Christmas Crackers
One of the most populai Christmas institutions has lorg been the cracker. In olden days the sharp crack from which it took its name was the principal, and often its only feature, accompanied by female exclamations of "I know I shall acreum!" Since then the cracker has undergone. gradual development, becoming a FC- ceptacle for bonbons, mottoes.
and Httle paper enps. Today the cracker is still a good way to start a Christmas party and break the ice with a loud nos- Lalgie bang.
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Yuletide Superstition
A girl knocked loudly at the sty door in Christmas Eve: if a great hog grunted first in reply, her pre- destined husband would be an old mant: if it was a little pig, that gave y promise of a young tr
Guess The Number
When the player has thought of a number, tell her in double it, Bren to
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Christmas Toys
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Party Art
Pin on the back of each guest A good paper-and-penell 1, the name of some toy, such as game that brings out the latent on electric train, a woolly dog, artist in everyone: Divide a doll, et cetera. Each guest your guests into two teams, 2. tries to learn what in an her post a large block of paper at back by asking questions. All one end of the room and pro- questions must be answered | vidu black chalk or charcoal. 3. correctly. One may ask "Am Both teams secretly compose a 4. I a jumping Jack?" or
Any list of Christmas mottoca, other question. When anyone Christmas books,
Bongs, has learned what toy she re-cetera. (For example, "Twas 6. presenis, she may take the the Night Before Christmas, name from her back, pin it in The First Noel, et cetera.) front and retire smugly from One team is "it."
Each person the game.
Leftover Yule Log
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The ashes of the Christmas Jog! i were supposed to give fertility to the ground, to rid cattle of vermin, sa protect the house from fire and ill fuck. But to throw them out in Christmas Day would be criminal; I would "hrowing ashes in the Saviour's facel"
Shadow Buff
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A sheet or tablecloth in fastened up
twelve, and afterward biply the at one end of the room, and Buff total by ten. From the sun thus pros | [the person chosen to be it) is seated duced, bid her deduct 120 and in- an Buss stool facing the cloth, À forth you wha the remainder, lighted candle is placed on a table which if you take away the last two four or five feet behind her; it is the figures from it, will give you theonly light in the room, Buff's fellow number she thesight af
players next pass in succession, be
ween the candle and her, distorting their features it as grotesque a man. her as possible, hopping limping.
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Santa's Similes
Fill in the blanks, and com-dressing themselves in disguises plete the description of St. Nicks to make their shadows very unlike as done in Twas the Night Be-themselves, Ball const then try fore Christmas).
In
this
guess to whom the shadows belong; and if she guesses correctly plover whose shadow she
trokes her place. Buff is allowzeal
only one guess for each person, and
and must turn her head either to the right belly or left to see who passes. To pro
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His cheeks were like --
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His nose like a
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Mr. Johnson (ser White) gave a Christmas dinner for her family and In-law at a restaurant. The three Johnson and the three Whites dif not get along, and the problem was 10 get them all home, without cau ing a
a family row. The two-seater Baby Austin held only the driver and * passenger, There wẤN only 'anc car to get them all home (reconver sion note), and only one White (Bill, Mrs. Johnson's brother), could drive, while all the Johnsions were expert at the wheel. The Whites could never outnumber the Johnaona while they were waiting to be driven home, or What two pópular Christ-else they would start an argument. man customs are attributed How did they all get home? to Safrit Francis of AssiBİT Which of the four Gospela
Christmas Quiz
tell the story of the Na-Christmas Snapdragon
tivity?
Who is Kris Kringle? Who is credited with in- troducing the Christmas tree Into England? St. Nicholas is the patron saint of boys: who in the patron saint of girls whose nome is also commemorat- ed at Christmas in many countrica?
The names of what towns in the United States hondur the holiday season?.
Holiday Savings
in that team in turn receives team and then must draw it on a motto or song from the other the paper (not answering any
When # girl opened her qucations) for her own team to Christmas savings bank she guess. The team is timed on discovered that she had just how long it takes. for it to draw one hundred coins in half dol- and guess the answers, Then lara, pennies and dimea. When the, other team does likewise, ahe counted her money she and the side which, guesses the found that she had'exactly five answers in the shortest time dollars. How many coins had wins.
she of each denomination?
FORCE THE CARD TO BEND AT THE BOTTOM
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TRICK THAT WILL AMAZE YOUR FRIENDS. RUB SOAP ON THE. OPPOSITE SIDES OF A TAPERING GLASS INSIDE.
PUSH THE CARD IN MAKING SURE THAT IT TOUCHES THE SOAPED SURFACES.WHEN YOU TAKE YOUR FINGER OFF THE CARD PRESTO! IT WILL RISE SLOWLY.
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The Mistletoe
In modern times mistletoe as abandoned in the Christmas dacking of churches, together with kissing at the services, be- use both were found to set the young ladies and gentlemen B-reading of the marriage ser- vice. Holly was aubstituted! for kisses, and mistletoe to in- dicate to them the dark mono- tony of matrimony and the numerous thorns with which it abounds.
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Christmas Stockings
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One favourite sport of con- siderable antiquity, but clally associated with Christmas! Eve la anapdragon. A quantity of raisins or other dried fruit is placed on a broad shallow dish, brandy is poured over it and set on fire. The guests in turn snatch the fruit out of the blaze, to do which without bo- ing scorched takes some dox- terity. It is usual to extinguish, all the lights in the room while the game is in progress.
Two Conundrums
My First is of illustrious line, of beauteous form and face
divine;
Which when my Second does
ussail,
Both form and beauty then do
fall;
My Whole on arduous task to
do
With wives who hoity-tolty
ways pursue.
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My First's a little busy thing My Second ladies do, Impelled by love their flight to,
wing
My Whole- say, what are you? An animal of swiftest pace, Endowed with beauty, strength, and grace.
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Alphabetical
What are two of the few words in the English language wherein the five vowels follow each other it their proper order?
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The suspending of a stocking as a receptacle for the expected gifts is accounted for by a story that St. Nicholas, on one of his midnight expeditions, climbed up on "'à roof and dropped a purse down the chimney. In- stead of falling on the hearth, it fell into a stocking hung up to dry.
Rhymed Good Cheer
A paper and pencil game that fan't too invalved and doesn't lead to in- feriority complexes is the Christmas poetry game. Bent your guests In ring, give them each paper and pen. cil and ask them to compose 1 of poetry on a Christmas theme (1) you wish to be erudite, male therm do it in lambic pentameter.) Then | each player should, double
the
paper under, leaving only the last word ex- posed, and pass it to the left 10. bi neighbor. Then each player
writes nother line of poetry, the last word of which must rhyme with the word exposed. The poems: are' paned to the left again until the circle is co- -leted, Whin the poems are finished They are bend "out-loud, and
"sually found to be both | lacon- zroous; and 'humorott
In the days when the stage coach was the only means of getting from place to place, the "stages" were the journey from inn to inn. At each stop driver, pos- tilion and passengers refreshed themselves with beer. them that a diaught of good malt liquor, was the best means of throwing off Experience had taught the weariness of the last stage and gaining strength for the next.
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