Christmas Eve 2007

We have a tradition over here of opening one family gift on Christmas Eve. The gift is always a game that we can play as a family that night.

This year the game was Zitternix. Basically, there are wooden sticks painted in three different colors that are held up by a wooden ring in a delicate balance. Each player takes a turn rolling the dice to see which color stick they have to pull out without upsetting the whole bundle. Different colors are worth different points and whoever has the most points when the bundle comes crashing down wins.

We all got tickled watching this game progress, because for some reason Reese could grab whatever stick she wanted, yank it out, and nothing would happen to the bundle of sticks left behind. The others, however, had to watch the bundle sway, move, and come tumbling down.