The Ethel Walker School
Simsbury, CT
About
Walkers New York Young Alum Yankee Swap
The event begins at 7:00 p.m., and the Yankee Swap will start promptly at 7:30 p.m., so please try to arrive by then if you are interested in playing! We will have wine and holiday cookies!
How does the Yankee Swap work?
It’s easy and fun! Bring a wrapped, unmarked gift valued at $20 or less. We will draw numbers to decide the order of choosing a gift. The person who receives number 1 will pick a gift (that is not their own) from the pile and open it for all to see. The person who receives number 2 chooses a gift and opens it, and then must decide whether to keep it or swap it for the first player’s gift. Each person (in order) selects a present, opens it and decides whether to keep it or swap it for any other gift someone has already opened. Opening gifts and swapping takes place until all of the presents have been chosen. Finally, the person who picked first gets to choose from all the gifts or keep what he/she has already received. In the end, the gift you are holding is the gift you take home. The gifts can be food, drinks, gag gifts, or something nice, anything goes!