Holiday words for Alias — traditions and rituals

New Year, birthdays, rituals and everything around them. Perfect for a festive table.

A set about celebrations: the symbols, the food, the customs and the small things no celebration manages without. It plays best when something is actually being celebrated — the words fall into context and land on half a clue.

When to reach for this set

Holidays rest on shared memory: everyone knows how a fir tree smells and what happens when you blow out the candles. That makes the set unusually warm — clues turn into recollections, the game slows down, and the evening is better for it. Ideal for a family table.

Easy

Familiar words that land on the first clue. For warming up, for kids and for mixed groups.

holiday, newyear, firtree, garland, ornament, star, present, box, ribbon, tinsel, snow, santa, snowman, sleigh, reindeer, bell, candle, light, fireplace, stocking, cake, wish, guests, table, dish, salad, champagne, glass, toast, music, dancing, song, roundel, mask, costume, makeup, confetti, streamer, firework, salute, cracker, chimes, midnight, morning, holidays, dayoff, calendar, date, birthday, anniversary, wedding, bride, groom, ring, bouquet, flowers, rose, tulip, card, envelope, letter, greeting, wishes, hug, kiss, smile, joy, surprise, easter, egg, basket, willow, pancakes, carol, nativity, pumpkin, ghost, sweets, decoration, banner, balloon, candlestick, tablecloth, napkin, dishes, photographer, album, memory, tradition, family, feast, parade, procession, candyfloss, lantern, sparkler, wreath, mistletoe, pudding, party

Medium

Takes a few sentences and some imagination. The default setting for an ordinary evening.

gathering, periwinkle, garlandry, nativityplay, vigil, bethlehem, blessing, hospitality, festivities, hostess, didukh, belfry, merriment, engagement, banquet, reunion, midsummer, nameday, illumination, loaf, carnival, caroling, carollers, ceremonial, culmination, kupala, lamp, delicacies, malanka, masquerade, shrovetide, melody, nicholas, harvestfest, rite, talisman, elegance, flatbread, paschal, dressingup, preparation, intercession, wake, dedication, gettogether, congratulatory, treating, embroidered, mummers, christmaseve, celebration, matchmaking, tonguetwister, breakfast, straw, saviourfeast, keepsake, script, festivity, traditional, repast, trident, solemnity, fanfare, festival, magical, folklore, buffet, generosity, patronal, ceremony, church, sorcery, refreshment, tidiness, honour, chocolate, carolsinger, bounty, jubilee, appleday, fairground, manger, giftbag, ringing, leisure, plaything, toylike, hamper, treat, tangerine, ritualistic, doughnut, christmassy, candlemas, charm, merrymaking, hosting, felicitation, festiveness

Hard

Rare or abstract words. More failed rounds, and more laughing at them.

authenticity, hagiography, akathist, anthropomorphic, apocrypha, regalia, multiday, annunciation, liturgyservice, puppeteer, vespers, bethlehemic, resonance, wellwisher, epiphany, allnightvigil, springsong, heortology, monstrance, decorating, denomination, bellringing, pageantry, eucharist, communion, superstition, customary, wintering, symbolmaking, identity, iconostasis, illuminated, dramatisation, enthronement, calendricity, canonical, catechesis, carolling, commemoration, confessionality, costumology, midsummerly, monastic, liquidation, liturgy, puppetlike, magicality, shrovetideness, mentality, patronage, mystery, mythologeme, piety, eveningbefore, nazarite, ethnology, harvestrite, ritualism, consecration, pilgrimage, requiem, passionarity, patriarchal, fasting, everydayness, folkbelief, repentance, memorial, initiation, ancestry, presbyter, parable, preaching, ritualistics, christmasness, distinctiveness, sacredness, symbolisation, syncretism, servicebook, conciliarity, continuity, antiquity, passiontide, scenography, theophany, ritualbook, funeralfeast, folklorism, templeness, christianity, ceremoniality, jubilarity, paganism, fairness, lamb, devoutness, votive, liturgical, benediction

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