Holiday Entertainment

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is playing board games. I LOVE board games, and playing together has become a holiday tradition in our family.

Our reliable favorites include: Scrabble, Cranium, Catchphrase, and my ultimate #1 favorite - Scattergories! LOVE that game! My sisters and I play this often and always try and outdo each other with double-letter answers, a la "French Fries," and "Farrah Fawcett."

My husband comes from a family that didn't grow up playing board games on holidays religiously, and I'm determined to somehow insert my traditions into our his family's Christmas in Michigan this year. Any suggestions how I do this? I'm a tad afraid I'm going to come off as the overly-competitive-board-game-playing-daughter-in-law... Thoughts?

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Wedding Games

I saw this picture on pinterest and immediately smiled. How perfect, a wedding version of my fiance's favorite game! Cornhole (the game pictured above) is basically a game of beanbag toss, the object being to land the beanbag on the board for a point, or in the hole for 2. This is a popular game played during football tailgates, backyard BBQs, and such, especially in the Midwest, where my sweetie went to college.

The funny thing is, I can totally picture him playing this with his buddies the day of the wedding while my girls and I get all gussied up. I'll keep you posted if this actually happens...

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Angry Birds

News flash: angry birds is now a board game! I think I might enjoy playing this game more in person than on an app. I can see a kid having a little too much fun with that slingshot...

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Giant Jenga

How cool is this!? Apparently there is a giant jenga set in my fair city, and I had no idea! This particular jenga set was played in the up and coming Seattle neighborhood, Georgetown, at their Georgetown carnival. I can't get over how fun this looks! I want to play next!

(photos via not martha)