2025 Pollyanna links

Kid gift idea links: 

Emma 
Jonathan 
Lexi 
Ollie 

Maggie 

Addie 
Anthony 

This year, every family is responsible for buying two sets of gifts: One for the child listed above, and one for each adult in the Pollyanna game to be held at the Christmas Eve dinner on Dec. 21. 

For the kids gift, aim for around $25. Please leave sizes and a few gift ideas NO LATER THAN Dec. 5. 

For the adults, you need one gift per adult in your family. Blankets are highly recommended. Everybody fights over the blankets each year. I'm not saying you have to buy at least one wacky blanket as your gift, but you will be judged accordingly. You do not have a specific person you're buying for, so think of things that would be appropriate for both Aunt Jul or Mike. You know what, don't think of things that are appropriate for Mike. That's just asking for trouble. Maybe things that are appropriate for Heidi instead. Aim for around $30. 

2024 Pollyanna links

Kid gift idea links: 

Emma 
Jonathan 
Lexi 
Ollie 

Maggie 

Addie 
Anthony 

This year, every family is responsible for buying two sets of gifts: One for the child listed above, and one for each adult in the Pollyanna game to be held at the Christmas Eve dinner on Dec. 22. 

For the kids gift, aim for around $25. Please leave sizes and a few gift ideas NO LATER THAN Dec. 6. 

For the adults, you need one gift per adult in your family. Blankets are highly recommended. Everybody fights over the blankets each year. I'm not saying you have to buy at least one wacky blanket as your gift, but you will be judged accordingly. You do not have a specific person you're buying for, so think of things that would be appropriate for both Aunt Jul or Mike. Aim for around $30. 

2023 Pollyanna links

Kid gift idea links: 

Emma 
Jonathan 
Lexi 
Ollie 

Lily 
Maggie 

Addie 
Anthony 

This year, every family is responsible for buying two sets of gifts: One for the child listed above, and one for each adult in the Pollyanna game to be held at the Christmas Eve dinner on Dec. 23. 

For the kids gift, aim for around $25. Please leave sizes and a few gift ideas NO LATER THAN Dec. 8. 

For the adult gifts, think of things that are both suitable for a couple of adults (A nice bottle of wine? A lovely set of coffee mugs?) Wrap it in a way where no one can figure out what the heck it is, and bring it on the 23rd. We'll come up with a game to distribute the gifts, one per each set of adults. You do not have a specific person you're buying for, so think of things that would be appropriate for both Aunt Jul or Mike. Tricky, I know, so if you're not sure just get some fancy coffee and a nice bottle of wine. Aim for around $30. 

2019 Pollyanna links

Emma
Jonathan
Joanna
Leo
Lexi
Ollie
Mike
Heidi
Linda
Jul



Maggie
Lily
Addie
Meredith
Scott
Rose
Brett
Ji
Andrew
Anthony

Anthony

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2018 Pollyanna

Emma
Jonathan
Joanna
Leo
Lexi
Ollie
Mike
Heidi
Linda

Maggie
Lily
Addie
Meredith
Scott
Rose
Brett
Jul
Ji
Andrew

2017 Pollyanna

Emma
Jonathan
Joanna
Leo
Maggie
Lily
Addie
Meredith
Scott
Rose
Brett
Lexi
Ollie
Mike
Heidi
Jul
Linda
Ji
Andrew

2016 Pollyanna Rules

We're making Christmas great again, folks.

New rules for the Pollyanna this year. Every family is responsible for buying two gifts: One for the small child whose name you picked on Thanksgiving, and one for a Pollyanna game to be held at the Christmas Eve dinner on Dec. 17.

For the kids gift, we left the limit around $25. Nobody is checking receipts, don't stress too much about that. Here are links to the kids pages -- please leave sizes and a few gift ideas by Dec. 3, so folks can get their shopping done.

Addy -------- Emma -------- Lexi -------- Ollie
Maggie -------- Jonathan -------- Lily

For the adult gift, think of things that are both suitable for a couple of adults (A nice bottle of wine? A lovely set of coffee mugs?) and horribly unsuitable for family members (We're getting an "I'm with Hillary" shirt in hopes it'll end up with Aunt Rose). Wrap it in a way where no one can figure out what the heck it is, and bring it on the 17th, where the rules of the White Elephant game will be announced. FYI, we have already declared that the gift exchange game will be tied to your answers to the Christmas Question, which will be returning this year. Limit on gift purchases is $50, but, again, no one is checking.

Addy

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2015 Pollyanna shortcuts

Team Doyle	|	Team Hoffman
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Emma	|	Maggie
Lexi	|	Lily
Ollie	|	Addie
Jonathan	|	Meredith
Joanna	|	Scott
Leo	|	Rose
Heidi	|	Brett
Mike	|	Jul
Linda	|	Ji
Bill	|	Andrew

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