| Since the Holiday season is a very special period of | | | | starting line, with the other he snaps the first one to |
| the year a party at this time is always more than | | | | the goal as soon as the signal is given."Snapping" |
| welcome. The Christmas decorations which are still up | | | | consists of pressing the edge of one button with the |
| save extra work and give the desired festive | | | | other in such a way that the under one flies ahead. |
| air.When entertainment and games have been | | | | As soon as the players reach goal they race back |
| carefully planned ahead of time the party goes off | | | | and hand the buttons to the second player in line. |
| smoothly without long lapses of nothing to do. The | | | | The line finishing first wins the relay.After this rather |
| following games have been tried out many times and | | | | hilarious game a quieter one called "Shopping" requires |
| are most entertaining.A good way to start off is to | | | | that all the children but one sit in a circle on the floor. |
| hand each guest a pencil and four cards; one card | | | | The remaining one is the "shopper." He stops before |
| with a band of brown across the top, another blue, | | | | one of the seated group and says, "I'm going to |
| another gray, and one of green. Each youngster is | | | | Chicago. What can I buy?" He then counts to |
| asked to list the names of the guests according to | | | | ten.Before he finishes counting the player before |
| the color of their eyes.For instance if Johnny has | | | | whom he is standing names three objects beginning |
| brown eyes his name goes on the card topped with | | | | with the letter "C," as "cats, crossings, or caterpillars." |
| brown, etc. The youngsters greatly enjoy this game | | | | If he fails he must take the place of the shopper. |
| and have a lot of fun discovering the color of their | | | | Any city may be named by the shopper, but the |
| friends' eyes. It's surprising to find how unobserving | | | | articles to be bought must always begin with the first |
| most of us are.For a more active game divide your | | | | letter of the city named. The children are greatly |
| group into two or more teams, depending on the | | | | amused by the weird assortment of objects they |
| number of players. Line the teams up single file on | | | | are supposed to buy.Children always like relays. One |
| one side of the room. Set a goal across the room. | | | | that can be played in a small space is called "Over |
| Mark a starting line. Give the leader of each line two | | | | and Under." The teams can be lined up as for the |
| smooth, medium-size buttons. One he places on the | | | | button snap game. |