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Similar to the game "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" This activity has a distinctly Christmas theme. Can be done in groups or individually, depending upon level and student preference.
Students are given a MISSING poster and a "police report" as well as their own "clue" paper in order to keep track of the countries visited and clues given.
The first clue is given on the "police report," leading them to find the first country by looking for key words in the short paragraphs about Christmas traditions for that country. Once Ss find the first country, they can read the clue pasted on the back of the country description. Ss read the next clue and go from there. When Ss think that they know the answer, they tell the JTE or ALT where Santa's sleigh is.

Warm up: your choice

Intro: introduce vocab needed for activity (if any)
form groups
pass out posters, etc.
　　　　
Go over instructions and read the first clue together. Then, set Ss loose to solve the mystery. Hints may be necessary and some monitoring is necessary as well to keeps some Ss on task.

I gave out Christmas stickers when the Ss found the sleigh, but tis not necessary.