerting smile "After you Mister Tanner"
"Alls fair in love, war, and presents" Vin said with a smirk. Buck swung the bowl towards Vin so he could pick. Vin took his selection very seriously. He peered at the bowl from different angles, trying to best determine which remaining paper slip to pick. He deliberated for several minutes. He was so serious and focused, it was like he was in sniper mode, preparing to stalk an offender.
"Come on already Vin, before we get any older, I'd like to open the presents sometime this evening" JD chided, he was anxious and eager to get to the presents
"Alright, don't rush me, Ah'm making my choice" Vin retorted. Finally he decided to make his move. Fast as a snake strike, he plunged his hand into the bowl and seized a paper. He spun around secretively and peered at his paper. His paper said #2. Vin groaned and closed his eyes.
"What'd you get?" Chris asked curiously
Vin just held up his paper over his shoulder towards the group. They all laughed at the number. Vin turned around to face his friends, he grinned, it was hard to stay disappointed with all the light hearted laughter bubbling from the group.
Ezra stepped past Vin to get to Buck and the bowl, "Remember what I said about Karma coming back to haunt you" he taunted. Ezra could see there were two slips of paper left. He decided to let fate direct his hand, he reached into the bowl and selected the paper on the top left side. He turned his paper over, it said #4, with a grin he showed everyone around the group.
"OK, that leaves me, with #5" Buck said without looked at the remaining paper in the bowl, he noticed his friends looks of shock, "What?" he asked in confusion, "I can do math, don't look at me like that" he snapped
"So the order of go is as follows: #1 Josiah, #2 Junior, #3 JD, #4 Ez, #5 yours truly, #6 Chris, and #7 Nathan" Buck recounted
"Josiah, there is one gift with your name on it, start with that. Then after everyone has their first gift we'll select one of the unnamed gifts. Remember everyone, there is a two steal limit on gifts"
December 2011
Ok…so those well intended gifts and the gag gifts I mentioned in this story are all real items I found on websites, people can really buy that stuff, crazy ain't it? I did not invent any of them
