Games to Play at Thanksgiving
What better time than when the family is all together to play games and have fun and make the occasion memorable. Family fun is what Thanksgiving is all about. It's the one time of the year that most get to see brothers and sisters, aunt's, uncles and grandparents. New arrivals in the past year bring a special kind of excitement and game playing is an important agenda item. The type of games is of little importance as long as all can participate. Thanksgiving knock, knock jokes for the very young and silly trivia for the pre-teens and teens and all ages.No doubt you can find commercial Thanksgiving games, but why should you bother? Once the day is over and the turkey is relegated to the freezer or leftovers, it's on to Christmas. Therefore, to get all the goodness out the special November holiday, create your own games. For the younger group, using a large poster board, draw a tick tack toe board. The novelty here is what is to be used for the usual x and o. I would suggest two different kinds of nuts or for smaller boards, raisons or cranberries, etc. Or better still let them decide. Little ones like to show the grown up their expertise in game playing.For the older group Thanksgiving trivia quizzes are fun. Try to make the games fit the age group. Prepare yourself for knowledgeable facts before planning the questions by checking out adelightful online sitethat is chocked full of Thanksgiving fun facts. Most of us vaguely know of this wonderful holiday but do we really know the facts? When did Thanksgiving Day get to be a national holiday and not a custom; how many Pilgrims attended; how many Indians; what was the Indian Chief's name and other related questions concerning the first American Thanksgiving day. All these and much, much more can be found on the Internet.If an adult present is adept at turkey calling, have a turkey calling contest with all the little ones. Give a prize for the best one. Of course they will need a little practice before hand by the resident or visiting turkey caller. When that is finished see who can tell the best Thanksgiving jokes. Begin with the little ones and their knock, knock jokes and then move on up age wise. This will be a fun after dinner game, or before or whatever, or possibly an ongoing fun affair. Creating their jokes may take a little time and they will have to think about it later on. Be sure there is time to listen and to applaud.To start the process check out theHoliday Spot on the Internet and read some of their jokes. This will fill in the lag when no one will have a joke handy to liven up the before or after dinner party. They are silly and whimsical and are guaranteed to make everyone laugh. They will loosen up whatever emotional hang-ups some of the siblings may have brought with them.As an example, at the dinner table this question as you pass the gravy boat will sure to be a hit. What did the mama turkey say to her naughty son? Don't give them the answer make them guess, but do give them a few hints. Finally, after no one guesses, give them the answer. If your papa could see you now he would turn over in his gravy.I thank The Holiday Spot and their jokester for that joke and the other I read and copied down to pass off at our family's thanksgiving dinner. Of course, I will also pass out the address where I learned of the jokes. Yet, asking each member what they are thankful for at Thanksgiving is a good way to often get funny answers from the uninhibited younger set. This from the same web site: One little guy after thinking through the question quite truthfully answered that he was thankful that he was not a turkey. Amen to that. What grownup can do better?
