Santa Claus in St Nicholastown and the Wish Master
Nan and Ned visit the fanciful St Nicholastown guided by Uncle Bob the conductor. They hear about the Wish master recording wishes for toys, candy, books, and more, while Mother Goose correspondence and whimsical factories of candy and plum pudding wine fill the scene. The tale ends with a question about Santa Claus and the chimney.
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St. Nick
Ile
Billy
Joe
Wil
Ace
Mother Goose
Santa Claus
Boy Blue
Little Bopeep
Johnny Green
Big John Stout
Jack
Jill
Nan
Bob
St. Nicholas
Christos
Santa
Penny Puzzle List of Hidden Penny Onheads And Clues
A playful catalog lists many items alleged to be found on the penny including person, date, liberty, Indian, tulips, eagle, and various symbolic images. It reads as a wandering riddle linking coins to people objects places and concepts for amusement.
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America
The Christmas Ship Game Turns Hilarious
A playful Christmas party game unfolds as children sit in a circle and pass imagined cargo from one to the next. Each player acts out a toy or animal, shouting a matching prompt to keep the circle moving and the laughter rising.
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Ebia
Shoeing the Wild Mare Game in Victorian Sports
Describes a running game called shoeing the wild mare where a swift runner starts ahead and others chase. When captured, the runner’s foot is held as players pretend to shoe it with loud thumps. Mentioned in Herrick and in verses about Christmas sports and young men’s conduct.
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Herrick
Charming snowball party for Christmas week
A festive Christmas party features greens from chandelier to corners, bells, crystal glasses, and snowball toys. Guests knock candy balls from a snow man while boxes, stockings, and tiny games line the tables. Winners claim carnation prizes amid merriment and comical gifts.
Definitions as a Christmas Word Game for All Ages
A description of a festive word game where players define a given word with epigrammatic, poetic, or imaginative twists. Words related to Yuletide are connected, and examples like wind and pen show playful, witty definitions. The best reader wins a prize.
Christmas Charades for a Holiday Dinner Sketch
A playful guide suggests turning Christmas dinner into charades with items such as Tomato Soup, Turkey, Giblet Gravy, Potato, Cauliflower, Currant Jelly, Plum Pudding, and Coffee. It notes only syllables or whole words may be acted, with examples of staging ideas like pulling a toy rope to mime Tomato.
Christmas Stocking Puzzle Contest Idea
A method for a Christmas stocking contest where children assemble many small net stockings filled with puzzle pieces. Cut from magazines pictures of suitable stocking items, mount on cardboard, cut into irregular puzzle pieces, place each in a small envelope, and fill stockings. Children solve puzzles to win a prize, with options using picture puzzles or word anagrams for older kids.
Parlor Magic Candle Trick Delights Youngsters
A simple clever parlor magic stunt uses six candles with holes near the wick to burn out at different times. Light them in a row and tell a short suspenseful tale as each candle goes out, varying hole depths to pace the story for amusing misdirection.
An Animal Party Game for a Holiday Evening
An amusing party activity assigns guests animals listed on numbered lines. Slips numbered to match the animals are folded and placed in a bow. Each guest draws a slip, draws the corresponding animal on brown paper with a crayon, pins the list on view, and votes for the best drawing. The winner receives a prize.
Nut Race Nostalgia At Capers In Fun Fair
A playful nut race entertains visitors as contestants dip fingers into a bowl of nuts and transfer them to a second bowl. The chaotic handwork tests steadiness and balance, with the smaller hands sometimes winning through nimble nerves rather than size.
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Angora
Baby White Cooney
Women's Gingham and Vereale House
Walt MS Dougall
Aaron
Kangaroo
Australia
Ches TH
George Washington
Jolly St. Nicholastown
Old Santa Claus
Ned
St. Nicholastown
Maybetown
Perhaps
Goose Creek
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