This is great fun for a party or for a family gift exchange. You need a few wrapped presents - only one of these will actually contain a small gift so it should be something that's appropriate for any of the players.

All players sit close together in a circle while one person reads the story aloud. The wrapped presents are distributed to some of the players throughout the circle to begin. As the story is read, the gifts will be passed from player to player.

When the players hear the word "RIGHT", each gift is passed to the player on their right. When the players hear the word "LEFT", they pass the gifts to the left.

When the story ends, the players holding the gifts get to open them and keep whatever is inside.

Here's one story - you can make up your own version if you prefer…

It was Christmas Eve and Mrs Right was busy preparing goodies in the kitchen. The Christmas tarts were almost ready to come out of the oven. Gingerbread men needed frosting and the turkey to pick up. A few gifts LEFT to wrap. There wasn't much LEFT to be done. She nodded her head as she mentally ticked off everything LEFT to do before Christmas Day. After all, she wanted to get everything just RIGHT for this special day!

Little Danny RIGHT climbed onto a chair and gazed at the gingerbread men spread out before him. Would Momma notice if one was missing? What about just an arm or a leg? No, she would see what was LEFT and know he'd been nibbling. It wouldn't be RIGHT, he thought with a sigh. Especially not on Christmas Eve with Santa coming tonight! Only a few hours LEFT!

Mrs RIGHT poured milk onto Danny's cereal and place the bowl to the LEFT of his orange juice. "Eat your breakfast," she told him, then go RIGHT upstairs and get dressed. We'll go shopping with my list of errands that are still LEFT to do.

Soon they drove out of the driveway and headed RIGHT toward the shopping centre. Mrs. RIGHT hoped there would be some of those delicious oranges LEFT and Mr. RIGHT had declared last evening that the new flavour of eggnog was just RIGHT out of this world so she hoped there was some LEFT.

Meanwhile, Mr. RIGHT left the butcher's shop with their Christmas turkey and headed RIGHT down North Avenue. He had one more present to pick up that he'd LEFT until today and he was very excited that Christmas was finally almost here! He turned RIGHT and pulled into the parking lot.

Mrs. RIGHT and Danny RIGHT arrived home and walked into the kitchen. There sat Mr. RIGHT and their daughter Patty RIGHT, each eating a gingerbread man. All that was LEFT of Patty's was one arm and she popped that into her mouth.

We're finally ready for Christmas, Mrs. RIGHT exclaimed. Nothing LEFT to do except wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!!