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tree

Middle English tre, from Old English treo, treow "tree," also "timber, wood, beam, log, stake;" from Proto-Germanic *trewam.

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monster

Reset all scores!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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shark

Other team loses 20 points!

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banana

Go to last place!

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trap

No points!

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magnet

Take 20 points!

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gift

Win 10 points!

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thief

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Santa Claus

American English, in reference to the customs of the old Dutch colony of New York, from dialectal Dutch Sante Klaas, Middle Dutch Sinter Niklaas -Saint Nicholas

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seesaw

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magnet

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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festive

From Latin festivus "festive, joyous, gay," from festum "festival, holiday," noun use of neuter of adjective festus "joyful, merry".

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angel

Fusion of Old English engel (with hard -g-) and Old French angele. Both are from Late Latin angelus, from Greek angelos.

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Scrooge

Generic for "miser," by 1905, from the name of the curmudgeonly employer in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol."

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mistletoe

Old English mistel "basil, mistletoe" + tan "twig," from Proto-Germanic *tainan "twig".

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bell

Old English belle, which has cognates in Middle Dutch belle, Middle Low German belle but is not found elsewhere in Germanic

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bauble

Early 14c., "showy trinket or ornament," from Old French baubel "child's toy, trinket," probably a reduplication of bel, from Latin bellus "pretty".

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wreath

Old English wriða "fillet, bandage, band" (literally "that which is wound around"). Meaning "ring or garland of flowers or vines" is first recorded 1560s.

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sleigh

1703, American and Canadian English, from Dutch slee, shortened from slede (sled/sledge).

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tinsel

Kind of cloth made with interwoven gold or silver thread, from Anglo-French tencele, Old French estencele, estincelle "spark, spangle"

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stocking

From Old English stocu "sleeve," which is related to Old English stocc "trunk, log". Probably because of resemblance of legs to tree trunks.

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present

From Old French present and directly from Medieval Latin presentia, from phrases such as French en present "(to offer)," mettre en present " place before, give,

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