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Gaines Add to H oliday Fun
Everyone's a child at Christmas
time, and that’s why there's nothing
as much fun when family and friends
gather as game-playing. Since Christ­
mas groups usually include both
children and adults, games that both
can enjoy are best.
The following games can be played
with no special equipment, other than
that on hand.
CHARADES
Christmas charades is a lively
game that the whole family will en­
joy
Divide the group into two teams.
Individual members of teams are
then called upon to act out a word,
character, phrase, scene or situation-
-and since it’s Christmas, all the
charades should have Christmas ov­
ertones.
Subjects are supplied on a slip of
paper by the opposing team and then
passed on to the “actor.” From here
on it’s his job to see how quickly he
can get his teammates to guess what
he is acting out.
“T h e Night Before Christmas,”
"Jingle Bells,” " ‘A Partridge in a
Pear Tree,” and “Filling the Christ­
mas Stocking” are just some of the
many, many subjects that can be
used.
WORD PLAY
A popular pencil-and-paper game
is called “word play.” The object of
the game is to see how many words
can be made from a phrase such as
"Merry ChristmM to All." A time
limit is set, and the rule is that no
letter can be used in any word more
often than it appears in the phrase.
In other words, words made from
“Merry Christmas to All” can in­
clude no more than one ,“e ” “I” or
“o,” while they could contain as
many as two “m ’s” or three “r ’s.”
Since word play involves compe­
tition among its players, it’s advis­
able to allow the children to compete
against one another, while the adults
battle it out among themselves.
SANTA’S SLEIGH
“Santa’s Packing His Sleigh” is a
quiet Christmas game that provides
fun and hearty laughter. It starts
simply enough with one member of
the group saying, “Santa’s packing
his sleigh, and he’s bringing a toy
dog.”
Then each person repeats the sen­
tence, adding another gift to Santa’s
sleigh. The object of the game is to
repeat correctly, in order, the com­
plete list of gifts in Santa’s sleigh-
and its harder than it sounds.
As the list gets longer and longer,
more and more players just can’t
seem to remember the whole list and
its order, so consequently they drop
out, until only one is left.
When you are worried about this
month or year, stop and think what
your problems were 20 years ago—
or will be 20 years from now.
Custom Started
B y St. Nicholas
Santa Claus, envisioned today as a
jolly, cheerful man with an affinity
for children, was a romanticist too,
according to legend.
The first Santa Claus, St. Nicholas,
started the custom of hanging stock­
ings by the chimney when his roman­
tic heart was touched, and he gifted
a bankrupt merchant’s three marri­
ageable daughters with gold for their
dowries.
Desiring anonymity, he tossed the
three bags of gold through the win­
dow, or, as some tell it, down the
chimney. One of the bags landed in
a stocking which had been hung up
to dry on the mantlepiece.
Hanging up stockings thus became
part of the holiday ritual.
NATAL - PITTSBURG — Due to
the weather Natal Grange postponed
its Christmas party fanned for last
Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. W. R. Wolff enjoyed
playing cards at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. McCrone Sunday ev­
ening.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan McLeod and
family were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Orin Davis Monday even­
ing, helping Mrs. Davis celebrate
her birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. DeeVeere Hershey
called on Mr. and Mrs. Noble Dun­
lap Sunday evening.
Scott Cook of San Jose, California
is spending Christmas here with his
folks, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ekhoff.
Callers last week at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lindsay were Mr.
and Mrs. Noble Dunlap and Richard
Peterson.
Fire completely destroyed the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powell
Sunday afternoon while they were
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hemeon at
Mist.
Lel s Gel Acquainted! Oernonia Eagfe
Do you know this man?
THURSDAY, DEC. 24, 1964_______7
Born January 19, 1922 at Soda
Springs, Idaho.
Married in 1958 at Santa Rosa, Cali­
fornia.
Has two children.
Came to Vernonia quite recently and
is employed in a business in which
part of his work is quite a grind.
This week he might have been ac-
cussed of watering the stock.
He could easily be classed as a ha­
bitual cut-up.
This week he’s been giving people
the bird.
While he works in town he lives in
the country.
(Information supplied by J. W. Ni­
chols.)
Answer to last weeks quiz: Edgar
Hartzell.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Phone HA 9-3462
NEHALEM VALLEY
MOTOR FREIGHT