Christmas Songs
Family History
Family Hobbies
Christmas Trivia
Christmas Challenge
Christmas Movies/Stories
100
"In a one-horse open sleigh"
What is Jingle bells?
100
Name a youth service organization that 4 generations of Mitchells have been involved with as leaders and members.
What is 4H?
100
3 sayings our Mitchell/Pocha/Lorensen grandparents/great grandparents said
"Holy corn" - Noel Lorensen
"See you in the funny papers" - Beulah Mitchell
"Thank you, see you" - George Mitchell
And there are many more!!
100
This is made in the snow but is also put on top of the tree.
What is an angel?
100
Write down something Christmas themed beginning with the first letter in each group member's name.
Hope your marker worked. haha!
100
How many Santa Clause movies are there in total?
What is 3?
200
On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me_____.
What is a Partridge in a Pear Tree.
200
He homesteaded in Lily Plain in 1914, but went back overseas with the No. 6 Forestry Draft in World War 1. He met a girl he went to school with while there and married her. He was discharged from the army on April 3, 1919 due to being "physically unfit". He had gotten very ill and was sent back to Canada on a hospital ship. His new bride would follow later on a ship with other war brides. It took 6 months to get here and she was sea sick all the way.
Bonus 100: If you know his name and not just his relationship to us.
Who is Grandpa George's dad?
George Charles Mitchell or George Mitchell Sr.
200
An old time dance that is counted out. Don't yell the dance. Two team members must get up and dance it while humming the tune or counting it out. First team to do one whole pattern of the dance will get the points.
What is the Seven Step?
200
These are the two most popular Christmas colors after red and green?
What is Silver and Gold
200
Ornament Roll
Choose a group member to do this challenge.
Using a straw, you must blow the ornament from one end of the table to the other. If the ornament goes off the side of the table, you must start over.
Who wanted a bigger straw?
200
Home Sweet Home Alone was released in 2021. How many Home Alone films are there in total? 2, 4, 6, OR 8?
What are 6?
300
What were the reindeer playing in the song, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
What are reindeer games?
300
This person was born in the Red River Settlement on Dec. 4, 1857. He died on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1949 when he was 91.
Bonus 100: If you know his/her first and last name and not just his relationship to us.
Who is Grandma Beulah's dad, James Howrie/Hourie?
300
Name to of our grandparents/great grandparents who competed and won the Prince Albert Winter Festival King Trapper competition.
Also, name three of the King Trapper events they competed in.
Who are Bud and Noel Lorensen? (Uncle Gordon did too)
Water boiling on fire, log sawing, animal calls, flour hauling, etc.
300
The beverage company that has been using commercials starring Santa Claus since the 1930's.
What is Coca Cola?
300
Snowball Challenge
Choose one team member to do this challenge.
You must wear two cups on your hands and try to get as many cotton balls in your bowl within the minute. Person who gets the most in will win the points for their team.
Was this easier said than done?
300
In the movie A Muppets Christmas – Letters to Santa, who ruins the delivery of Christmas cards? Is it: Miss Piggy, Kermit, Gonzo, or Fozzie Bear?
Who is Gonzo?
400
Complete the song
Oh, the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!
400
He joined the Canadian Army Armoured Corps in World War II. He was killed in military action in Holland on April 2, 1945. He is buried there.
Who is Clarence Warren Lorensen?
400
Choose a dance instructor - this is the ONLY person who can talk during this challenge.
4 other group members will get up and dance the Cotton Eyed Joe in 4. Only the dance instructor can give directions to get the whole group doing it properly in time to the music.
The first group to do this properly will get the points.
Hope you enjoyed being quiet! haha
400
What were the the gifts the three wise men brought to the manger?
What are gold, frankincense and myrrh?
400
Choose a team member to complete this challenge.
Put a candy cane in your mouth and use that candy cane to get five other candy canes out of the bowl onto the table. First person who gets five out will win this challenge and the points for their team.
Share the candy canes with your teammates.
400
Finish this line from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas": "It came without packages, boxes or _____."
What are bags?
500
Who sang the highest selling Christmas Song of all time?
Who is Bing Crosby, White Christmas?
500
This person was a hunter and trapper. He would ride horseback while hunting and once had an accident and shot himself through the hand and shoulder. He rode his horse to a neighbour's house who took him to the hospital where he stayed for quite a long time.
He passed away in 1940 at the age of 37 with appendicitis. His eldest son had to ride his horse to tell his aunts and uncles the devastating news.
Who is Roland Alexander (Sandy) Pocha?
Also accepted is his relationship to us.
500
How many blankets did Heather estimate that Grandma Beulah made throughout the years as gifts?
10 - 20, 20 - 30, 30 - 40, 40 - 50, 50 - 60, more than 60
What is more than 60?
500
What colour Christmas is Elvis going to have?
What is blue?
500
Draw Frosty the Snowman
Take turns rolling the dice. As each person rolls a number draw the corresponding item. (You will need to roll 5 three times, and 4 twice to win) First team to have a completed Frosty wins.
6 - hat
5 - head with two eyes, next 5 -carrot nose, next 5- coal mouth
4 - middle snowball, next 4 - 3 buttons
3 - bottom snowball
2 - right stick arm
1 - left stick arm
What does your Frosty look like if you didn't win?
500
How many reindeer were in the story "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
Bonus 100: Who in our family had this story memorized and loved to share it at Christmas?
What is 8? Rudolph is not in the story.
Who is Grandma Beulah, Grandma GG?