5th Anual Mortensen Christmas Party

We look forward every year to our Christmas party. I thought I was in pretty good shape for the party until my friend called me and said they were going to be late. I asked what time they were coming. They said "6:30." I said oh that is when the party starts. And my friend said, "I thought the party was at 6:00." So I went and looked and realized the party was at 6:00 and that I was not in good shape. You should probably know what time your own party starts. I am thankful for my friend. Otherwise I would have been going to my party looking like a hag and that would have made me sad. Somehow we pulled everything together. Although I had to nix my luminaries. : (

We even paid Santa and his wife to show up at our party. We go all out! Okay. They just showed up and got a bunch of weird looks.

And the highlight of the party every year is the White Elephant gift exchange. I am happy to report there was not one good gift in the whole bunch.
Bad movies...Bad books... (Queer Eye for the Straight Guy)This made its appearance for the 3rd year in a row. Unfortunately the cd, "Music to Strip By" was out of circulation because the benefactors from last years party were out on maternity leave. Apparently the cd worked.
Bonnie thought her inappropriate gift was pretty funny.

Especially since Robert got it.

I laughed so hard that I cried that Donna got these horrendous imitation Crock shoes. We have a billion of these in our garage...long story....

I got toothpaste and dental floss which I am pretty sure was a parting gift from a recent dentist's visit. I was ecstatic. But at least Don got a beautiful rose night light. Fit for any 90 year olds flowered bathroom.I lied. There was one good gift. The Snuggie! Here Melanie is doing the commercial for us.

Here is the table. Minus the food which I forgot to take a picture of. We did a potluck this year and all the food was excellent. Too bad I forgot to take a picture of it.

We forgot to do smores this year. And we forgot to play Mexican Horseshoes. But we did have our fire. And I was able to put make up on before the guests showed up. And this year was the best White Elephant of all time. So all in all I think a good time was had by all.