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  4. "GOD REST YOU, MERRY GENTLEMEN."

    God rent you, merry gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay, For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, Was born upon this day, ...

    Article : 307 words
  5. DECAPITATIONS.

    Whole I am a quadruped, beheaded a bird. Whole I am a fastening of string, beheaded I am not. ...

    Article : 70 words
  6. ALPHABET OF A BACHELOR'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

    Ash trays of metal and lacquer and paste. Belts that would circle an elephant's waist. ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. A SQUARE WORD.

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  8. A FIGURE PUZZLE.

    Hand a piece of paper and a pencil to someone, and ask him to write down any three figures, and then to write them down in reversed order, and last ...

    Article : 148 words
  9. THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

    A very small boy, clad from head to foot in brown, knitted, close-fitting stuff like a pictured gnome, blundered in front of old Lord Addingham, as ...

    Article : 4,083 words
  10. OUR SERIAL STORY.

    Ralph drew a deep breath of constraint as the time arrived for the inquest, as the whole onus of the odious business fell on hin, and he felt the ...

    Article : 1,879 words
  11. ISAAC AND REBECCA

    dis a very popular blind man's game. Two rows of chairs are placed dowa through the middle of the room. The chairs face each other, and must have a ...

    Article : 145 words
  12. TRADES.

    If the company go out of the room. and decide upors some trade or profes vica Entering the room they act this without words, and the other players ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. TRANSPOSITION PUZZLE.

    Make a well-known proverb from the above. Answer:-"Enough is as good as a fcast." ...

    Article : 29 words
  14. A CHRISTMAS HYMN.

    O little town of Bethlehem, How still ww see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep, The silent stars go by; ...

    Article : 250 words
  15. LUTS TO CRACK.

    A, B and O. were three workmaies who had occasionally borrowed small sums from each other. One day, A said-"Let us square up." B and C said they ...

    Article : 164 words
  16. CAN YOU GUESS THIS?

    There is a noun that you alone can claim, Though all the world, with truth, can say the same, ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. THE DRAWING-ROOM RACE.

    Cus several picces of tissue paper, cach a different color, into squares about tour inclies large. Tach player takes a square of paper, ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. THE PLATE WALKERS

    is an equally good blindfold game. Those who do not know it must be chosen as principal players, and sent from the room. ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. COMPOSITE ANIMALS.

    is an a musing drawing game, and may be played in two ways. The simplest way is this:— Each player draws on his shot of paper the head of some animal ...

    Article : 146 words
  20. GAMES FOR CHRISTMAS PARTIES

    Little neop's love, plenty of action and life. Give them this and variety, and they are easy to please. All little ones love ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. RIDDLE-ME-REE.

    My first is in sack, but not in bag; My second in horse, but not in nag: My third is in hair, but not in wool: My Tourth is in knave, but not in fool ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. A CHRISTMAS STORY IN VERSE.

    Jones minor in the holidays Was asked to stay with Brown; You know, Brown major in the Fourth, Whose people live in town. ...

    Article : 577 words
  23. A ZOOLOGICAL GAME.

    For this you want un ordinary ball, Give each child the names of some bird or animal, and stand them in two lines, as far apart as you can. ...

    Article : 144 words
  24. THE JOLLY OLD MILLER.

    This is an old game, but not well known in maаrry рeaсеs. It is capital fun, but you want a good number of players to keep it going with ...

    Article : 185 words
  25. A THOUGHT-READING GAME.

    Two who know the game should act as principals. There is then no need of consultation, and the other players are much more mystified. One of th[?] ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. CATCHY.

    There were five eggs on a plate and five persons sat down to breakfast. Each person took one egg, and yet one egg was left on the plate. How was it ...

    Article : 43 words
  27. ORIGIN OF SANTA CLAUS.

    That the 25th of December was kept as a feast in England long before, the introduction of Caristianity, a fact recorded by no less an authority than ...

    Article : 372 words
  28. NOW THEN.

    Can you tell what constitutes love? Answer.—Two vowels, 2 consonants, and usually, 2 sillics. ...

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  29. PUSS! PUSS!

    Seat the children round in a circle, chairs close together. One is made blindfold.He wanders round, finally settling ...

    Article : 76 words
  30. POETRY.

    O Lord of Hosts, who didst upraise Strong captains to defend the right, In darker years and sterner days, And armedst Israel for the fight: ...

    Article : 205 words
  31. LETTER CHARADE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 words
  32. JUDGE AND JURY.

    This is a quiet game after "Jolly Miller." The Aayers sit in two rows facing each other. The judge is seated at one end. ...

    Article : 109 words
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  34. HOT AND COLD.

    Two or three players are sent from the room and the rest decide upon something they are to do when they are coded in. It may be to dance, or sing. ...

    Article : 110 words
  35. CLUMPS.

    The players form up into groups of four or five. Ons players from each clump gose out of the room and they decido together, on some particular ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. MESMERISM

    causes no end of fun. You want a quantity of plates, one for each player. The bottoms of the plates for players who do not know the game must be ...

    Article : 155 words
  37. PROGRESSIVE CLUMPS.

    For this there should be a few small prizes, and cach clump must be seated at a small table. The first table holds a number of ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. THE CHRISTMAS CARD.

    A maiden, slender, young, and fair, One winter day, Selected Christmas cards with care, To send away. ...

    Article : 142 words
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  40. BAKING AND BREWING.

    The children form a ring as they join hands and dance about a solitary player in the middle, singing as they go. "Here we bake and here we brew ...

    Article : 96 words
  41. THROWING LIGHT

    is another plesant but quiet game. Two players go out of the room to choose some object, person, book, play, or song; in any case, it should be some. ...

    Article : 80 words
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