Use this game based around Christmas symbols to see who is the Scrooge and who has the Christmas Spirit.

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Christmas Symbol Exchange
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2. Use this game based around Christmas
symbols to see who is the Scrooge and who
has the Christmas Spirit.
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3. Materials
A semi-circle of chairs with one chair for each
participant
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4. Game play
The group sits in a semi-circle. “Christmas” sits on one end of the
semi-circle. At the other end of the semi-circle sits the “scrooge.”
All the seats in between belong to different Christmas symbols,
such as star, manger, shepherd. etc. You can assign the names or
allow youth to choose their own. (Use the items from
the Christmas Bingo game for ideas for various Christmas
symbols)
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5. Once everyone has identified the Christmas symbol for their seat,
the game begins. The person sitting in the “Christmas” chair
begins the game by calling out “Christmas” and then another
Christmas symbol in the group (e.g “Manger”). The person sitting
in the “Manger” seat then calls out “Manger” and another
Christmas symbol in the group, (e.g. “Elf”) and so it continues.
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6. There are a couple of types of mistakes that will penalize
participants:
1. You don’t notice your symbol has been called and delay too
long
2. You call the same symbol that just immediately called you
3. You call out a Christmas symbol that was not used in the group
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7. The Penalty
If someone makes a mistake, they have to swap places with the
person next to them, moving down towards the “Scrooge”. They
then take on the Christmas symbol of the seat they now occupy,
and the person who moves up a place takes over their Christmas
symbol. The aim is to move all the way up to take the place of
“Christmas.” “Christmas” then starts the next round until someone
else makes a mistake.
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8. Variation
Instead of calling out the names of the Christmas symbols, have
participants create an action. The wilder the various actions,
the more fun!
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