Happy Holidays - The Christmas Carols & Songs Game

Happy Holidays! It's all about the music.

In the box: Small game board, 6 pawns, 1 die, 60 cards  

 

Happy Holidays!, The Christmas Carols & Songs Game looks like it will be our new Christmas game for this year. Our family has long been lovers of Christmas music and have known the words for and sung Christmas carols (religious) and Christmas songs (secular) from our youth. As I've mentioned before, new Christmas games are getting hard to come by so when I found this one this summer I was pretty tickled. Can't start too soon to plan for Christmas.

This game comes with a small game board, about 13" x 7.5". There is a path with 31 spaces and two of the spaces say GROUP SING and names a song. I can't wait!

The game has six small plastic pawns, a die and 60 cards. Each card has six categories (the same categories are on each card). To the left of each category is a colored bow. The six categories are:

• Name the song
• Multiple choice
• Sing the next line
• Keywords in the song
• Fill in the blank
• Choose any category (so basically there are really only five categories and this chance to choose your favorite).

The answers are listed on the same card as the questions. Cards are printed on one side only. 

Game card.                                                                           Game board.

Object:
Be the first person or group to make it to the finish area.

Set up:
Place the board on the table between players. Each person or team takes one pawn and puts it on START. Put the stack of cards face-down on the table.

Play:
Players take turns. On your turn, throw the die and move forward that many spaces on the board. One of three things will now happen:

• You land on a square with a colored bow - The person to your left picks up the top card, notes the color of the square you landed on, finds that color on the card and asks you the question. If you answer wrong, your turn is over and the card is returned to the bottom of the stack. If you are right, you get to throw the die and move again. Keep playing in this manner until you either miss a question, land on blank or group sing square or win the game.
• You land on an empty square - Nothing happens, your turn is over.
• You land on a square that says GROUP SING - Everybody joins in and sings. Your turn is over.

If you are interested in reading about other Christmas games that I have blogged about, click here.

Try this:

• Play a theme game - Pick a category and ask only those questions for a whole game. There are 60 cards, so 60 questions can be asked. Spread the play out over several games to cover all the categories on the cards. Also makes sure that you ask and answer every question in the box. Either use the board and ignore the colors on the spaces or just skip the board.
• If you come upon a song that no one has ever heard before, and you have an Alexa, ask her to play it for you.
• Serve Christmas treats (this should go without saying : )
  

If you are interested in purchasing this game or just want more information, click on the image below.