Here's an Idea!

It's that time of year. I am behind schedule.

So here's an idea to mull over while I try to catch up.

From an upcoming (still draft) post:

If you're feeling anti-anti-social (i.e., want to interact with real people, not your phone) and want to be really sociable, here are some ideas from Group Socials for Every Month by Jane Kirk (1957, Abingdon Press, Nashville). I'll turn to May, so you'll have time to prepare!

May Basket Party

What has happened to that fascinating custom of hanging May baskets in the dusky twilight of of a May evening, ringing the doorbell, and running off so that the recipient will have no guess who left the delicate token of esteem?  

Kirk suggests reviving "some of this spirit of mystery and loveliness" with a May basket party. Hers is an idea for a party of teens who've made homemade baskets of wildflowers, nuts, candies, etc., and which includes a "slip of paper describing the donor." As guests arrive, assemble the baskets on a table "outside the party room." With some fanfare simulating doorbells, each guest in turn retrieves a basket. "The fun comes, then, in guessing from the description who has brought it."

The May Basket Party-- both the original and Kirk's version-- has a lot of potential!

Be sociable!