It’s that time of year again! Time to figure out why the Detmer’s can’t just make a simple Holiday card and be done with it. Well life’s not easy folks and you are going to have to do a bit of work for the payoff.

  1. Use the images and clues to figure out the missing word.

  2. Look at the letter in the red circle and associate it with the Holiday Symbol above it.

  3. Take a deep breath….. you can do this.

  4. Fill in the letter below the symbol on the Holiday card to decode the message

  5. Follow the instructions on the Holiday card.

  6. If this doesn’t make sense. Go back to 3. then proceed to 1.

Cards with anthropomorphic beans on them

Toot your own horn when planting this magical fruit in your beanfield.
It’s a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer Uwe Rosenberg
Publisher AMIGO

Sushi Go

Grab your chopsticks and wasabi, it’s time to go get _ _ _ _ _! We’re on a roll — don’t forget your pudding!

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Phil Walker-Harding
Artists- Nan Rangsima, Tobias Schweiger, Phil Walker-Harding
Publishers- Adventureland Games, Gamewright

Undaunted: Normandy

In _ _ 2, the Allies were undaunted when storming the beaches of Normandy.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson (I)
Artist- Roland MacDonald
Publisher- Osprey Games

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will make you an offer you can’t refuse.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Eric M. Lang
Artists- Nicolas Fructus, Karl Kopinski, Richard Wright
Publishers- CMON

In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius blew its
top and was the downfall of
_ _ _ _ _ _

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Klaus-Jürgen Wrede
Artist- Oliver Freudenreich, Guido Hoffmann
Publishers- AMIGO, Maldito Games, Mayfair Games

Comfy _ _ _ _ _ _ cats curl up on
the cushy comforter.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Kevin Russ
Artists- Beth Sobel
Publishers- Flatout Games

Pull the right ingredients to get the best
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for your potions.
Don’t lose your marbles.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Stefano Castelli, Andrea Crespi, Lorenzo Silva
Artist- Giulia Ghigini
Publishers- Horrible Guild

Lets meet at the _ _ _ _ _ _ in
Tiefenthal and have a drink or three.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Wolfgang Warsch
Artists- Dennis Lohausenl
Publishers- Schmidt Spiele


In 1452, Johannes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ had the
best printing house in all of Mainz Germany. It’s important that Holiday cards are entertaining and educational.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Katarzyna Cioch, Wojciech Wiśniewski
Artist- Rafał Szłapa
Publishers- Granna

Roll your way through Candy _ _ _ _
to be the first to King Kandy’s Castle!

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- (Uncredited)
Artists- (Uncredited)
Publishers- Hasbro, Milton Bradley


Choo Choo choose the color of your
_ _ _ _ _ and take a ticket to ride across the country.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Katarzyna Cioch, Wojciech Wiśniewski
Artist- Rafał Szłapa
Publishers- Granna

Put the pedal to the metal and push your car to the limit, but stay cool and don’t take on too much _ _ _ _ !

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen
Artists- Vincent Dutrait
Publishers- Days of Wonder


Gloria Gaynor will survive. You can join her if you _ _ _ _ _ _ from Atlantis.

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Julian Courtland-Smith
Artist- David Ausloos, Julian Courtland-Smith, Jean-Brice Dugait, Stéphane Gantiez, Andrew White
Publishers- Stronghold Games

Long ago in the Stone _ _ _, you would spend all day gathering wood, clay, stone and gold, and all night in the Love Hut!

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symbol above to decode the Holiday card

Designer- Bernd Brunnhofer
Artists- Michael Menzel
Publishers- Hans im Glück