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Twelve Days of Christmas... Games, Part XII: Only Connect

We did this for Thanksgiving, and that was basically what inspired a run of Holiday/Winter-themed games. So, we figured we might as well end with the same concept. This time, have put together twelve sets of four pictures, like this one:

A Christmas elf,
Doc from 'Snow White,' 'Frodo Baggins' from 'The Hobbit' and Stephen Miller.

The first picture, in each set, is something that is associated with Christmas. As a set, the four pictures point at a theme or commonality of some sort. For example, the four images above are an elf, a dwarf, a hobbit and a troll. These are all races in the Lord of the Rings books.

Note that there are many different kinds of themes here, that the theme may rely on a different meaning of the word indicated, and that some pictures may suggest multiple words, some of which are not needed. For example if we had done one with hot chocolate, Darryl Strawberry, Vanilla Ice and some cookies-and-cream-flavored protein powder, the theme would be "popular ice cream flavors" (i.e., chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, and cookies and cream.).

And now, here are the 12 sets:

Set 1:

Frosty the Snowman, Frankenstein, Pinocchio and Data from ST:TNG

What's the connection?



Set 2:

A fruitcake, a loon, a metal nut and Norman Bates

What's the connection?



Set 3:

Candy Canes, a mojito, lamb chops and jelly, and a toothbrush with toothpaste

What's the connection?



Set 4:

Rudolph and his nose, West Virginia, Joseph Stalin and Mars

What's the connection?



Set 5:

A stocking, a grizzly bear in a museum, a teddy bear, and a turkey that has been cooked and basted

What's the connection?



Set 6:

A sleigh, a woman measuring her waist, a Finnish flag and a sandwich with a fried egg on top of it

What's the connection?



Set 7:

Santa Claus, British politician Nick Clegg, the last tsar of Russia and actor Nick Offerman

What's the connection?



Set 8:

Some holly, a domino, a raspberry and a checker

What's the connection?



Set 9:

A box that has been wrapped and tied with ribbon, a doctor, a zipper and Tiffany Trump

What's the connection?



Set 10:

A Christmas tree, a hamburger, a dachshund and Albert Einstein

What's the connection?



Set 11:

A cup of egg nog, a cartoon character sitting at a spinning wheel, a door with 'MURDER' scrawled on it and Donald Rumsfeld

What's the connection?



Set 12:

Alan Rickman falling, Haley Joel Osment crying, Samuel L. Jackson shooting and Milla Jovovich holding an ID

What's the connection?

You can submit your responses here. Note that we made some of them pretty tricky. (Z)



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