Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Interesting celebrations

[Bonnie Fergusson (fergyb2]

At Swans Market Cohousing we start the year with a New Years day afternoon Tea, 
english style with 8 kinds of sandwiches (4 Vegetarian and 4 Omnivore) Scones, 
jam, Devonshire cream, tea biscuits and of course several kinds of Tea.
We have a Fashion Parade down our central Walkway in the Spring (started in the 
Pandemic when we couldn’t get dressed up and go anywhere)
We have a Passover celebration
We have an annual 4th of July BBQ
We have a garden party every year in our garden with wine and appetizers
We have Pumpkin Carving day just before Halloween and do Community Trick or 
Treating on Halloween
We have a Community Thanksgiving the Sunday before Thanksgiving which is 
potluck except for the Turkey and Tofurkey which is provided by the Social 
Committee We do Hannukah candle lighting and Latkes with sour cream and 
applesauce on the last night.
We have a holiday cookie baking and decorating day in early December
And periodically we have board games potlucks on random weekends when the mood 
strikes us.
Bonnie FergussonSwans Market CohousingOakland, CA



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On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 9:25 AM, Jennifer Bixby <jennybixby1 [at] 
gmail.com> wrote:

Here are some things we do at Mountain View Cohousing Community in California.
 E Each month we have homemade birthday cards to sign for people who are having 
birthdays that month, and then a cake at our monthly business meeting.t dress
Guess who’s coming to dinner: host says how many they can accommodate, and 
people are assigneded up and go anywh to hosts randomly. No one knows until 
right before where they are going or who is coming. People showy up  
gwalkwawith dishes. Fun.own e couldn’t 
July 4th ice cream social—easy, fun, and yummy.n w
Getting-to-know-you: a person talks about their life or some part of it. 20-30 
minutes and then lots of ourquestions.
TGIF: every Friday evening; people bring snacks to share
Thanksgiving potluck on the Sunday after
New Year’s Eve: dinner (optional) and then the fun starts: White Elephant gifts 
(optional); a No-Talent show (skits, music, jokes, tricks); games (Dictionary 
is good); wild hats, slide show, etc.
I’m enjoying reading what others are doing!

Jenny Bixby
Mountain View cohousing, California

> On Dec 6, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Kelli Soika <ksoika [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello from Houston!
> Lynn and I (two members of CoHousing Houston) have a little podcast about 
> cohousing. We’re planning to hold a conversation about celebrations in 
> cohousing communities. If you have a favorite that you’re willing to share, 
> tell us about it!
> Best,
> Kelli Soika
> CoHousing Houston 
> 
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