Come On Down and Play Thevictorian Family Feud!

Heh, heh! Not so fast. This isn't some juicy expose' on Val's kin. Just another one of the games we played on Christmas Eve. Surely you know how to play Family Feud...don't you? If so, you are ahead of selected Thevictorians.

Here's our head-to-head face-off podium, with some results in the background:

The game got off to a rocky start when the host, Niecey, redistributed the already-chosen teams. Let the record show that we were told, after being seated, that it would be one half of the room against the other. Fair enough. Val was on a team composed with Wrong Way Blue, WWB's husband, The Pony, Neph, and Babe's Daddy. We were all cheering and trash-talking the other team, when Host Niecey serendipitously declared that the teams were not fair! That Wrong Way Blue and Val should not be on the same team.

Huh. That must have made the other team of Hick, Genius, Friend, Ex-Mayor, Babe, and Matriarch feel like imbeciles, what with Host Niecey pretty much declaring that they had no chance against our powerhouse brain trust. Do you know what she did? Host Niecey moved Val to the other team! Switched out Val with Matriarch. There was much booing, most likely because my team wanted to keep me, and the other one didn't so much want me. Anyhoo...what was done was done, and I switched.

Another bone of contention was that rather than "100 People Surveyed," the answers we were supposed to guess came from "What Host Niecey Thinks." The first question caused a kerfuffle. "One hundred Christians surveyed (not really, I didn't go out and talk to 100 people, it's pretty much what I think) said THIS is a sign that Christmas is coming." When results were in, with Val and her new team winning, The Opposition complained that none of their answers made the survey, because obviously these "Christians" supposedly surveyed must have their own church and an odd set of values. They declared that the question was misleading, since none of the answers had anything to do with Christianity, but only general things like snow, colored lights, and cold weather. They were overruled.

A further giant thorn in the side of The Opposition was the denial of their answer "PRESENTS" in Round 2, which posed the non-question, "Name something associated with Santa." The Opposition was quietly grumbling throughout Val's Team's answers as we got every single one correct. But when the last answer, which happened to be the #1 response from What Host Niecey Thinks, was "GIFTS," The Opposition started looking for pitchforks and flaming torches. Again, Host Niecey overruled them, stating unequivocally that PRESENTS were not the same as GIFTS.

Six rounds we went, the family feuding more at the end of each one. Val's Team emerged victorious, winning the group prize that had enough for everyone. Here's my share:

Yes. My teammates took the good colors of stretchy key ring (can be used to hook onto your casino player's cards, you know) and the good flavors of Blow Pop chapstick. I'm okay with pewter, though, instead of pink or green. And grape. Even though it's the flavor I detest most.

After all. Val is a WINNER, by cracky!
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Let the record show that Sister Schubert appears in that picture purely by accident, as I was warming leftovers and had the bag from the rolls providing a white background for my Feud swag.
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