Continuing the protest of Black Friday, Black Lives Matter decided to add a special "bah humbug" twist to this holiday season with Black Christmas:
In Chicago on Thursday, more than 100 demonstrators marched down North Michigan Avenue, the city's premier shopping corridor, and laid down on the street for a "die-in." They also blocked access to some stores where Christmas Eve shoppers were hoping to wrap up their tardy gift-buying.Hopefully by now all the protesting is done and last night BLM members were all home tucked snugly in bed, waiting to see if they had made St. Nick's naughty or nice list. Hopefully, they are waking up this morning with a renewed spirit of peace and are celebrating by giving and receiving gifts from friends and family. Hopefully the angst has faded and all are open to having a little fun on Christmas Day.
One way to insert a little fun into the season is to play White Elephant. Don't let the name fool you; there's not much racist about the game unless the gift giver intentionally means to ruffle feathers.
Sometimes the game is played on Christmas Eve, where friends and family each bring a wrapped gift. Others play Christmas evening, a great time to shed the crappiest gift received by regifting. That's the tradition we celebrate with another family when we spend the holidays in Texas. When we play White Elephant, it is a game with approximately 40 plus people, ages ranging from 2 to 82, and everyone walks away with a great gift or laugh to bring a satisfying close to Christmas day.
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