Christmas Contest, Day Seven
December 20, 2009
And the final day and once again, the prize, may I say, rocks!
But first, let’s put our hands together and give a hearty dose of applause magic to Susan, yesterday’s lucky draw contest winner. Susan, I can see it now. You at Starbucks with your venti mocha extra-hot half-caf/decaf latte in one hand and a wad of purple silly putty in the other. Does life get any sweeter than that? I think not either. So congratulations to you! Now hurry up and send off your mailing address to anita@sisterfriends-together.org and in a couple days the miracle of java world domination will be yours. [And Lisa, I'm still waiting to hear from you. Your box is packed and ready for shipping!]
And just to prove I actually mean it when I say I’m writing your names on scraps of paper and pulling them out of a hat, here you go….Scraps of paper. Your names. A hat. I don’t make this stuff up people! “But I don’t see my name! You didn’t put my name in the hat! That’s not fair!” Oh. Calm. Down. Your name was in the hat this morning when the official drawing was conducted, witnessed, and deemed valid by me. I merely staged the photo last night with the names that had come in at that point since Sunday morning tends to notoriously be a little whack in getting out of the door in time to get to church before the opening prayer and call of “Play ball!” and photo-taking would have had me missing the opening swing of the bat. So let’s summarize. Legit drawing. Staged photo. Only believe.
Today’s Contest: Oh my pretties, this is a good one. You need to find the Mystery Word. Here’s how to do it. There is at least one typo in each of the recent posts on the Christmas Contest, Day One through Day Six. (Can I even tell you how painful it was for me to make intentional typos?!) There are a total of eight typos. Each typo has a missing letter. Your task is to find the missing letters from the eight typos and arrange them into an order that reveals the Mystery Word. Post what you believe the Mystery Word is along with the list of the eight words that were missing the letters you used to solve the puzzle. The first person to submit the correct answer will win a retractable back scratcher and a 50.00 Target gift card. I know these are great prizes but please, don’t even consider skipping church to get the jump on everyone! A lump of coal for you if you do.
Okay, there you have it. Now go find it!
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December 20th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Day One: “manuver” “nuber”
Day Two: “coments”
Day Three: “ Christms” “matle”
Day Four: “treasre”
Day Five: “desir”
Day Six: “al”
The Mystery Word is . . . “emmanuel.”
And now I’m off to church . . .
- – - Salt
December 20th, 2009 at 8:51 am
E M M A N U E L
ManEuver
NuMber
CoMments
ChristmAs
MaNtle
TreasUre
DesirE
AlL
This was fun, thanks Anita! Good way to start Sunday morning before Christmas
~~~~~God with us, Emmanuel~~~~~~~~
December 20th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Day 6 –> “al” = “all” = L
Day 5 –> “desir” = “desire” = E
Day 4 –> “treasre” = “treasure” = U
Day 3 –> “Christms” = “Christmas” = A and “matle” = “mantle” = N
Day 2 –> “coments” = “comments” = M
Day 1 –> “manuver” = “maneuver” = E and “nuber” = “number” = M
Mystery Word = EMMANUEL
December 20th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Emmanuel
Manuever was missing the e
Number was missing an m
Comments was missing an m
Mantle was missing the n
all was missing an l
Desire was missing an e
treasure was missing a u
Christmas was missing the a
December 20th, 2009 at 9:59 am
And no – I didn’t skip church to find the word!
December 20th, 2009 at 11:12 am
emmanuel
December 20th, 2009 at 11:15 am
So, I’m probably not the first, but I don’t know because (I’m assuming) you’re holding all comments until the end of the day???
The word I got was Emmanuel
The words missing letters are:
al = all
treasre = treasure
matle = mantle
coments = comments
nuber – number
manuver = manuever
desir = desire
Christms = Christmas
December 20th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Oh, haha, there’s a typo in one of my corrections to one of your corrections. Yeah… I’m taking college level *honors* English classes in my other life. Not that it shows!
December 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Day 1 Number missing M
Day 1 Maneuver missing E
Day 2 Comments missing M
Day 3 Christmas missing A
Day 3 Mantle missing N
Day 4 Treasure missing U
Day 5 Desire missing E
Day 6 All missing L
Word, Emmanuel
December 20th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
The word: Emmanuel
From the words: mantle (l), Christmas (a), treasure (u), desire (e), all (l), comments (m), maneuver (e), and number (m).
I love this name for Jesus.
December 20th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Okey dokey! I think I’ve got it! The word is Emmanuel. And here is the list:
E: manuver
M: nuber
M: coments
A: Christms
N: matle
U: treasre
E: desir
L: al
December 20th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Ha! I couldn’t bring myself to scour for misspelled words. But I love that the magic word is “Emmanuel”… as in “O Come O Come Emmanuel” because–really– we need ransoming, still, lo these many many centuries later!!
This has been a great deal of fun. Glad I won a prize, but gladder still to have had something light and joyous during this season!
December 20th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Susan–> Every time we come into the Christmas season and I hear or think of “Emmanuel” I get a lump in my throat. The whole idea of “God with us” is just beyond considering without feeling something deep in center of our being. God with us God with us God with us….amazing. Amazing grace.