Ho, Ho....Oh....

THE CARTER FAMILY CHRISTMAS DRAW

 
"Why do you get stuck doing this every year?"

  Sam asks.


I honestly didn't know, at first.  But because I lost my Christmas-draw tracking file (when my computer died last winter), I found the answer.  I was "digging" through the blog archives to track our gift giving history, when I stumbled upon this entry written by Yours Truly:

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

For all the Carter siblings, here is the list for Christmas this year. I just rotated the list from last year so that everyone would be giving to someone different this year. If you all want, I will continue to keep track and rotate it every year. 

Yep, I wrote that.  

My favorite part is, "If you all want"...


What did I think, someone would pipe up and say "No, ME, PLEASE!  I want to do it forever and EVER until we all die" ???






Here it is, Carter Folks:

Sam  gives to Lynda

Melissa gives to Valerie

Alison gives to Lizzie

Doug gives to Joe

Katie gives to Doug

Danny gives to Laurel

Ed gives to Melissa

Valerie gives to Kelli

Laurel gives to Alison

Dave gives to Sam

Kelli gives to Katie

Joe gives to Ed

Lynda gives to David

Lizzie gives to Danny

If there are any mistakes, TOO BAD.  (haha, just kidding- Let me know and I am happy to make changes where necessary).  


Happy Christmas!  Wahoo!

Carter Christmas List 2009...

To help you get in the spirit of the season...(and if you've ever wondered what kind of sense of humor I have, well this ad is just plain hilarious to me).
 

SAM  gives to          DOUG
DOUG gives to        KELLI
ALSION gives to     VALERIE   
MELISSA gives to  DAVID
KATIE gives to       LYNDA
DANNY gives to     LIZZIE
ED gives to              ALISON
VALERIE gives to SAM
LAUREL gives to   DANNY
DAVID gives to      KATIE
KELLI gives to      JOE
JOE gives to           LAUREL
LYNDA gives to    ED
LIZZIE gives to     MELISSA

Sibling Christmas List: Mecham/Visser/Bergeson

Sorry guys, I've had this list for a while, but forgot to put it up:

Jason gives to Melissa
Katie gives to Sam
Melissa gives to Jonny
Sam gives to Katie
Rikki gives to Brittany
Seth gives to Kristen
Mary gives to Seth
Phil gives to Matt
Brandon gives to Jason
Brittany gives to Phil
Jonny gives to Brandon
Kristen gives to Rikki
Matt gives to Mary

Carter Sibling Christmas List...

I finally figured out a fail-proof method. It only took me 6 years... A couple of you have had repeats over the last 5 years, but you shouldn't have a repeat again until you've gone through all the names. If there is a problem that you've noticed, please let me know!


SAM gives to ELIZABETH
MELISSA gives to DOUG
ALISON gives to MELISSA
DOUG gives to DANNY
KATIE gives to ALISON
DANNY gives to VALERIE
ED gives to DAVID
VALERIE gives to LAUREL
LAUREL gives to JOE
DAVID gives to ED
JOE gives to SAM
LIZZIE gives to KATIE

(The sibling list on the other side of my family will be posted in the next couple of days!)