Show C J MERRY christmas by no means a small email portion of it Is the good old fashioned yule trolie with games and sports in which all jon join together until the green garlanded cell ings ingo ring with laugh ter and fun appoint some lively person as aa master of revels or better still using the old bedtime phrase lord of misrule invest this person with a gilt wand to which a bunch of holly Is tied with a bow of scarlet ribbon or tissue paper As soon noi the lord of misrule hag bins been so invested all his bis followers axe obliged to exactly copy all that he aya says and does if ho he speaks his bis phrases must be repeated verbatim tt be makes a gesture the rest of the company must crust make the same one ona timing the same hand band or toot fool 4 A clever cleter leader will give giro his followers a merry dance around the room climbing over sofas sofai crawling under tables pirouetting gesticulating whatever he be does the others are obliged to keep up with until everyone Is out of breath with exertion and laughter very little people tor for whom the character game would he be too difficult might enjoy a rhymed pastime called ivy and holly suggest the plan of it to them and they will amuse themselves with the adventures of the two heroines until the program changes chairs are arranged in two rows and the children sit alt facing each other ono one youngster begins with some adventure as holly and ivy went out I 1 to a party the child a sitting opposite must complete the raymo with another couplet for I 1 instance holly and ivy came back bach hale and hearty then there Is the fun provoking contest called dramatic adjectives here the company Is divided up into two bands one of which retires while the other remains in the parlor and decides upon some adjective ivo to be acted out in gesture language forAn for Ina tance stance gay or doleful or vivacious when the word has been decided upon the absent members must be summoned and they are called upon to guess from the pantomime of the others what the adjective decided upon may be if they can glezz it la in three minutes a point po int to is won by their side and the others withdraw after three minutes the pantomime can be kept up if the opposition la Is determined to discover the right word but a success point no longer represents a point won won As soon as a word Is guessed players turn about and those who have guessed become actors by all means try to keep from the supply of christmas novelties one litus little figure of santa claus it may be a candy box or simply a figure but the former Is better in order to have the amusing game of silence form a part of the revels someone to Is decided upon who will hide the santa and the rest are asked to adjourn for a moment to the hall ball the player instead of hiding biding the figure completely simply places caces it in come rather out bethe of th way ew position where it will be visible but will not immediately catch the eye of the player for instance it ii maybe may be placed upon something approximately the same color or on one end of a tal talk shelf or bookcase players coming in scan the room for the figure and the first one to perceive tt it without mentioning the fact to the others quietly takes a seat this Is a general argeneral signal for the players to bei ba seated but in the excitement of the search many will tall fall to observe that ono one person to Is no longer standing the last to tilt down Is to pay a for forfeit |