Licky World is short for Liquidation World, so I'm guessing it's actually spelled Liqui World or something like that. But since I didn't know it was short for anything, I always thought it was Licky World. Which sounded really gross to me. It's a closeout store that operates mainly in Canada, but luckily for Aunt Kay their Spokane WA store remains open. I'm not sure of the history, but every year Jerel's family gets together for a Licky World gift exchange. The idea is to find something inexpensive, oddly useful, and although it's not stated in the official rules I think it is also supposed to be tacky. Then there is a random gift exchange and whoever brought the gift that is the most Licky World-ish has to take home this horrible trophy. It seemed like people wanted to get something cool, but not so cool that they'd be stuck with the trophy. This year some of the final contestants were a pen that has a Connect Four game in it, a singing/talking/moving mini Christmas tree, a Santa apron that someone mistook for lingerie, and a few other gems. The ultimate winner was a fly swatter that had a lighter built in to the handle.
We won't be there for next year's Licky World party since we rotate holidays with my family, but I want everyone to be warned that I have already selected my gift for 2010 and it's a great one!
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I love this idea. Wish I could get my family to do it. We tried the homemade Christmas thing, but it didn't work out for us. We're just not as creative as the Atkinson's...not as cool either!
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