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Do you do anything special with your group for the holidays?

Survey expired 01/06/16
Total voters: 334

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 20% (68 votes)We go out for a special dinner.
 38% (126 votes)We have a holiday party.
 16% (52 votes)We read a holiday-themed book.
 27% (89 votes)We exchange gifts.
 19% (64 votes)We take a break from our meetings over the holidays.
 26% (87 votes)Other (Please specify):
  • None
  • We do not celebrate the holidays together as a Book Group
  • We do not do anything special.
  • We go to a special linch at The Holbrook Hotel. A Historical hotel we have been attending for about10 years.
  • Everyone brings a treat to share.
  • We have a holiday party with a dirty Santa/White elephant exchange with books only
  • Special dinner but we schedule for January meeting
  • Special dinner but we schedule for January meeting
  • Christmas movie along with adult coloring books, appetizers, and good cheer
  • We have a party @ which we nominate books to vote on for the coming year.
  • We ring bells for the Salvation Army then all meet up for dinner and drinks to warm up afterwards!
  • We watch a movie
  • We don't read in Dec.; we go to a movie based on a book or author we've read.
  • We exchange books and also bring children's books to donate for a Christmast toy store for needy children.
  • We sometimes read a winter-themed book, possibly holiday-themed.
  • We do not do anything special for the holidays.
  • No cooking allowed. White elephant book exchange where you bring a wrapped book from your own collection to give away.
  • go out to lunch and a special holiday event
  • We do a pot luck dinner and book exchange.
  • We do a book exchange of books we love!
  • Nothing Special
  • We collect money over the year. At Christmas time we donate to someone in our community in need.
  • We choose the books for the following year.
  • The snacks are holiday themed.
  • we donate to a local charity
  • We have a service project
  • We do a book exchange.
  • As a library book club, we exchange beautifully wrapped used books from the library book sale or our own shelves.
  • We have a cookie exchange
  • We have a book exchange.
  • We don't do anything special.
  • At our December meeting we discuss books we have read and want to share with our group.
  • We have a book exchange.
  • We have a cookie swap
  • We meet at our leader's home and have treats.
  • We read and discuss a book
  • We always have a dinner at one of our homes..potluck.
  • Nothing
  • We go out to dinner in January and select our books for the year.
  • Have regular get together but with special dessert.
  • Same as usual
  • donate a book or gift certificate to a local library
  • Yankee swap of wrapped new book
  • Restaurant meal with chinese swap of a wrapped book, able to steal twice. Hilarity insues
  • Go to lunch at a restaurant staffed by mentally challenged adults.
  • We each bring a book to donate to a battered women's shelter
  • We watch a Christmas movie, do a book exchange and serve goodies with wassail.
  • We meet at one of our homes for a traditional home0cooked meal.
  • WE EXCHANGE USED BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE
  • we meet a week earlier so our snowbirds can meet one more time. We have a holiday brunch at a members house
  • We each recite a holiday themed poem.
  • Our gifts are related to the books we have read over the past year
  • cookie swap
  • Book Exchange - We bring a book to exchange with another club member. Leftovers are donated to Habitat for Humanity.
  • We get together, celebrate food, friends and good books. We also are having a group "book drive" for childrens book to donate.
  • We collect children's book for a homeless shelter with a ministry to children.
  • We collect books and batteries for the children at our local shelter. We also bring an unopened bottle of wine to exchange.
  • We have a used-book exchange / holiday get-together.
  • We read The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder and had a cookie swap using recipes from the book.
  • Several years ago we began collecting specific items to donate to charity in addition to donating money to organizations.
  • We wear pajamas and have a cookie exchange.
  • We have a book exchange.
  • No, we are too new.
  • met as usual!
  • We have BYOB at a restaurant - Bring Your Own Book to talk about.
  • No
  • We have an ornament gift exchange. The ornament has to represent one of the 12 books we have read in the last year. Great fun!
  • We meet at independent book store where owner discusses new books to
  • We meet at independent book store where owner discusses new books.
  • one member wrote a short Christmas story and gave us all a copy
  • We do a book swap and watch a Christmas movie
  • We select the books we are going to read for the upcoming year and assign members to facilitate the discussions.
  • Potluck supper and view a movie together based on a book we read. This year, "Wild".
  • we have a usual meeting
  • We meet and read
  • We meet and read
  • We meet and read
  • We meet and read
  • We as a group bought gifts,wrapped them up ( stockings included ) and delivered them to a homeless family of four.
  • We meet and the leader reads a Christmas short story aloud. The leader usually reads the same story in the nursing center in o
  • We have a book exchange
  • Besides going to a restaurant for a meal....we collect books for Jackson Feild Homes. JF is a residential campus for 12-21 year
  • We each bring a "white elephant) book, first person picks a gift, unraps it, 2nd person can pick another gift or steal the first
  • We had a Christmas luncheon at a restaurant overlooking the ocean. We donated books to the Children's Home Society.
  • Cookie exchange party
  • We had a regular book club but with a cookie exchange
  • We invite spouses and/or guests to attend.
0% (0 votes)I do not know.