Sandy's Christmas party game
This may be the best family or classroom
Christmas party game
because it is a puzzle anyone can do.
It’s a cute Christmas story in which you fill in the blanks with the names of Christmas Carols. You are given the names of the 20 carols, all you have to do is put them in the right blanks. It sounds simple yet it's tricky enough to be a challenge.
What's nice is that even if someone knows very few if any Christmas Carols, they can do this puzzle.
Sandy's
Christmas
Carol Story
Select a
song from the list below and fill in the blanks to complete the story. If
you want to make it really tough fold up the bottom and cover the answer list
and do it from memory. Note that in some cases there are several answers
that may fit in to any given blank. However, part of the puzzle is to make
sure that you use every song title once appropriately.
One ______ ______ as we were tucked in our bed and dreaming
of a________ _________ we heard a noise__ ___ ___ _____. My husband and I
quickly got out of bed to see what was happening. We couldn't believe our eyes
for there was _____ _____ _____ standing in our living room looking down at our
young lad and saying ___ ____ ___ ____? Our son was talking to him and telling
him __ ___ ___ ___ ____ __ __ ___ ____ ____. I turned to my husband and said
____ ____ ___ ___ _____ ___?
My husband said, "Well, ___ ______ __ __ __ ___ ___ ______ around here. At least it is not like last year when our son was telling everybody _ ___ ____ ___ ___ _____ I sure am glad you didn't make me wear that outfit again this year." We told Santa "have a ___ _____ __________ and left him to his work. As we left we asked "Is there anything else you need?" He replied, "For the sake my sleigh ___ __ ___, ___ __ ____ , ____ ___ ___ We awoke on Christmas morning to find that someone had decorated our tree. We inquired, "___ ___ ____' ____ _____ ____ who decorated you? and now what does the rest of the house need? The tree boughed and then pined, "You could ____ ____ ____ ___ __ ___ ___ I miss her."
Soon the phone rang and it was our daughter telling us __ ____ ______ ____ ______ or else I'll have a _________ __________ without you. We were wondering how we would tell her the news that her ____ ___ ___ __ ___ ______. And no it wasn't ____ ____ __ ___ ___ who did it. At dusk carolers came into our yard, stood amongst the spruce and fir and sang ____ ____ ____ __ ______ among the leaves so green. So we passed out mugs of mulled cider and then sent them on their way. Another Christmas day was done and we sat with a cup of cider as we listened to the crackle of the ____ _____ __ __ ____ _____, raised our glasses to this toast to all of you. __ ___ ___ ___ ___ ________!
------------- Fold bottom up to
here if you’d like a real challenge -------------
Not in correct order 1. .Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree 2. Up
on the Housetop 3. Blue Christmas 4. All I want for Christmas is My Two Front
Teeth 5. Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer 6. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 7. We Wish You
a Merry Christmas 8. Holly Jolly Christmas 9. It's Beginning to Look a lot
Like Christmas 10 I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus 11. Let it Snow, Let it snow,
Let it snow 12 . Silent Night 13. I'll be Home for Christmas 14.Gandma Got Run
Over by a Reindeer 15. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire 16. Here We Come A
Wassailing 17. What Child is This? 18. White Christmas 19. Do you Hear What
I Hear? 20. Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly.
If you need our answer sheet drop us an email as directed on our site
and I’d be glad to send it to you. Or
you may well be able to get it on your own…
Merry Christmas, John
and Sandy Griffin 2002
It’s my wife Sandy’s puzzle more than mine and it’s a bit warmer, cozier, family friendly puzzle than the first 3 are. The other adult Christmas party games can be done standing up. This is a more relaxed, sit down and take your time puzzle.
Depending on who the puzzle is for, you can easily make it easier or more difficult by folding up the bottom of the puzzle page to either show or not show the names of the Carols that are used to fill the blanks.
For younger people you may even put a few of the first letters in the blanks to give them a start.
