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Akiko had prepared many delicious items,
such as the Black Forest cake shown on the right, an apple cake, and
more ...
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These treats did not last long... |
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Many pictures were taken.
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Everyone was asked to bring a gift of cost $15
or less (we'll see soon that there were many smart shoppers in the
crowd) |
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| Julia
"won" this aroma glow device |
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| Wei won
the "World's most difficult jigsaw puzzle" (1000 dalmatians) |
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| Julia
thinks she has the easier present |
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| Hui won
this robotic dinosaur, but since he drew #15 he was worried till the
end if he'd really was going to be able to keep it. |
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| Miki won
these plates. |
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| The gift
winner and the gift giver, Lujin |
Fang also won a
jigsaw puzzle - let's see if he can reconstruct this object. |
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| Shengying
had to search hard for her box, but now she has this stress-relieving
squeeze ball. |
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| Lujin
won herself a dating opportunity (with her onlooking husband, so we
hope): two movie tickets |
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| Julia's
looks on with joy as her boyfriend wins another gift for her. |
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| Aili
wins a snowman cookie jar - I expect that on her desk in the new year. |
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| Wei Dong
wins a note book wih Japanese lacquer cover writing (further explained
by Hui) -
perfect to keep track of the hot stock on Wall Street. |
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| Yumiko
won a locked box of candy - she needed to use a key to open it. She
says she will wear the key on her key chain. |
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| Akiko
wins a seasonal cup and saucer - ideal for her early morning hot
chocolate. |
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| A Chicken Little doll
for the math wiz. |
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| I
(Klaus) won a "relaxation fountain" |
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It had to be assembled first and
filled with water, but then it worked beautifully. I am already very
relaxed.
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all had time to play with our presents. (Everyone was very happy with what they had won, and nobody opted to trade with a lower numbered person. A no-tears event). |
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Now all go asleep (the moderator
stays up all the time but cannot help solve the mystery).
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Now the
murderer(s) wake up and agree on one person to be killed. |
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murderers go asleep and the police wake up and point at a
suspected person. This suspicion is then either confirmed or not confirmed by the moderator. |
Now the police go asleep
and soon all wake up and they discover the ugly truth: this night
another person was killed. |
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Now the villagers deliberate who did it.
Accusations are made, which the accused seek to diffuse. In the end the
most likely suspect is terminated, at which point the flipped-over card
reveals if that person was indeed the murder (or not). In the latter
case, another murderous round begins.
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