Monday, December 26, 2016

Christmas Snowflake Matching Puzzle for 2016

Our annual Christmas puzzle is available now.
As in prior years, the reward for solving is a video Christmas card, but you'll need to figure out the password by solving the puzzle first.

Note: If you need some help, the full answer is posted here, but try solving it without help first... it's more fun that way.

Feel free to add a comment below to let us know that you successfully figured it out (without giving away the answer to others). We are always looking for new ideas for next year's Christmas puzzle, so submit those too.
Posted by Blaine at 9:58 PM
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22 comments:

  1. ViolinTeddyTue Dec 27, 01:00:00 AM PST

    I got the six letters and the word, but can't make the boxes TAKE the letters, so I don't know what to do to move forward.

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  2. wbogaczTue Dec 27, 03:08:00 AM PST

    You have to click the video link first, which will accept your discovered password there.

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  3. ronTue Dec 27, 10:42:00 AM PST

    What a jubilant, blissful, cheery Christmas card.

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  4. legolambdaTue Dec 27, 11:50:00 AM PST

    Thanks, Blaine, for sharing these smidgens of your wonderful family life with us Blainesvillians. Your family obviously understands the meaning of your puzzle password.

    "Cool" puzzle too (although I thought that "no two were alike"!). Thanks for this annual gift and for the yearlong gift of your blog, which "keeps on giving" us a forum for posting our puns, hints, links, piggyback puzzles, banter, bravado, wit, wisdom, spleen, gripes, giveaways, compliments, encouragements and occasional shamefully shameless plugs.

    LegoWondersWhatIsTheNameOfTheBlaineFamilyCheshireCat?

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    1. 68ChargerTue Dec 27, 12:37:00 PM PST

      I second that!

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    2. legolambdaTue Dec 27, 09:49:00 PM PST

      Oops, missed Blaine's naming of the kitties at the end of his video. They are "Zooey" and "Zelda."

      LegoWhoIsNowContemplatingThe"Rescue"OfTwoFelinesAndNamingThem"Franny"&F.Scott"

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  5. skydiveboyTue Dec 27, 02:05:00 PM PST

    Clever puzzle! Took me a few minutes too. Thanks for not including the ubiquitous FBI warning at the beginning of your film.

    H A P P Y N E W Y E A R !

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  6. Word WomanTue Dec 27, 02:21:00 PM PST

    Blaine, thanks for the snowflakes and the joyful cheer. Very happy to know about the Royal Gorge Cross-Country Ski Area. It will be a fun change from the Nordic Center at Snow Mountain Ranch in Frasier, CO.

    All the best to you and your family for 2017.

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  7. AlWed Dec 28, 05:06:00 AM PST

    Thanks for the card. Puzzle was tougher than it first appeared.

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  8. Word WomanWed Dec 28, 08:27:00 AM PST

    Blaine, both Lego and I are wondering how to shut down comments to a week's post on our blogs after the week ends. We are both getting a bunch of spam posts on older posts.

    Any insight is most appreciated. Thanks!

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    1. legolambdaWed Dec 28, 11:45:00 AM PST

      Yes, Blaine, what Word Woman said.

      LegoSaysTheOnlyGoodPlaceForSpamIsOnMyPlateAtBreakfast!

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    2. ecoarchitectWed Dec 28, 11:46:00 AM PST

      No blogger am I, but http://blogtimenow.com/blogging/enable-disable-comments-blogger-pages-posts/ seems to have instructions.

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    3. Word WomanWed Dec 28, 07:12:00 PM PST

      Thanks for that link, eco. Will take a look this evening.

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    4. BlaineThu Dec 29, 06:52:00 AM PST

      Look under Settings > Post, comments & sharing > Moderation. I picked Sometimes and set it to 14 days. In that way commenting is essentially closed after 2 weeks and only the recent posts can be commented on. Or I have to approve an older comment.

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    5. Word WomanThu Dec 29, 06:59:00 AM PST

      Thanks, Blaine! That's exactly what I needed.

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  9. janWed Dec 28, 05:51:00 PM PST

    Great video, Blaine! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family. And many thanks for hosting this blog. I see you've acquired a GoPro, or something like that. Next year, you need to ask Santa for a drone!

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    1. skydiveboyWed Dec 28, 06:13:00 PM PST

      But, jan, then it would be a doner.

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    2. BlaineThu Dec 29, 07:12:00 AM PST

      Yep, got it for my birthday in 2015. You probably noticed a few uses in the video for our Christmas Puzzle for 2015. It's hard coming up with activities that justify its use. Eventually we'll have to resort to POV shots from the couch.

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    3. skydiveboyThu Dec 29, 10:25:00 AM PST

      Or you could always take up skydiving.

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    4. BlaineThu Dec 29, 11:13:00 AM PST

      I'll leave that to you! The best I can manage is Indoor Skydiving over a big fan.

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    5. skydiveboyThu Dec 29, 11:44:00 AM PST

      Yeah, I watched that footage back when you first posted it. Had I known you were up here visiting I could have taken you all up to Snohomish and introduced you to the real thing, and with a nice discount too.

      I would not suggest you go to Lodi for the experience though. As far as taking up the sport, you are not the ideal candidate because in order to keep on the safe side it is highly (no pun intended) recommended for participants to be devoted to it and therefor current. You have way too many other activities for that to ever happen. It is not a sport for everyone.

      Happy New Year!

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    6. janThu Dec 29, 11:54:00 AM PST

      Imagine how many fewer fall injuries there'd be if every room had a fan like that! I want one.

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