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New Holidays

This is a verbal challenge.

The Challenge:

You must 3 new holidays to be celebrated in the new millennium and present them to the judges. Your presentation must include what each holiday will commemorate, who will celebrate it (USA or worldwide), how it will be celebrated, when it will celebrated and present a verbal "greeting" card.

The Scene:

You are the president of a greeting card company and you want to boost sales by adding some additional holidays.

Directions:

You will have a total of 6 minutes to complete this challenge (including your presentation to the judges).

Scoring:

20 points per holiday for the overall creativity
15 points for the creativity of each greeting card Creativity
20 points for the overall quality of presentation to judges
20 points for teamwork