Santa is known for many traits such as his love of red clothing and his long white beard. A well-kept secret is that Santa’s beard grows exactly 1 cm per week. What is charming for some, however, causes extra work for … Continue reading14 – Which beard-trimming proposal should Santa choose?
The elves play different games during the weekends. The main aspect for them is that every rule is followed, the games are fair and everybody is having fun. Today, they agreed to play a round of “elf chess” where one … Continue reading13 – Fancy a round of elf chess?
Santa’s sleigh must be taken to one of four special sleigh workshops for inspections.One of these workshops is specially designed to keep the sleigh stable – but Santa has a small problem: he has completely forgotten which one is the … Continue reading12 – Which Workshop should the sleigh be taken to?
Santa continues refining the temperature-control system of his Christmas Hot Cocoa Machine. To train the elves, he asks them to explain what feedback really means. Five enthusiastic elves step forward… with five very different answers. Which elf is actually describing … Continue reading11 – What does feedback really mean?
Influencer is a new and trendy profession and for sure even elves are on social media and spread the news among themselves. At Candy-Workshop 3 there is an interesting network of who follows whom: Keep in mind that if one … Continue reading10 – Who to target as an elf-influencer?
For the annual Grand Elf Light Show, five elves are tasked with walking around the courtyard (see the map) while each holding the end of a light chain, with which they dramatically wave around in time to the music. The … Continue reading09 – Will the Grand Elf Light Show go smoothly—or end in a tangled disaster?
Santa wants to upgrade his legendary Christmas Hot Cocoa Boiler so it can keep up when he changes his mind — which he often does — about how sweet the cocoa should be. To help him, the elves designed a … Continue reading08 – Will the Elf-by-Elf sweetness regulation work as planned?
Elf Elfis is in charge of keeping a pot of warm punch cozy for the elves’ winter party. The punch is heated by placing candles under the pot. He knows that when the room temperature is 22 °C and he places … Continue reading07 – Two candles for the perfect cup of punch?
Santa is determined to keep the temperature inside his Christmas Workshop perfectly stable. But every now and then, when someone opens the giant wooden workshop door, a cold North-Pole draft blows in and chills the room. From previous experiments, the … Continue reading06 – Who controls the workshop temperature best?
The elves are out for a fun skating adventure! The ice rink is partly a frozen lake on the right side and partly an over-frozen meadow on the left side of the plot. (The border between the two areas is … Continue reading05 – How many cookies should the elves eat to stay safe on the ice?
