Ayyam-i-Ha Celebration

This year we repeated a fun event to celebrate Ayyam-i-Ha (Intercalary Days, or days of preparation for the Baha'i month of fasting, which is turn ends with the New Year's celebration). The event was a game of gift exchanging. What makes it a game is that each participant brings a wrapped gift (supposedly something they would like to have themselves) and these are placed in the center of the circle of friends. Numbers are chosen from a basket (as being explained by Margie and Julie below). Then number one opens any gift on the table. The second number can take any other gift on the table and, if not opening it, can exchange it for the first person's gift. Same goes for the 3rd and all the rest. This becomes pretty crazy as the more attractive gifts become evident. One gift can make the rounds many times before the last person chooses.
There were many guests, who are investigating the Faith, participating as well as most of the local Baha'i Community.
Stateside visitor, Charlynn Stevens, Gianni and David:

Three guests who were playing this game for the first time (Luis Alonzo, Stefani and Luis' sister, Sandri):Here's lucky number one, Betsy, who's a friend of Amanda Matamoros. Lucky because at the end of the game, as the first person to start (and not having the opportunity to exchange her gift) she gets to choose any of all the gifts to conclude the game !