Christmas with the Right Family is a hilarious game to play at a holiday party if you’re giving away gifts, prizes or the table centrepiece. Even if they don’t win a prize, everyone leaves with a smile!
The game:
The host reads the story, below, while guests carefully listen along and pass the centrepiece (or other prizes) around the table. The prize each person is holding when the story ends is the prize they get to take home.
Rules for your guests:
Every time the word RIGHT is read, the prize is passed to the right. Every time the word LEFT is read, the prize is passed to the left. When the word ACROSS is read, the prize is passed across the table.
To start:
Ask someone at each table to pick up the centrepiece; perhaps the employee who’s been at your company the longest. Then, start reading the story and listen for the laughs!
Christmas with the Right Family – The Story
Christmas was almost here and Mother RIGHT was in the kitchen finishing the Christmas baking as Sue RIGHT was ACROSS the room decorating cookies.
Father RIGHT and Billy RIGHT returned from their last-minute Christmas errands ACROSS town at the mall.
“There’s not much LEFT to be done,” said Father RIGHT as he walked ACROSS the kitchen to eat one of Sue’s cookies.
“Did you leave the basket of food at the church ACROSS town, with A CROSS on top?” asked Mother RIGHT.
“I LEFT it RIGHT where you told me to,” said Father RIGHT.
Bill RIGHT walked ACROSS the room to get a cookie, too. “I’m glad my shopping is done,” he said, “There isn’t much time LEFT.”
“Pretty soon there won’t be any cookies LEFT!” Sue said laughing.
Then, the phone rang and Sue RIGHT LEFT to answer it.
She rushed back and told the family, “Aunt Tillie RIGHT LEFT a package for us RIGHT on Grandma RIGHT’s porch! I’ll go over there RIGHT now and get it!” she said and LEFT in a rush to go ACROSS the street to Grandma RIGHT’s house.
Father RIGHT LEFT the kitchen and brought in the Christmas tree and set it up ACROSS from the fireplace.
By the time Sue RIGHT had returned, Mother RIGHT, Father RIGHT, and Billy RIGHT were trimming the tree.
The entire RIGHT family sang carols while they decorated. Then they hung A CROSS on the top branch. They LEFT all the presents under the tree and went ACROSS the room to admire the twinkling lights.
As they drifted off to sleep that night, the RIGHT family hoped they had selected all the RIGHT presents for their family. Now I hope you have the RIGHT present for yourself because that’s all that is LEFT of our story!
Except to wish you a Merry Christmas… isn’t that RIGHT?
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