The Amazing Christmas Race

My family started watching The Amazing Race this year. We didn't intend to watch it, it just so happened we saw the first episode of the season and the girls asked if we could set it up on the DVR. They wanted to see the race to the finish.

We (I) enjoyed it much more that I thought we (I) would as we celebrated wins and mourned losses.

This Christmas, we have two over-sized gifts for the girls that will be difficult to wrap. Both items are shared gifts and neither will belong to one child over the other. For a little Christmas morning fun, and as a way to present these gifts, I created a scavenger hunt for them in the style of The Amazing Race.

When they get up Christmas morning, they'll each unwrap the gifts they find under the tree. As they finish, they will discover one final gift, wrapped in yellow paper with a red ribbon that they must open together. Inside this package, they will find the first piece to the game, complete with my feeble attempt to rhyme.

The first clue will send them to another room where they must search for the next clue, which includes a little treat.

The new clue sends them to yet another room where they must search for the next clue, but instead they will find a Detour.

Inside those two packages, they will find small Lego Friends sets. The Detour requires them to each build the Lego Friends set, and when they have both completed the task correctly, they will receive the next clue.

That clue will send them to yet another room where they will find a clue that sends them to another room. And there they will find a Road Block.

This Road Block invites them to the fireplace where they will see what treasure can be found inside their stockings. When they have finished with their stockings, they will receive the next clue.

This final clue takes them back to the Christmas Tree where they will discover their final two "big" gifts.

I hope they enjoy their Amazing Christmas Race as much as I enjoyed putting it together, with fond memories of our Christmas fun for the rest of their lives.







Luke 2: 8-16
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.