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Celebrate the holiday season with your local mom community! Let’s gather on Thursday, December 15th for a party filled with holiday cheer. We will have light bites and drinks available (sign-up to bring some goodies to share below!), and our bartender will be making specialty cocktails to get us in the holiday spirit.  The party will be hosted at our sponsor space in downtown Elmhurst. Those who want to can participate in a cookie exchange, ugly sweater contest, and a white elephant gift exchange.  Feel free to take part in one, all, or none! A $5 cover will help cover our bartending service. Please submit payment by Dec 15: https://elmhurstareamoms.org/event-registration/ Sign up here to volunteer and bring food, drinks, or help with set up, decorating, etc.: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../10C0C4DAEA629A5FCC34... COOKIE EXCHANGE:  Bring at least 2 dozen of your favorite cookies/treats. We will draw numbers to set an order (lowest number starts), and then participants will take turns building cookie platters from all of the wonderful contributions to take home (recommend bringing some kind of storage container)! Any extras can be shared with the party.  UGLY SWEATER CONTEST: Wear your most outrageous ugly sweater! Vote for your favorite by 9pm by submitting the wearer’s name and we’ll announce a winner at the end of the night.  WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE:  Each participant brings one wrapped gift to contribute to a common pool. Gifts must be new and not used, between $20-25 in value. Please refrain from religiously-affiliated or kid-focused gifts. Participants will draw numbers to determine what order they will go in (lowest number starts). The first player selects a gift and opens it, and then following players can choose to either pick an unwrapped gift from the pool or steal a previous player's gift. Anyone who gets their gift stolen in this way can do the same - choose a new gift or steal another. Once a gift has been stolen three times, it is no longer in play. No trades allowed *during* the game, but what you do after is up to you!  **PLEASE NOTE** We will not be offering refunds on tickets purchased for this event if the attendee is no longer able to attend. The attendee will be responsible for finding another member to take their ticket or will forfeit the money spent for non-attendance. Thank you for understanding!