Lets play a game.
I thought we could play a Christmas word game to see how many words we could come up with using the alphabet.
We would start with the letter A and see how many words beginning with that letter we can find. When we think we used every word we could find from that letter then we can start with B and so on.
Something just for fun and a little educational too.
Everyone is invited to play if you wish.
Please, no politics. Religious words are fine of course, but don’t discuss it.
Thank you... and just have fun.
I will start with:
Angel
Attraction
Aroma
Angelic
Aglow
Antlers
Adoration
Advent
Great game idea, Kathleen! Thanks!
Artificial (tree)
Ax (cutting down a tree)
"A Christmas Carol" (Dickens novel and all of the movies)
Allspice
Bought ... as in I bought way too much shit.
Baby
Bethlehem
Bells
Bow
Balthazar
Blitzen
Bing Crosby
Bob Cratchit
Boughs
Christ, obviously.
Carols, candy canes, candles, & cards.
Calling birds
Carolers
Charity
Creche
cookies
charity
Chestnuts
Chocolate (hot)
Chimney
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Cranberry sauce
Cinnamon
Decorations
Dutch apple pie
Drumstick
Drummer boy
December 25
Dasher
Dancer
Don't forget Donder
My bad! Sorry, Donder!
Danny Kaye
If you mean the reindeer, I think it is Donner.
Wow. Who knew. Thank you for setting me straight.
Yep!
Die Hard
"Don we now..."
Empathy
Epiphany
Excitement
Entertaining...
ENJOY!!!
Eggnog
Elves
Evergreen
Ebenezer Scrooge
Elf on the shelf
Eve
Faith
Family
Festivus
Feast
Food
Frankincense
Frost
Fruitcake (really can't forget the fruitcake)
Fireplace
Father Christmas
Firewood
Frosty the Snowman
Figgy pudding
French Hens
Feliz Navidad (Jose Feliciano)
Gifts
Garland
Gingerbread
Grinch
Greetings
Gospel
Goodwill
God
Grace
Glee
Giving
Golden rings
Gold
Geese (a-laying)
Good tidings
Green
Garland.
Grandma (got ran over)
Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future
Gabriel
God rest ye merry gentlemen
You guys are doing great so far!
You can still add on to the Letters that already have some names, if you can think of more of them. Just hit the reply button to the last person that made a word or words to that letter.
😊
This has been welcome fun, Kathleen. I was feeling down this morning and not at all in the Christmas mood.
I am glad that you are enjoying this Jasper. : )
I am also. It is a fun break.
Your comment about eggnog gave me a good chuckle. I like it with rum or brandy.
I have only had it with Brandy. Thank you for a new idea.
: )
I have had it with rum, it’s really good. I will try it with brandy.
It's good with Amaretto, too. Can you tell that I don't like plain egg nog?
I have to put something in mine too! If I don't want alcohol in it I will put nutmeg in it. I will try that.
I wonder if nutmeg pairs well with adult beverages in nutmeg?
I wonder how it would be with 180 proof Everclear.
Hmmmm, I willing to give anything a try..
I have only used Everclear to cook coke and as backpacking fuel.
I was raised on my grandfather's shine. EC has been the closest thing I could find to rival it.
My mom's ex is from Kentucky and his 'family recipe' is way better than Everclear. Every time he comes back to visit he brings us a gallon in qt. mason jars.
Mom used it once to make 'drunken' fruit salad in a watermelon. Wow!
That's okay. I've only used Everclear for homemade perfumes.
Hallelujah
Holy
Happiness
Ho Ho Ho
Holly
"Here we go a-wassailing...."
I like that song..
Holly and the Ivy
Happy Holidays
Heralded
Hearth
Hallowed
Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Hot toddy
Humbug
Ham
Hot buttered rum?
Home (home for Christmas)
Hammered (eggnog).
Hungover
That's a given lol.
Hymns
Innkeeper
Icicles
Ivy
Ice skates (got my first pair when I was 8. Great Christmas that year - a bike and skates!)
Tell us that you did not ride the bike with the skates on lol.
Ha ha! Nope!
Jubilation
Joy
Jesus
Jingle Bells
Joseph
Kris Kringle
King of Kings
Kaspar (one of the Three Kings - also spelled Gaspar, Caspar)
Knot... in Christmas lights
Jacob Marley
Lord
Lights
Lamb of God
Love
Ladies Dancing
Lords a-Leaping
Little drummer boy
Madonna
Merry
Myrrh
Manger
Mittens
Melchior
Mistletoe
Merry Christmas!
