KIDS’ SCAVENGER HUNT

Find:

■ a snowflake.

■ a wrapped present bigger than a shoe box.

■ a photo of someone you know sitting on Santa’s lap.

■ a decorated gingerbread cookie.

■ a Santa hat.

■ at least 3 feet of ribbon.

■ wrapping paper with snowmen on it.

■ eggnog.

■ a wise man from a nativity set.

■ a picture of Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer.

■ someone who knows all the words to “Up on the Housetop.”

■ a candy cane that isn’t red and white.

■ three smiling people.

■ a stocking with a star on it.

■ a purple Christmas tree ornament.

■ a car with a wreath or a red bow on the front.

■ a jingle bell.

■ somebody who knows a secret.

■ a house with lights around the roof.

■ a little Santa sleigh.

■ cocoa mix with marshmallows.

■ an icicle.

■ a nutcracker.

■ someone who participated in a Christmas pageant this year.

■ a plate of treats for Santa.

  ADULTS’ SCAVENGER HUNT

Find:

■ Holly Lane (Oh yes, there is one in Grand Junction).

■ a gingerbread house cuter than the house you live in.

■ a Christmas letter containing 1. an original poem, 2. a description of an illness or 3. humble bragging. You get an extra cookie if it contains all three.

■ an inflatable snow globe in someone’s front yard.

■ multi-colored lights wrapped around a tree in a public space.

■ a Santa decoration that could be described as “creepy.”

■ a life-size nativity.

■ a church marquee with a clever or sentimental Christmas message.

■ Pineneedle Court.

■ any Christmas treat that your grandmother used to make.

■ a lights display that blows your mind.

■ an evergreen tree growing outside a home and decorated with big, shiny ornaments.

■ mistletoe, real or artificial.

■ tinsel.

■ a copy of “The Little Drummer Boy” as performed by David Bowie and Bing Crosby.

■ eggnog with an unexpected ingredient.

■ a vista that would appropriately be called a “winter wonderland.”

■ someone who knows all the words to “Good King Wenceslas.”

■ a glossy photo of the present you won’t admit to wanting but secretly do.

■ a decorative, illuminated Christmas penguin.

■ a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

■ a handmade Christmas tree ornament.

■ someone wearing a Christmas sweater or tie.

■ an outdoor tree topped by an illuminated star at least a foot tall.

■ anything that reminds you of Christmases when you were a kid.