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LEFT, RIGHT
NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS GAME |
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LEFT, RIGHT NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS GAME
*TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS PASS-AROUND GIFT EXCHANGE
Read fairly slowly pausing at punctuation.
The group forms a circle or sits in a straight row (separate circles or rows if males and females are present). Each holds the gift he brought to the party. While the poem is being read, each person passes his gift to the person on his right when reader says RIGHT; when reader says LEFT, each passes the gift he has to the left. The gift each person has in his hands at the conclusion of the poem is his to keep. NOTE: No one will receive the gift he brought if all pass gifts as directed.
Twas the night RIGHT before Christmas when RIGHT through the house
Not a creature was LEFT stirring, not even a mouse--
The stockings were hung RIGHT by the chimney with care,
in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be RIGHT there.
The children were nestled RIGHT snug in their beds,
while visions of sugarplums danced RIGHT in their heads,
And mama in her kerchief, and I in my cap,
had just settled RIGHT down for a long winter's nap,
When RIGHT out on the LEFT lawn there rose such a clatter,
I sprang RIGHT from my bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the RIGHT window I LEFT like a flash;
tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
LEFT a luster of midday to objects RIGHT below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a miniature sleight and eight tiny reindeer.
With a little old driver RIGHT lively and quick;
I knew RIGHT in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came;
and he whistled and shouted, and called them RIGHT by name:
"Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!
On Comet, on Cupid, on Donder and Blitzen!
To the RIGHT top of the porch! To the LEFT top of the wall!
Now dash away, dash away, dash RIGHT away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly
when they meet RIGHT with an obstacle, mount RIGHT up to the sky,
So up to the housetop the coursers they LEFT flew,
with a sleighful of toys and St. Nicholas, too.
And then in a twinkling, I heard RIGHT on the roof,
the prancing and pawing of each little RIGHT and LEFT hoof.
As I drew in my head and was turning LEFT around*
down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, RIGHT from his head to his LEFT foot,
and his clothes were all LEFT tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of toys he had flung RIGHT on his back,
and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His RIGHT and LEFT eyes, how they twinkled! His dimples*how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was LEFT drawn up like a bow,
and the beard LEFT on his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held RIGHT in his teeth,
and the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a round little belly,
that shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was RIGHT chubby and plump, a RIGHT, RIGHT jolly old elf,
and I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself.
A wink of his LEFT eye and a LEFT twist of his head,
soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went RIGHT straight to his work,
and filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk
And laying his finger to the LEFT of his nose,
and giving a nod, he LEFT*up the chimney he rose.
He sprang RIGHT to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
and away they all LEFT like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he LEFT--out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all*and to all a good night!" *
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CANDY
KISS GAME CANDY KISS GAME |
CANDY KISS GAME CANDY KISS GAME
This game can be played school parties, but is fun with adults too.
This is a relay.
Divide into two teams.
Have a bowl of Hershey's Candy kisses on a table with a pair of mittens slightly larger than the players need.
Line the teams up about 10-15 feet away from the table.
Each team sends a player down, they put on the mittens, take a candy kiss out of the bowl and unwrap it with the large mittens.
After unwrapping they have to pop it into their mouth and go back to tag the next player in line.
First team to all get a kiss, wins.
If you play this with adult couples, after they get their candy kiss, they return to the line to get their couple kiss instead of a tag.
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REINDEER
ANTLER GAME |
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REINDEER ANTLERGAME
Make 2 or more teams.
Hand each team one pair of pantyhose -- avoid support types that are too tight.
Also hand out one balloon to each team player. If the teams are small give 2 balloons per person (each team should have about 8 balloons).
When you say "go" the teams race to make "reindeer antlers" by blowing up the balloons and stuffing them into the pantyhose.
Then one team member wears the "antlers" and sings the first verse of Jingle Bells.
The first one to do so wins for the team and even after one team wins, let everyone complete the task for a reindeer group picture.
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QUIZ II |
CHRISTMAS SONG QUIZ II
1. The apartment of 2 psychiatrists.
2. The lad is a diminutive percussionist.
3. Decorate the entry-ways .
4. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis.
5. A B C D E F G H I J K M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
6. Present me naughty but dual incisors for this festive Yuletide.
7. The smog-less bewitching hour arrived.
8. Exuberation to this orb.
9. 288 Yuletide hours.
10. Do you perceive the same longitudinal pressure which stimulates my auditory sense organs.
11. The red-suited pa is due in this burg.
12. Stepping on the pad cover.
13. Uncouth dolt has his beezer in the booze and thinks he is a Dark Cloud's boyfriend.
14. Far back in a hay bin.
15. Leave and do an elevated broadcast.
16. That exiguous hamlet south of the holy city.
17. Behold! I envisioned a trio of nautical vessels.
18. Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully.
19. A joyful song relative to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and bring forth a ringing sound when struck.
20. As the guardians of little woolly animal's protected their charges in the shadows of the earth.
21. Frozen precipitation commence
22. Monarchial triad
23. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas
24. Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres
25. Vehicular homicide was committed on Dad's mom by a precipitous darling
26. Wanted in December: top forward incisors
27. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole
28. Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element
29. Oh small Israel urban center
30. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season
31. Parent was observed osculating a red-coated unshaven teamster
32. May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue to mild male humans
33. Natal celebration devoid of color, rather albino, as a hallucinatory phenomenon for me.
34. Obese personification fabricated of compressed mounds of minute crystals.
35. Tranquiltiy upon the terrestrial sphere.
36. Have hitherward the entire assembly of those who are loyal in their belief.
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CHRISTMAS SONG QUIZ II ANSWERS
*1) Nutcracker Suite
2) Little Drummer Boy
3) Deck The Halls
4) Silent Night
5) Noel
6) All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
7) It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
8) Joy to the World
9) 12 Days of Christmas
10) Do You Hear What I Hear?
11) Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
12) Up On The House Top
13) Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
14) Away In A Manger
15) Go Tell It On The Mountain
16) Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
17) I Saw 3 Ships
18) Hark The Herald Angels Sing
19) Jingle Bells
20) As Shepherd's Watch Their Flocks At Night
21) Let It Snow
22) We Three Kings
23) Oh, Holy Night
24) Jingle Bell Rock
25) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
26) All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
27) We Three Kings
28) Silver Bells
29) O Little Town of Bethlehem
30) We Wish You A Merry Christmas
31) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
32) God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
33) I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
34) Frosty the Snowman
35) Peace on Earth
36) Oh Come, All Ye Faithful *
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STOCKING STUMPERS |
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STOCKING STUMPERS
1. How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas?
2. Why was Santa's helper down in the dumps?
3. Why does Scrooge love Rudolph?
4. Where do polar bears vote?
5. What do you get when you cross an archer with a Christmas gift-wrapper?
6. What did Santa shout to his toys on Christmas Eve?
7. According to their hit song, what's always number one on Alvin the Chipmunk's Christmas list?
8. Everyone knows Rudolph comes in handy if it's foggy Christmas Eve, but what would we be flying over if it was a voggy Christmas Eve?
9. Who wrote Christmas Bells?
10. Can you name the holiday hit Bobby Helms is famous for?
11. Why did the elf put his bed into the fireplace?
12. How would you fire Santa?
13. What did one of Santa's elves put on the Internet?
14. What do they eat for breakfast at the North Pole?
15. What nationality is Santa?
16. What kind of motorcycle does Santa drive?
17. What does Santa call his fishing rod?
18. It is midnight. Santa is making his rounds and appears to be a little behind schedule. As his sled flies over London he looks down at Big Ben and notices that the big hand is on the 5 and the little is on the 2. What time is it?
19. You've probably been hitting the old ATM pretty heavily over the holidays but where would you be if you used the southernmost ATM in the world?
20. If Santa flew high over the world's tallest pyramid, what famous city would be in view?
21. If you're attending the lighting of the Christmas tree on the Ellipse, what city are you in?
22. If you really can't wait for Christmas to come, what major nation is the first to celebrate Christmas every year?
23. You know Christmas is the season of peace, but do you know the origin of the familiar peace sign which became so popular in the 60's?
24. Over which country does a goat named Ukko help out Santa's reindeer?
25. What electrifying "first" was installed by Edward H. Johnson in his New York City home in December, 1882? (Hint: Johnson was an associate of Thomas Edison)
26. Since I always keep Rudolph in the lead, how many different ways are there to arrange my other 8 reindeer?
27. What's the only Christmas decoration ever banned by the government?
28. In Switzerland, what do they call Santa's wife?
(A) Gerda, (B) Lucy, (C) Tanta Kringle, (D) Frau Christenklinger
29. In what country would you find Swagman at Christmas?
30. If you were to celebrate an authentic Victorian Christmas, when would you set up and take down the tree?
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STOCKING STUMPERS ANSWERS
1) Fleece Navidad
2) Because he had low elf esteem
3) Because every buck is dear to him
4) At the North Poll
5) Ribbon Hood
6) "All right everyone, it's sack time!"
7) A hoola-hoop
8) A volcano . . The hazy weather condition caused by volcanic gases is called
"vog".
9) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
10) Jingle Bell Rock
11) He wanted to sleep like a log
12) Give him the sack
13) A gnome page
14) Snowflakes
15) North Polish
16) A Holly Davidson
17) The North Pole
18) As stated, it is midnight. There must be something wrong with the clock.
19) McMurdo Station in Antarctica . . Although there aren't that many people who stay there year 'round, once in a while everybody needs some cold cash!
20) San Francisco . . . The Transamerica Pyramid office building is located downtown.
21) Washington, DC
22) New Zealand . . . It lies just west of the International Date Line so it's where Christmas officially begins.
23) The circle with the upside-down Y shape inside was devised by British pacifists who combined the semaphore symbols for "N" and "D" which stood for nuclear disarmament.
24) Finland . . .Actually, Ukko takes over altogether and gives the reindeer a little break on their round-the-world trek. You might say the reindeer are always glad to cross the Finnish line.
25) Johnson installed the first Christmas tree with electric light bulbs.
26) 40, 320
27) Tinsel . . . It used to contain lead which is very poisonous. Nowadays, it's made of plastic and the worst you can get from it is a bad case of tinselitis . . . Ho, Ho, Ho!
28) (B) . . . And to quote Desi Arnaz - I love Lucy!
29) Australia . . . Swagman is decked out in brown regalia with long, baggy shorts. At Christmas, he delivers his presents throughout the Land Down Under in his four-wheel drive vehicle.
30) You'd put it up Christmas Eve and take it down January 5th to coincide with the Twelve Days of Christmas
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This
12 Days of Christmas Funster |
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This 12 Days of Christmas Funster
Before you play everyone in audience sings "The Twelve
Days of Christmas" give the rules.
Each of the twelve days of Christmas corresponds to a month of the
year. Eg. First day = January, second day = February, etc.
When the verse corresponding to your birthday month is sung, you stand
up; when it's finished you sit down. You *also* stand up whenever the gift
for that day is sung in the chorus.
For example, my birthday is in March, so I stood for "On the third
day of Christmas my true love sent to me three french hens" and ever
after whenever we all sang "...four calling birds, [stand up] three French
hens [sit down], two turtle doves..."
Once you get four or five verses into the song, you have people popping
up and down like crazy.
Great fun.
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