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Here\u2019s a video made by my friend Lindsay, explaining about all those Christmas Facebook schemes like the wine exchange and the Secret Sister gift exchange. It doesn\u2019t have to involve money to be a pyramid scheme, as Lindsay demonstrates:<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p>Stay safe out there, folks. And if you don\u2019t mind being at the bottom of a pyramid because at least you\u2019re \u201cspreading good will,\u201d how about giving ten bucks to a charity instead? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Friendship-Room-445935712200688\/?fref=ts\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Friendship Room<\/a> is trying to expand their building to accommodate more guests.<\/p>\n<p>(image via Pixabay)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a video made by my friend Lindsay, explaining about all those Christmas Facebook schemes like the wine exchange and the Secret Sister gift exchange. It doesn\u2019t have to involve money to be a pyramid scheme, as Lindsay demonstrates: Stay safe out there, folks. And if you don\u2019t mind being at the bottom of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2694,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738,284],"tags":[2337,566,2222,2333,2334,2335,2336,1701],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-america","category-news","tag-cheer","tag-christmas","tag-donation","tag-gift-exchange","tag-pyramid-scheme","tag-secret-sister","tag-ten-dollar-gift","tag-wine"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>A Quick Primer On Christmas Pyramid Schemes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here's a video made by my friend Lindsay, explaining about all those Christmas Facebook schemes like the wine exchange and the Secret Sister gift\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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