Christmas: Games

How might a home front family spend the days between Christmas and the New Year? I’d wager that many of them would be playing games they received for Christmas. Here’s an article from the December 1942 issue of Better Homes and Gardens that gives us an idea of what those games would be. Notice that many of them are similar to games we play today.

The photographs are wonderful, but I think you’ll enjoy the article, too.

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