Ideas for the New Year

6. RIGHT, LEFT AND NEW YEAR, or HOW TO GIVE GIFTS FOR A NEW YEAR

If you meet the New Year in a group (more than 7 people), then this idea is for you. So, everyone brings a gift for a New Year's party, it must be wrapped. All become in a circle and keep their gifts. Someone reads the New Year's story (cm. below). Every time the word "left" sounds in the story (and all the derivatives from this word), each player passes his gift to the left, and when the word "right" (and all its derivatives) sounds, each player passes the gift to the right. When the story is read to the end, the gift that everyone holds in his hands, he gets it.

The text underlines the words derived from the words "left" and "right"

New Year's story: Left-hander, Right-hander and Christmas tree.

Once upon a time there were two brothers. I did everything with my left hand, because I was left-handed. He was so called - Left-handed. And the other brother did everything with his right hand, and his right-hand man called him. One day, brothers under the New Year went into the woods behind the tree. They took axes and began to look for the tree. We went out into the clearing, looking - to the right of them a beautiful fir-tree grows. "Let's cut it down," says the Right-hander. "No, we do not need a Christmas tree," answered Lefthander, "her needles are crumbling quickly." "Let's cut down the pine tree, on the left, it grows." The brothers argued, argued, can not choose what to cut. Levsha looked at his watch and gasped, already his left eye was twitching - two hours before the New Year was left. "

"Rather let's hack!" - says the Right-hander. And in the middle of the clearing grew fir. The brothers decided to cut it down. They took the axes - Right-hander in the right hand, and Left-handed in the left. "We have to cut the barrel on the right," says the Right-hander. "No, on the left," says Lefty. They began to look for brothers, where the fir has the right, and where it is left - they can not find it. Lefty looked at his watch, and his left eye twitched even more - "We will not have time!". And then the brothers visited an idea. And what if the fir is not cut at all, but dressed right here in the forest? They quickly went home, took balls and garlands, called friends and back into the forest. We dressed the beautiful fir and met the New Year in the forest.

Such a New Year's story, but it's true or not, no one knows.

5. MESSAGE FOR THE FUTURE

Make small questionnaires for all participants of New Year's Eve. Give everyone, let each fill. This should be given time, let people slowly think, sum up the peculiar outcome of the past year. Then seal the questionnaires in separate envelopes and sign them. For example: "Message to Ivanov Oleg in the 2002nd New Year". Those. Everyone writes this message to himself. Choose a responsible person who will keep these messages, and the next New Year will give to the owners. If it turns out that people have gathered from different places, and it is unlikely that the next New Year will celebrate together, then you can immediately write the address on the envelope, and then through the year send letters by mail. I suggest exemplary questions for the "message to the future":

The happiest time this year
The most unpleasant memories (troubles, mistakes)
What interesting people I've had (a) meetings this year.
What I prayed the most about this year
The most unexpected, this is
What I achieved (s)
My dream for this next year is
The new friends God gave me this year -
The biggest flaw (sin) that I want to get rid of now is

Believe me, it is very interesting then to read such messages to myself.

4. WE WILL PLAY IN THE POST

All probably know how to do it. I'll tell you just in case. All participants of the New Year's meeting are fastened with a number on their chests, put a special box, everyone writes letters, cards, etc. to each other. And throw in this box, indicating not the names of the recipients, but their numbers. At certain times, the box is opened and distributed by the recipient. You can do this and several times in the evening.

I suggest a little update the game. Instead of numbers, let each one come up with some name (the name of the Biblical hero or pop star, or politics, whatever you want). It is possible and suits to suit suit, and all evening call each other only on this invented name.

3. HOW TO GIVE GIFTS

There is one traditional way among Christians. A few days before the New Year, the names of all participants are written on separate sheets. They are put in a furry hat, everyone pulls one piece of paper on which and it is written, to whom he must give a gift. Also these few days everyone is praying for someone to whom gifts are given. At a certain moment, at the New Year's table, one gets up, pronounces a solemn speech and presents his gift. The one who received the gift in turn gives the next, etc., until everyone is "pardoned." Here there is a condition: no one should know in advance who gives whom to whom.

I suggest a somewhat different way of gift giving. It's called the White Elephant. You can read the description of this special game with the delivery of gifts for the New Year in the section "Different games in the room" at number 29.

2. BUILD AN EVENING OF MEMORIES

It is necessary to observe two conditions: a small company (3-8 people) of people familiar to each other and preliminary preparation. The preparation is as follows. Let everyone bring photos (their and common), old postcards, received from any of the participants in the evening, letters or any questionnaires, in general subjects about which he himself may already be forgotten, but which will cause interest in others. This evening of memories is held in the form of a friendly conversation. For example, it's interesting to remember how someone first came to church, or when he first said a prayer out loud, remember a joint trip, remember the old days, and then lived. It's also interesting to tell who first met each other and so on. You can also sing an old song about which everyone has already forgotten. In general, just slowly talk to each other, remember the good and the bad, remember what God has done in your life, pray together. Such memories will bring old friends together. And it's unlikely that you will ever be able to arrange such an evening of memories, if not for the New Year, when a lot of time, and no one is in a hurry anywhere.

1. PENALTY FOR PREVENTING

It happens that someone on New Year's Eve early starts to wander to bed or on the contrary behaves very actively and prevents others. You can arrange a small punishment for such offenders. At the very beginning of the evening, announce to everyone that the jury (or one of the participants of the evening) will observe everyone, then to choose suitable candidates. And so be it. I propose the following guilty and exemplary punishments for them:

most sleepy - draw a bruise under the eye
most disturbing - to put on three coats and three hats
The glutton itself - hang a sign saying: "I GOT MORE THAN EVERYONE"

Then make a general photo for memory.

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