Poems, Stories, and Games

Religious Illusions

 

Find the Thanksgiving Fare
Names of 50 foods or events associated with Thanksgiving are found among these letters.  The item may appear forward, backward, down or diagonally.  Draw a line around each item as you find it and then check it off the list below.

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Below are the 50 foods or events you should have found.


  1. Thanksgiving
  2. Stuffing
  3. Chickens
  4. Plum pudding
  5. Mince Meat
  6. Ice cream
  7. Fruit cocktail
  8. Tea
  9. Chestnuts
  10. Apples
  11. Church
  12. Thursday

13.  Dinner
14. Candy
15. Date pudding
16. Dinner Rolls
17. Mashed Potatoes
18. Pumpkin
19. Pie
20. Meat
21. Sugar
22. Football game
23. Corn
24. Indians
25. Celery
26. Turkey
27. Capon
28. Ducks
29. Cranberry sauce
30. Sherbet
31. Pumpkin Pie
32. Coffee
33. Milk
34. Nuts
35. Oranges
36. Pilgrims
37. Relatives
38. Cookies
39. Fruit Cake
40. Sherry
41. Salad
42. Vegetables
43. Meal
44. Tums
45. Salt
46. Wine
47. Juice
48. Mom
49. Olives
50. Eggs

 
 

The Atheist
There was a little old lady who would come out every morning on the steps of her front porch, raise her arms to the sky and shout, “Praise the Lord!”

Well, one day an atheist moved into the house next door.  Over time, he became irritated at the little old lady.  So every morning he would step out onto his front porch and yell after her, “There is no Lord!”

Time passes with the two of them carrying on this way every day.  Then one morning in the middle of winter, the little old lady stepped onto her front porch and shouted, “Praise the Lord.  I have no food and I am starving.  Please provide for me, on Lord!”

The next morning, she stepped onto her porch and there were two huge bags of groceries sitting there.  “Praise the Lord!” she cried out.  “He has provided groceries for me!”

The atheist jumped out of the hedges and shouted, “There is no Lord.  I bought those groceries!”

The little old lady threw her arms into the air and shouted, “Praise the Lord!  He has provided me with groceries and He made the devil pay for them.

Look Beyond the Package

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college.  For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was what he wanted for graduation.

As his graduation day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.  Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study.  His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him.  He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.  Curious, but somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound bible with the young man’s name embossed in gold.

Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, “With all your money you give me a bible?”, and stormed out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business.  He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but he realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him.  He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a call telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son.  He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart.  He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still new bible, just as he had left it years ago.  With tears, he opened the bible and began to turn the pages.

 

Christmas Music Quiz
The letters form an acronym of a Christmas song or instrumental piece.  Some are easy, others aren’t.

    • DTH
    • IHTBOCD
    • AWHHOH
    • HTHAS
    • GRYMG
    • UOTH
    • OT
    • BATJI
    • AIAM
    • JTTW
    • WWYAMC
    • WCIT
    • RUSAF
    • T
    • TMWDOTY
    • ICUAMC
    • WSWTFBN
    • TFN
    • MOTT
    • DOTSPF
    • SCICTT
    • AMW
    • GTIOTM
    • MBC
    • LAB
    • CIFC
    • SR
    • BC
    • LIS,LIS,LIS
    • GATCT
    • MFT
    • DDMOH
    • SDC
    • TCS (CROAOF)
    • HYMLC
    • IBHFC
    • WTK
    • AIWFCIMTFT
    • ISMKSC
    • SN
    • OHN
    • FTS
    • AF (OCAYF)
    • IDOWC
    • TTDOC
    • GB
    • JJOMD