Mary
Noel
North pole
Nativity
Nutcracker
North star
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Naughty
Nice
Mrs. Clause
Nog
Manger
Maids-a-Milking
Margaritas
Model Trains
I'll have to try that! My in-laws always made Bloody Marys for Christmas, because it was red tomato juice and green celery.
movies
Ornaments
Organs
Oratorio (Handel's "Messiah" and Bach's "Christmas Oratorio" are the best known)
O Holy Night
My favorite Christmas hymn
Opening Presents
Office parties
Oh come all ye faithful
Peace on Earth
Poinsettias
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Pageants
Presents
Pies
Promiscuity after too much nog.
Prayer
Plum pudding
Prayer
Plum pudding
Popcorn strings for the tree (anyone remember making those?)
quarantine - a very current word.
Quake (from Silent Night - "Shepherds quake at the sight")
I am having trouble with the Q's
Yeah, Q is a toughie. I'm almost Q-less.
Quiet
The three kings were on a quest, following the star of Bethlehem
The angle announcing the birth of Jesus was quoted, “Don’t be afraid! I have good news for you, a message that will fill everyone with joy. Today your Savior, Christ the Lord, was born in David’s city. This is how you will recognize him: You will find an infant wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
So am I. (Wait until we get to X!)
I could add Quilt -- It's a little far-fetched, but my grandmother made one for me as a Christmas gift.
That's a very good one, Nerm!
Very nice!
How about Quarreling... fighting with your relatives when they come over.. lol
It can happen!
That is a good one..
Queasy - after eating too much
Lol
Reindeer
red lights
reminiscing
Rudolph
Red ribbons
Rejoice
Sleigh
Santa
Saint Nicholas
Spirit
"Silent Night"
Son of God
Silver Bells
Seven layer dip
Stockings
Star
Slippers ( seems like everyone gets a pair for Christmas)
Socks too
Sled (I still have my childhood Made in USA Flexible Flyer)
You should share your recipe for Seven Layer Dip!
That sounds interesting..
Snow
Scrooge
Thank you
Thanks, Greg -- It sounds great! (How did I miss this recipe? I belong to that group!)
shopping
Solstice
Tidings (of comfort and joy)
Togetherness
Traditions
Turtle Doves
Tannenbaum
Tinsel
Tree
Tiny Tim
tree
tinsel
toys
turkey
tiny tots
Tamales
Turtles (candy)
Tissue paper
Turtles candy ... you're killing me, Greg. One of my favorites.
Be back later, off to go and bake some cookies, keep going and enjoy...
"Up on the Housetop"
Underwear, I always got packs of that when I was little
Under the Tree
When we were kids we always got to open up one present on Christmas eve.
It was always pajamas.
Uno
Upchuck - what you feel like doing after eating/ drinking too much
Vixen
Wassail
Winter
Workshop (Santa's)
Wreath
Wrapping paper
Wise Men
Good W’s
White Christmas
X-Mas
Good one for the X
Yule
Yule Log
Yuletide
You'll put your eye out kid
Interesting you mentioned poking an eye. Around a week ago, I was blowing off the last of the leaves and a stick flew up and poked me in the eye. Currently using meds to heal my cornea.
One of my favorite smells is logs burning in my fireplace.
Thanks for calling me a kid --- it's been decades since anyone called me that!
I use to have a fireplace, I miss that. Thought about getting s wood burning stove.
Hope your eye heals fast.
This was fun for the weekend ... thanks again, Kathleen! Merry Christmas, everyone!
Your welcome Jasper, you did so good and the others did too. Merry Christmas to you too! Thank you for playing
I want to thank you all for playing, even though we are almost through the alphabet, there could be some more words out there. No Z yet. So you can add a word if you happen to think of one. I am keeping this open.
Zzzzzzzz - sleeping after all the holiday goings on.
Good one!
Children also have to Zzzzzzzz before Santa will bring their Christmas presents!
It was... lol
Zipping from one house to the other.
Zippers being unzipped after a big meal.
That’s a good one!
D is for dictionary = a list of words in order from a - z
the game has already been played to death and has been published
the thesaurus is much more fun for advanced students :)
We were just having a bit of fun here, thinking up the words on your own and getting you in the spirit of Christmas was the idea.
I had fun thinking of the word dictionary
but the skill level is not hard enough to keep me amused for more than a few seconds
If I sat around thinking of words? id just write another dictionary... LOL
but seriously, tks :)