This is nice.” Instead? You want them to sigh and melt and hug the gift and say something like, “I have been looking for this gift all my life.” You want everyone to look at the gift and make a mental note that they are going to steal that gift when it’s their turn to play.

You don’t want someone to open their gift and say awkwardly, “Ummm. You want to find the most stealable gift you can bring. When you attend a Pokeno game, you have ONE GOAL in mind. And then? You get to pick a gift from the gifts that everyone has brought and eventually you can steal a gift from someone who has already opened one. When you win a hand in the game, you dance up and down in your seat and yell POKENO.

The game that is kind of like Bingo that you sit around and laugh and eat skittles and drink sweet tea and play with a game board and a deck of cards and your goal is to get five in a row or a postage stamp or a diagonal line or a full house.

These are simple, easy ideas for decorating your coffee table and your porch and your living room and your front porch. Ever find a farmhouse lantern and you have no idea what to do with it? Here are 4 ways to decorate with farmhouse lanterns.

Images of old pokeno game cards