Show novel gaynes games E enliven party on new years the games the thing when a group gathers to celebrate new years A few ew novel ideas help promote a spirit of informality and bridge any dull period until all the guests get well acquainted since new years day Is traditionally tio nally the time for or people to make resolutions a game centering around this topic will make an instant hit there is one called mixed resolutions that thaviu alu flu fill the biu bill for fun making in aidy an crowd just seat the group to in a circle and give each person a paper and pencil then tell everybody to put down the name of the hostess and the resolution they think she should make tor for the ensuing year then the name of each guests right and left hand neighbor with appropriate resolutions solutions ie until the entire crowd la is covered no names are signed so the sky is the limit as far as resolutions go weeks confess confession ion when all the names have been accounted for the hostess collects the sheets of paper reading all the resolutions tor for herself and each guest while your guests are still in a circle have pencils in their hands hand there is another slight variation of an old game that applies admirably to a new years party and that will create plenty of hilarity just furnish your guests with she sheets As of paper marked into seven division to resemble a weeks page from a diary direct each person to sign his name at the top and then pass the slip to the right players are then asked to write on the first line an ace account oun t of what they did on monday the slips are then passed along until the entire week is accounted counted abor or the climax comes ahn each player rises in turn and reads the name at th the e top of the page and then the confession which follows below time identified and while we are on the subject of slips of paper there is still another game that will serve to I 1 while away some merry moments the subject of this game may be time that being the case prepare the slips of paper writing on each a different variety of time such as killin killing g time beating time saving time marking time father time losing time march of time nick 0 time waltz time night time supper time summer time and so on make two copies of every slip give one to each girl and place the rest in a box ask the men to form a a single ingle line and draw a slip from the box after each man reads his slip to himself he demonstrates in pantomime the kind of time he represents so each girl can identify her partner tor for the next activity the pantomime i continued until all the 11 tirres are identified |