OT: A Bowl Game Substitute

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Since there was no Northwestern Bowl game this year and others have been subject to cancellation, we have substituted Reindeer Games.

A Happy Upcoming New Year to all!

The Reindeer Games:

Enjoying a British Christmas Tradition - the pulling and "popping" of exploding Poppers to reveal their hidden trinket toys, paper crown hats, and printed riddles. This year's trinket toys were wind up reindeers ready to race.

The competitors don their paper crowns in conjunction with the reindeer race.

 

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Then there is always a "Christmas Movie" to fill the time gap:

 

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Not quite sure though how "Shanghai Knights" got Christmas billing for this year:

It was pretty cool seeing the Spanish language network's featured Christmas Day movie - "Shanghai Knights" with some of my collectibles.

Here is a screen shot sequence that includes my prop wall hanging shield from which its crossed swords are taken down by Jackie Chan's character and then used by him and Owen Wilson's character as they engage in a sword fight with the adversary as all three climb the London Clock Tower:

 

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And my collectibles from the movie:

Above, apart from the shield and crossed swords, also pictured hanging on the office wall is a crossbow that was seen in one of the opening scenes.

Below is The Imperial Seal from the film which was the object that brought Jackie Chan's and Owen Wilson's characters to come to London to retrieve it for return to the Imperial Household in China. (Note there is a stand-in Imperial Seal as well which has a "crystal" made of translucent rubber that was used for the scene where the Imperial Seal is tossed around.)

Finally, a screen shot from a closing scene in the movie with Jackie Chan's character holding the Imperial Seal after it was successfully retrieved.