I’ll be glad to send the answers along to you for free if you would please take the time to read these next few words and answer a question for me.
You see I have a project in mind and I just need some feedback to know if I should put the effort in to do it.. All you'll have to do is tell me yes, no, or maybe.
It's your opinion I'd like. No commitments at all.
Just so you know, I am not selling anything with this, and there is nothing to buy.
You
see I have now retired from a 31 year career as a fulltime firefighter for the
city of Manitowoc.
One of the things I am considering doing is putting together a computer CD of the 50 best ways to have good clean fun.
They wouldn't be only Christmas games although all of these would be on it. They'd be just a lot of different ways to spark fun interactions between folks.
· It’s puzzles with matchsticks or swizzle sticks for any weddings or any areas where you sit around tables and get tired of trying to make small talk.
· It’s word challenges of sorts for sitting around campfires or fireplaces.
· It’s games to play at the Thanksgiving table and games to play at a cottage or rainy weekend with friends. Some do require some props like toothpicks but for many you’ll be able to just keep them in your head.
· It’s about 50 simple ways to have good clean fun.
In fact our experience has been that just the simple game with the fork and the spoon would be well worth the money if laughter and good clean fun have any value.
* In addition I'd provide short video clips to the neatest gadgets and fun gizmo's I've found over the years. From Ultra Stomp Rockets to Air Zooka's to Euler's Disks These are things I've found to be well worth their cost. They are fun, cheap and durable.
In so many get togethers people are forced to make uncomfortable small talk. I have found that people really enjoy having something to do or to watch while they get aquatinted with the other guests.
The great thing about the computer CD or file is that it would allow both short video clips and the ability to print out games, directions, and other essential info.
These sort of things have probably been my main hobby and I’ve been collecting puzzles, games and challenges for the last 20 years.
Yes there are many books about puzzles and games.
But
directions from a book can leave you wondering just how things are supposed to
work. The concept is to include a
short video of each game or puzzle as it is actually being played. It may be
available on
video cd or as a download to your hard drive.
Some people
tell me that everything is already available for free on the net, and to some
degree this is true, but.....This is my collection of the best of the best.
I’ve gone through dozens if not hundreds of books and resources over
the years and gleaned
from each of them the few that are really fun to do.
I'd not only tell you about the games but in many cases I'd show them being played and provide the text backup resources that are helpful to play them.
Doing it really well, would be a huge project.
The question I need you to answer for me is: If I made it up this package of games and puzzles and guaranteed that you’d be well satisfied, would you be interested? If not, that's fine too, I simply would like to know.
If your answer is yes or maybe I’ll try to save your address and send you an e-mail if or when I complete it. No commitments obviously. But if interested, please follow the directions below.
I may also come up with different prices for different versions. One for HR people, and for School mentors/ Big Brothers, or church youth groups would cost about $24.95.
And a bit less involved version for the general public in the $15.00 range.
So if
you’ll take the time to send one e-mail to me with your answer I’ll repay
the favor by sending you the link to Sandy's story puzzle and it's answer site.
I’ll send it both in the body of the e-mail and as a web-site link so
it will be already be formatted for you.
It will also provide the answers for the puzzles you’ve already seen.
Click on one of the following links or just e-mail me and: Please, Please it must be from an e-mail I can just reply to..
E-mail your answer to;
Christmasgames@yahoo.com
(Click
the link or
copy and paste into your email program)
3. If you wouldn’t be interested at all, put
NO in the subject line.
Please do not feel bad if no is your
answer....
(There is no commitment
whatsoever and I appreciate your honesty)
E-mail your answer to Christmasgames@yahoo.com
Please, Please Make sure I can simply reply to your e-mail...
And Again, make sure I can simply reply to your e-mail, Thanks
I'll be glad to send this and all the puzzles and answers back to you. I think you'd like it. I hope you feel that's fair enough..
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