Can you get your team to say the chosen words in the time limit without using the taboo words?

1. Christmas Ideas - Christmas Taboo
Can you get your team to say the chosen words in
the time limit without using the taboo words?
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2. Materials
1. Taboo Words List. The Taboo word, in all caps is the word that
the teams will try to guess. Also included are five supporting
words that the clue giver is not allowed to say. Print them out
and then cut them apart and place them in a bag for participants
to draw from.
2. Timer. It can be an hourglass from a board game, or simply an
egg timer that you can set for a minute and let it go.
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3. Game Objective
The point of the game is to have your teammates guess
the word that is on your card without saying the word
itself, or several other key words that are listed on the
card.
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4. Game Play
1. Split the youth into at least two teams.
2. One person on each team gives the clues to a person
on THEIR OWN team who tries to guess the “taboo
word” within a time limit.
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5. 3. The other team must be shown the card and insure that the
clue giver doesn’t say either the “taboo word” or any form of
the supporting words for that clue. (e.g. If ‘Christian’ is a
supporting word, to use the word ‘Christianity’ is also a
violation.) If the clue giver uses one of the “taboo” words, the
opposing team gets a point. If the person guessing the word
doesn’t guess the word within the time limit, the opposing
team gets the point.
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6. 4. If the word is correctly guessed the team guessing the
word gets the point and continues to draw cards until the
time elapses.
5. When the time elapses, the timer is reset and it’s the
opposing team’s turn to guess words.
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7. The Words
ADVENT: Christmas, holiday, December, date, celebrate
ANGEL: Sky, Heaven, Gabriel, wings, halo
BETHLEHEM: born, city, stable, birth, place
BIBLE: scriptures, read, testament, book, God
BELLS: ring, metal, cup, sleigh, jingle
CANDY: stocking, cane, chocolate, sweet, dessert
CANDLE: light, burn, wick, wax, melt
CAROLS: songs, sing, house, knock, music
CHRIST: Jesus, Lord, Redeemer, Savior, baby
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8. CHRISTMAS: tree, Santa Claus, holiday, December, 25
CHRISTMAS EVE: 24, night, presents, Santa, evening
CHURCH: Christian, service, mass, worship, Sunday
DECEMBER: cold, Christmas, winter, Hannukah, month
ELVES: Santa, helpers, toys, workshop, small
EGG NOG: drink, milk, rum, glass, celebrate
FRANKINCENCE: wisemen, magi, gift, myrrh, gold
GABRIEL: Angel, Mary, visit, messenger, birth
GENEALOGY: ancestor, family, tree, relative, Luke
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9. CHRISTMAS TREE: lights, ornaments, star, decorate, evergreen
GIFTS: presents, surprises, give, Christmas, children
GINGERBREAD: man, cookie, sweet, house, dough
GOLD: wisemen, gift, frankincense, myrrh, metal
HALLELUJAH CHORUS: song, sing, praise, worship, Handel
HEROD: king, wisemen, Magi, ruler, baby
HOLLY: Plant, red, berries, green, leaves
INN: hotel, room, stay, stable, innkeeper
IMMANUEL: name, Jesus, God, Christ, baby
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10. JESUS: baby, manger, Mary, God, Savior
JOSEPH: Jesus, father, carpenter, Mary, betrothed
JOY: feeling, emotion, happiness, delight, tidings
MANGER: Jesus, stable, hay, baby, animals
MARY: mother, Joseph, Jesus, Bethlehem, baby
MISTLETOE: Kiss, tree, plant, tree, berries
NATIVITY: manger, animals, shepherd, baby, Jesus
NAZARETH: Christ, Jesus, Joseph, city, childhood
NORTH POLE: Santa, home, elves, snow, cold
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11. NUTCRACKER: nuts, suite, dance, music, ballet
ORNAMENT: tree, decorate, round, branch, Christmas
PEACE: war, calm, still, hate, earth
PLUM PUDDING: plum, dessert, Christmas, baked, food
POINSETTIA: Christmas, flower, red, leaf, Mexico
REINDEER: Rudolph, sleigh, Santa, red-nosed, antlers
SANTA: sleigh, reindeer, Kris Kringle, Saint Nicholas, toys
SAVIOR: born, city, David, Christ, Jesus
SHEEP: shepherd, wool, lamb, flocks, field
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12. SHEPHERD: field, flocks, sheep, angels, Bethlehem
SLEIGH: ride, Santa, reindeer, toys, fly
SNOW: cold, frozen, flakes, winter, white
SNOWMAN: Frosty, ice, snow, water, round
STABLE: inn, innkeeper, room, barn, animals
STAR: wisemen, sky, night, moon, heavens
STOCKING: hung, chimney, fruit, gifts, candy
SWADDLING: clothes, wrapping, cloth, material, baby
TAX: Joseph, pay, government, city, journey
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13. TOYS: Santa, elves, Christmas, children, gifts
WINTER: season, cold, snow, Christmas, December
WISEMEN: star, gifts, gold, frankincense, myrrh
WREATH: green, round, ribbon, circle, decoration
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