Reindeer Games v2024

AO: Norseman

When: 2024-12-03

QIC: Ha-ha

PAX (8): Callahan, DeLorean, DirtyMO, Ha-ha, Knight Rider, TO, TP, Tumbleweed

Preamble:

With quite a nip in the air this morning and a steady breeze the "Feels Like" was 23. It is almost normal feeling now. It is the most wonderful time of the year. Time for Reindeer Games!

Warm-O-Rama:

With a mosey over to the "big lot" we circled for
  • SSH
  • Weed Pickers
  • Imperial Walkers
 

The Thang:

The theme for the day was introduced. Reindeer Games. With trivia sprinkled in through out the morning. We broke into 2 teams and started a rocking Christmas playlist.   Reindeer Game #1: Sleigh Pull Since we were fresh out of snow YHC brought 2 wheeled furniture dollies with a harness for one rider and one pulled.  This was a head to head race between the two teams with winner taking a mosey and the losing team performing burpees until the winner return. During the races the PAX not in the race performed a variety of exercises:
Running With Rudolph
5 Mountain Climbers and 5 High Knees
Snow Angels with Vixen and Dasher's Flight School
5 Snow Angels and 1 Superman
Present Toss
Ground to Overhead Press Girlfriends
Blitzen's "Blades of Glory" Skating
Speed Skater
Punch the Abominable Snowman with Prancer
Big Boy Situp with 2 punches at top
Santa Congratulating His Flight Crew
Alternating Shoulder Taps
Team 1: Callahan, TP, TO and Knight Rider Team 2: Dirty Mo, DeLorean, Tumbleweed and Ha-ha It seemed that Team 2 had the advantage on this one. Reindeer Game #2: Load Presents on the Sleigh PAX remained in the 2 teams. Everyone sits on the ground and passes a Girlfriend down the line. As soon as you pass, hop up and run to the front of the line. Repeat until you achieve the opposite curb. Team 1 had the upper hand on this one Back to flag for some Mary.

Trivia Questions:

1) Which poem was the first publication to mention Santa's reindeer? CHRISTMAS BELLS, HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS, A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS, OLD SANTECLAUS WITH MUCH DELIGHT "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, predating by two years the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night before Christmas"). It is the first publication to mention (and illustrate) Santa's reindeer and sleigh, as well as being the first to describe his arrival on Christmas Eve. 2) Who was Rudolph's love interest in the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? MITZI, DONNA, CLARICE, FROST Clarice, along with several other young does, watch the young bucks taking part in the Reindeer Games. When she tells Rudolph that she thinks he's cute, he leaps in the air with joy. 3) Which reindeer was the first to be mentioned in Clement C. Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas"? COMET, DASHER, CUPID, DANCER More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and call'd them by name: "Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer and Vixen, "On! Comet, on! Cupid, on! Dunder and Blixem; "To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! "Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!" 4) Which department store created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? MONTGOMERY WARD, DILLARD'S, J. C. PENNEY, MACY'S Rudolph was created in 1939 by Robert L. May as an advertising gimmick for Montgomery Ward. The store distributed millions of coloring books featuring Rudolph between 1939 and 1944. 5) What magical vegetable allows Santa's reindeer to fly? CORN, POTATOES, CARROTS, TURNIPS In the 1970 TV special Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, Santa's friends use Winter's last magical tool, his Magic Feed Corn, to make Santa's reindeer friends fly, allowing them to help him escape from prison. 6) Which reindeer is part of Santa's backup team? PATCHES, SKIPPY, MONTEL, ALL OF THESE In the South Park Christmas special "Red Sleigh Down" (2002), Santa's sleigh is shot down over Iraq, killing the eight famous reindeer. The South Park crew go on to rescue him with Santa's backup team: Steven, Fluffy, Horace, Chantel, Skippy, Rainbow, Patches and Montel. 7) Which of Santa's reindeer is the fastest? RUDOLPH, SHADRACK, DASHER, VIXEN Loretta Lynn first released "Shadrack The Black Reindeer", a Christmas single telling the tale of "the fastest reindeer," in 1974. A couple Yuletides later, the song's writer, Zero Jones, released his own take on the country tune. 8) Which mountains in Canada are named after the original 8 reindeer? NORTH POLE MOUNTAINS, CHRISTMAS MOUNTAINS, ST. NICHOLAS MOUNTAINS, MERRY MOUNTAINS The Christmas Mountains are a series of rounded peaks in northern New Brunswick, Canada, at the headwaters of North Pole Stream. 9) Who was Rudolph's father in the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? DASHER, BLITZEN, COMET, DONNER The television special departed significantly from Robert L. May's original story, depicting Rudolph as Donner's son, who lived among Santa Claus's reindeer from birth. 10) Which reindeer is introduced in the 2002 feature film The Santa Clause 2? MAX, CHET, LLOYD, LEROY Scott goes after the Toy Santa, who has already left with the sleigh, riding Chet, a reindeer-in-training, and they both crash back into the village. 11) What is the name of Rudolph's son? RICHIE, RANDY, RALPHIE, ROBBIE Robbie the Reindeer is the son of Rudolph and a character in two BBC comedy specials.   12) What color is Rudolph's nose? YELLOW, BLUE, RED, GREEN Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer. Duh. 13) Which reindeer is named after thunder? DASHER, DONNER, BLITZEN, COMET "Donner" is the German word for thunder.  

COT:

Santa Ruck

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