Then we played two games: the first I had come up with synonyms for a number of book titles of books we have read over the years and everyone had to try to decipher them and figure out the real titles.
For example,
A Home in a Suburb of Salt Lake: House at Riverton
Awe, Amazement: Wonder
The Tale of Navidad: The Christmas Story
Twelve Ways to Solve a Murder at Noel: 12 Clues of Christmas
Protecting my Son: Defending Jacob
Murdering the General: Killing Patton
A Male Protected from the Rain: Umbrella Man and other stories
Getting Rid of the Dirt: Coming Clean
The second game was like Telestrations. We had sets of index cards. The first card had a word or phrase on it that was somehow related to Twelve Clues of Christmas. You looked at the word, then turned to the next card and drew a picture of it. Then you passed it to the next person who looked at your picture and wrote what they thought it was on the next card. And so on. Draw, pass, write, pass. Many of them stayed pretty true to the word or phrase, but some of them turned out very funny.
We also did our annual book exchange and talked and laughed and exchanged gifts and enjoyed each other's company.
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