SUNDAY FUNDAY - DECEMBER 20, 2020

 SUNDAY FUNDAY - December 20, 2020

Hello All!!!

WOW - in spite of a pandemic, social distancing, a virus that has affected over 16 million in the United States with over 300,000 deaths; and affected over 72 million people worldwide with 1.6 million deaths worldwide - we are still here!!!  And with a vaccine on the horizon, there might be a solution, but don’t rush out and hug everybody right away!!  Keep up the diligence - as we go through the holiday season.

TRIVIA

1. Question: Which popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch?”

2. Question: What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose?

3. Question: How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?

4. Question: Where was baby Jesus born?

5. Question: The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?

6. Question: Elvis isn’t going to have a white Christmas he’s going to have a….

7. Question: What do people traditionally put on top of a Christmas tree?

8. Question: In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?

9. Question: In the classic Christmas movie, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described with three words. What are they?

10. Question: In the movie, It’s A Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang?

11. Question: What did Frosty The Snowman do when a magic hat was placed on his head?

12. Question: In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?

13. Question: In the song “The twelve days of Christmas'' which particular day (days) wins at the end for the total amount of the item?  (Example, you would end up with only 12 partridges in a pear tree, but 22 Pipers piping (given on both the eleventh and twelfth days)

14. Question: Three of Santa’s reindeer’s names begin with the letter “D.” What are those names?

15. Question: (Okay, I don’t want to step on any toes - but).  When Nancy Pelosi plays bridge, what is her favorite bid?

National Days

December 21 - National Crossword Day

I generally do the USA-Today crossword puzzle online.  I set my goal at 10 minutes.  Probably about 40% of the time, I get the puzzle done with a few seconds to spare (or within a few seconds)

Winter Solstice - December 21

Hey - the days are going to get longer - until June 20

Christmas Eve - December 24 - more on this in my blogs this week

Christmas Day - December 25 - likewise

Okay, a LOGIC PROBLEM 

And, a nice poem with it!!

Twas the night before Christmas, and at the North Pole

The last-minute planning was taking its toll.

As Santa was hastily making a scheme

For the placement of deer in his sleigh-pulling team,

The good Mrs. Claus was crocheting bright bows

To be worn by these reindeer (four bucks and four does).

The ribbons were colored in eight festive hues:

One ocher, one rose, one cerise, one chartreuse,

One maroon, one magenta, one white, and one blue.

(These ribbons helped Santa keep track of who's who.)

The deer pulled the toy-laden sleigh in four rows,

Arranged so no row held two bucks or does.

The order of pullers was changed year by year,

For Santa was thoroughly fair with his deer.

He summoned the elves and instructed them thus:

"Let's hitch up the reindeer with minimum fuss.

The bow on the buck behind Dasher is white,

While Blitzen, a doe, sees cerise to her right.

The blue bow is nearer my sleigh than is Dancer,

But nearer the front of my team than is Prancer.

The doe in chartreuse gets a front-of-team honor,

But not on the same side as Cupid or Donner.

Now Comet stands two spots ahead of the rose.

And three deer of four on the right side are does.

The cerise bow is worn two in back of maroon,

One of which is beside the bright ocher festoon.

Oh-Cupid's in front of a buck, by the way.

Well, that's how they line up for pulling my sleigh.

I trust that you elves, being clever, now know

Each reindeer's position and color of bow."

In no time each colorful ribbon was tied

And the team was hitched up for the transglobal ride.

Can you ascertain where each member fits in?

Who's Comet? Who's Cupid? Where's Donner? And Blitzen?

Who's Dasher? Who's Dancer? Where's Vixen? And Prancer?

With logical thought, you'll determine the answer

And write down the color and place for each deer.

Happy Christmas to all, and to all much good cheer!

So, there are four rows; two reindeer in each row - one doe and one buck per row.  And, they all wear a different colorful ribbon!!!

Find which reindeer are in each row (left or right) and which colorful ribbon does each one have?

NOTE: I am violating science here!!

As I was researching this, I read:

“Here's why: Here on the ground, male reindeer shed their antlers at the end of the mating season in early December, while females sport their thinner antlers throughout the winter. Sounds like Rudolph and the gang were all gals. 

So, treat this as having four males (bucks) and four females (does)

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Answers (I don’t think you need these:

1. Eggnog

2. Play reindeer games

3. Four ghosts

4. Bethlehem

5. Macy’s

6. Blue Christmas

7. Angel 

8. Paris

9. Stink stank stunk

10. An Angel gets his/her wings

11. Began to dance around

12. Ebenezer 

13. The sixth day and the seventh day have the highest total of 42 items (six geese a-laying; seven swans a ’swimming)

14. Dasher, Dancer, Donner

15. Nancy Pelosi likes “No Trump”

Solution to the Problem:

Row	Position	Name	Buck/Doe	Ribbon Color
Front Row	Left	Dasher	Buck	Magenta ribbon
Front Row	Right	Comet	Doe	Chartreuse ribbon
2nd Row	Left	Cupid	Buck	White ribbon
2nd Row	Right	Dancer	Doe	Maroon ribbon
3rd Row	Left	Donner	Buck	Blue ribbon
3rd Row	Right	Vixen	Doe	Rose ribbon
4th Row	Left	Blitzen	Doe	Ocher ribbon
4th Row	Right	Prancer	Buck	Cerise ribbon

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