Christmas Party Games for All The Family
Christmas is ideal for family gatherings with group friendly games. A Sugar Plum Hunt hides candies around the house for a prize to the winner. A Christmas Puzzle uses Santa Claus pictures cut from magazines. The Xmas Scramble Contest challenges players to unscramble words for fun.
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Santa Claus
Asta
Erireden
Ehsgil
Dynca
Gosiknet
Erte
Trepesn
Hupare
Alsore
Niborb
Reindeer Shortage Forces Santa to Use Stand-Ins
A historic note suggests wolves have decimated Santa's reindeer, leaving about 50,000. Transporting survivors is unlikely, so American children may see native deer filling in for Dasher and Prancer as department stores offer Santa outfits with substitutes.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Dasher, Prancer, and Company
Christmas observance banned in England during the Reformation
The text notes that Christmas was forbidden in England under the 1652 December 25 decree, banning church observances and festive practices. It explains widespread unpopularity and that Christmas only later regained status as a holiday after years of suppression.
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England
Hacent Church Ties Strong in Frankenmuth’s History
Bavarian founded Indian mission Franks enmuth hosts Christmas Eve services for over three hundred years at St. Lorenz. Ninety five percent of residents belong to the church, earning Frankenmuth the nickname the most Christian community in the United States. The town reportedly had no violent crime and no jailings in a quarter century, with only transient visitors ever at the lockup for short stays.
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Bavaria
Frankenmuth
St. Lorenz
United States
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J. Herchak
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Heason
Best
Gortade
Hacent Church
Still Summon
Carol Singine
Rossburn Pool
Ted Stewart
S. P. Ukainetz
W. J. Hamilton
Mike
Sam Trakale
Wm. Hyra
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