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NEXT MONTH ISSUE WILL BE IN FEBRUARY

OPTICAL ILLUSION
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If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, the dots will remain only one color, pink. However if you stare at the black " +" in the center, the moving dots turns to green.
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Now, concentrate on the black " + " in the center of the picture. After a short period, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see only a single green dot rotating.
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It's amazing how our brain works. There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear. This should be proof enough, we don't always see what we think we see.

. CHRISTMAS RIDDLES
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What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?

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Why was Santa's little helper depressed?

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What kind of candle burns longer, a red candle or a green candle?

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How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas?

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What's different between a Christmas and an ordinary alphabet?

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What Christmas Carol is a favorite of parents?


SNOWBALL CONTEST

This winter game can be played with two players or more. The game can be played with individual players or with teams. The object of the game is to roll the biggest snowball. You can either set a time limit, or play until the players can no longer move their snowballs or there is no more snow to use. Young kids can play this game with their parents and kids can play with their friends on a snow day or during winter break. Biggest snowball wins.

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METRO BOGGLE
Find 8 words associated with Christmas
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WOZAR
ENTLF
EYSEJ
ROUAD
TSATN
GET YOUR THINKING CAP ON....

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ANSWER

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THE METRO 7 ERRORS
Find the seven differences between these two pictures.
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LET'S BUILD A SNOWMAN

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CHRISTMAS SNOWFLAKES
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THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

  Paper
  Scissors
  Your Imagination

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:

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Step 1
First, begin with a square piece of copy paper. I usually make two snowflakes for every 8.5"x11" piece of paper, so I first cut the paper in half, and then make a square from each half. This makes a snowflake about 5" across. If you're just learning to make snowflakes, using a full piece of paper for each snowflake may be easier to practice with. You can make a square from a rectangular piece of paper simply by folding one corner down to form an isosceles triangle (like the one in the next step) and trimming off the excess paper.

Step 2
Fold the square of paper diagonally to make a triangle. 

Step 3
Fold this larger triangle in half to make a smaller triangle.

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Step 4
Imagine the triangle in thirds, and fold the right third over. If you want to be precise and have a protractor, each "third" in this step is a 30 degree angle.

Step 5
Fold the left third over.

Step 6
Cut off the top of the paper at an angle. Make sure to cut if off so that all remaining layers of paper are equal. Cutting at an angle is what makes the points of the snowflake. Eventually, you'll learn to cut at different angles to make snowflakes with points that are more or less sharp.

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Step 7
This is where your imagination comes in. Begin cutting away from the sides of the paper. Usually, cutting small triangles from the sides is easiest, but don't forget to try other shapes. For this snowflake, I altered the top edge a little to make my points a different shape. I also cut out a piece with a "spiky" edge. Use your imagination! I don't use patterns for my snowflakes: I just cut as I go. My snowflakes are never the same because I don't usually plan out my snowflakes. Sometimes I find a new cut or shape that I like, and I may use the same technique on a different snowflake, but I don't copy the whole snowflake

Step 8
Unfold the paper very carefully. The snowflake will not lay flat right away, so I like to tuck them between the pages of a book for a while before displaying them. I have also ironed them (between two pieces of plain paper) to make them extra flat. Watch out though, because paper can get very hot to the touch when ironed (don't use steam!) so be sure to let it cool for a second before handling the paper, and as always excercise caution to avoid fire and burns. Ironing them also seems to make them a tiny bit stiffer, which could be good if you want to hang them rather than tape them to a surface.

AUNTIE MARGARET SEZ: HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR


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