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  Puzzle 1
Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, that will form a single line of nine reindeer:
Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher.
Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?
 
[Ref: ZKRG] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
Prancer
Cupid
Rudolph
Dasher
Blitzen
Vixen
Comet
Donder
Dancer
 Puzzle 2
1. What is white, lives at the north pole and runs around naked?
2. Why do birds fly south for the winter?
3. What always comes at the end of Christmas Day?
4. What could you find at the North Pole that has teeth but can not chew?
5. What does Santa give a 600 lb. gorilla for Christmas?
6. Can you spell "hard water" only using three letters?
7. In which month does Santa Claus eat the least?
8. What should you do if a reindeer eats your pencil?
9. At the North Pole you cannot take a picture of an elf with a red shirt. Why not?
10. What do you call a blind reindeer?
11. What kind of water never freezes?
12. What do you call a reindeer with three eyes?
13. What do reindeer have that no other animals on earth have?
[Ref: ZTEW]
1. A Polar Bare.
2. It is too far to walk.
3. The letter "Y".
4. A comb.
5. Whatever it asks for!
6. Ice.
7. February: because it's the shortest month.
8. Use a pen.
9. Because you can't take a picture with a red shirt. You can only take a picture with a camera.
10. No idea (no eyed deer).
11. Hot water.
12. A reiiindeer.
13. Baby reindeer.
Puzzle 3
Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?
[Ref: ZANK] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
Puzzle 4
How many gifts, in total, did I receive during the Twelve Days of Christmas - according to the song?
[Ref: ZYPE]
364: for example, on the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five gold rings + four calling birds + three French hens + two turtle doves + a partridge in a pear tree.
Puzzle 5
Using the BrainTracker grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central F and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 39 words. Good: 32 words. Average: 25 words.
[Ref: ZQPP] © Kevin Stone [Protected Puzzle]
Common wods: cafe, calf, clef, elf, face, fail, fair, far, farce, fare, fear, fee, feel, feral, fierce, file, filer, fir, fire, FIREPLACE, flair, flap, flare, flea, flee, flier, flip, frail, free, if, leaf, leafier, life, pilfer, preface, reef, relief, rife, rifle.
All words: afire, alef, alif, arf, cafe, calf, calif, clef, ef, elf, fa, face, facer, facile, faerie, fail, fair, far, farce, farci, farcie, fare, farl, farle, feal, fear, fecal, fecial, fee, feel, fer, feral, fere, feria, feriae, ferial, ferlie, fiacre, fiar, fice, fie, fierce, fil, fila, filar, filaree, file, filer, fir, fire, FIREPLACE, flair, flap, flare, flea, flee, fleer, flic, flier, flip, frae, frail, frap, free, if, leaf, leafier, lief, liefer, life, lifer, pelf, pilaf, pilfer, preface, prefile, prelife, reef, ref, reface, refel, refile, reif, relief, rif, rife, rifle.
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