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		<title>Party Preparations</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>My after-christmas White Elephant Party is this weekend, and I thought I&#8217;d share a little of the party preparations with you today.</p>
<p>First off, if you&#8217;ve never done a White Elephant Party, they are a lot of fun&#8230; I try to do one every year, and this year &#8211;since my December was so busy&#8211; it&#8217;s happening after the holidays.  In fact, a White Elephant is a great *after* the holidays party since people probably received one or two things that they could stand to regift!&#8230; <a href="https://dabbled.org/party-preparations/" class="read-more"> [ KEEP READING ] </a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><figure id="attachment_2897" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2897" style="width: 350px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/readytocook.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/readytocook-350x233.jpg" alt="Ready to be cooked: Sweet Potato Tartlets w Macadamia-Cranberry topping" title="Ready to be cooked: Sweet Potato Tartlets w Macadamia-Cranberry topping" width="350" height="233" class="size-medium wp-image-2897" srcset="https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/readytocook-350x233.jpg 350w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/readytocook-575x383.jpg 575w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/readytocook.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2897" class="wp-caption-text">Ready to be cooked: Sweet Potato Tartlets w Macadamia-Cranberry topping</figcaption></figure>My after-christmas White Elephant Party is this weekend, and I thought I&#8217;d share a little of the party preparations with you today.</p>
<p>First off, if you&#8217;ve never done a White Elephant Party, they are a lot of fun&#8230; I try to do one every year, and this year &#8211;since my December was so busy&#8211; it&#8217;s happening after the holidays.  In fact, a White Elephant is a great *after* the holidays party since people probably received one or two things that they could stand to regift!  A White Elephant (also called a Yankee Swap or a Dirty Santa) is a gift exchange where everyone steals gifts from each other.  The rules are pretty simple, but I&#8217;m just going to point you to <a href="http://dabbled.org/2008/11/how-to-throw-white-elephant-party.html">last year&#8217;s post, with all the rules</a>, if you&#8217;re not familiar.  Go ahead, I&#8217;ll wait&#8230;</p>
<p>OK!</p>
<p>So today I&#8217;m doing a bit of party prep&#8230; cooking of course&#8230;  I figured you might like to see what I&#8217;m making!  I&#8217;ve be taking pictures, so you&#8217;ll be getting full recipes and how-to&#8217;s for some of these next week.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve been wondering what I was going to do with the <a href="http://dabbled.org/2010/01/how-to-make-mini-tart-shells.html">Tartlet Shells I made the other day</a>, right?</p>
<figure id="attachment_2899" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2899" style="width: 350px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bunchestartlets.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bunchestartlets-350x233.jpg" alt="Bunches of the Tartlets... they get cooked tomorrow!" title="Bunches of the Tartlets... they get cooked tomorrow!" width="350" height="233" class="size-medium wp-image-2899" srcset="https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bunchestartlets-350x233.jpg 350w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bunchestartlets-575x383.jpg 575w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/bunchestartlets.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2899" class="wp-caption-text">Bunches of the Tartlets... they get cooked tomorrow!</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_2896" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2896" style="width: 350px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hummus.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hummus-350x233.jpg" alt="Sundried Tomato Hummus" title="Sundried Tomato Hummus" width="350" height="233" class="size-medium wp-image-2896" srcset="https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hummus-350x233.jpg 350w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hummus-575x383.jpg 575w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/hummus.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2896" class="wp-caption-text">Sundried Tomato Hummus</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_2895" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2895" style="width: 350px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cheeseroll.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cheeseroll-350x233.jpg" alt="Apple-Cheeseroll: A new invention... we&#039;ll see how it turns out.  " title="Apple-Cheeseroll: A new invention... we&#039;ll see how it turns out.  " width="350" height="233" class="size-medium wp-image-2895" srcset="https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cheeseroll-350x233.jpg 350w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cheeseroll-575x383.jpg 575w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/cheeseroll.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2895" class="wp-caption-text">Apple-Cheeseroll: A new invention... we'll see how it turns out.  </figcaption></figure>
<p>I think things are coming together nicely, don&#8217;t you?</p>
<p><a href="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/elephant3.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="http://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/elephant3-150x150.jpg" alt="white elephant party invite" title="white elephant party invite" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2892" srcset="https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/elephant3-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dabbled.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/elephant3-450x450.jpg 450w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a><br />
Want to through your own White Elephant Party?</p>
<p>You&#8217;re in luck! </p>
<p><a href="http://dabbled.org/2009/12/throw-a-white-elephant-gift-exchange-with-downloadable-invite-rules.html">Download invites and everything you need to play here.<br />
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