December 17, 2020 Recap

Donovan Lucas played a fine game, and for him I really should not blame.
He got $25,920 in loot, that's cash and a trip to Antigua I should hoot.
"But he failed to say MANUAL JUICER (In The Kitchen CDMIH), and the Ford Edge won't be won" says the producer.
Now on this fine Thursday, this shall be more than just okay.

Previous Episode

EPISODE #7299: 🎄CONSUMER CELLULAR SECRET SANTA HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY II🎄
AIR DATE: 12/17/20

$1,000 Tossup: Food & Drink

A / _ _ G / _ _
_ _ _ / C _ _ _ A

Dawn quickly sips up A MUG OF HOT COCOA. She the only SoCal resident from this trio (and another one's not from California)...

Dawn Kramer: San Marcos. Kindergarten teacher for 15 yrs. at Magnolia ES of the Carlsbad Unified School District. Married to a law enforcement officer w/ 3 kids. In her spare time, she likes to collect medals while running 1/2 marathons, 10K's, and 5K's.
Cary Berner: Las Vegas, NV (orig. from Detroit, MI). Vicece president of human resources for a very iconic hotel casino on the Las Vegas strip. Married to Luke for 6 yrs. (they love to travel) and sings in the San Diego Gay men's Chorus.
Giavanni Coleman: Dublin. 5th & 6th grade STEAM teacher. Has a partner (Eric) for 10 yrs. and 3 boys (they like to build blocks).

Oddly enough, the applause track is quite subdued.

$2,000: In The Kitchen

_ O O _ E N
R O L _ I _ _ / P I N

Dawn's tripled up with a WOODEN ROLLING PIN.

Round 1: Song Lyrics

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _
_ / _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Dawn: $900 (5 N's), 3 I's, Consumer Cellular (T), 2 E's, Solve Attempt ($4,500 + CC)...

_ _ _ _ I N _ / I N
_ / _ I N T E _
_ _ N _ E _ _ _ N _

PERFECTION! Dawn's made a hat-trick with "WALKING IN A WINTER WONDERLAND" and claims the gift tag.

Pre-Round 2 Scores:
Giavanni: Haven't Heard from Her
Dawn: $8,500
Cary: Spinning Next

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Prevagen Mystery Round: Same Letter

_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _

Cary: WILD (T), 

Giavanni: $700 (3 R's), 4 A's, $600 (F - $450 at risk)

Dawn: LOSE A TURN! $800 (Same Letter of 5 C's), 5 E's, $650 (4 S's), 2 I's, $3,500 (3 N's), MYSTERY near $650 (D and DECLINES), 2 O's (No More Vowels!), ONE MILLION!!! (B), Solve Attempt ($18,350 + MDW)...

C A _ E S
C O O _ I E S
C R A N B E R R I E S
C A N D _ / C A N E S

After all that, Dawn solves CAKES, COOKIES, CRANBERRIES, CANDY CANES for a big bundle of cash AND the sparkly green wedge!

Duds: T (Cary), F (Giavanni)

Pre-Round 3 Scores:
Giavanni: Spinning Next
Dawn: $26,850 + MDW
Cary: Called One Letter

Dawn admitted that the top word gave her a bit of trouble. And we see some more contestants share their holiday traditions. Zack (who's not a contestant for the sweeps) Zack takes a road trip with his family to see some snow-capped mountains since it rarely snows in L.A. Davina's family gets together with her grandmother on Christmas Eve because grandma would bake cookies with her grandkids, great-grandkids and great-great-grandkids and kids open one of their gifts.

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Prize Puzzle/Express Round: What Are You Doing?

_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Giavanni: $650 (2 N's), I, FREE PLAY DUD?, WILD (G), A ($650 at risk)

Dawn: $500 (S)

Cary: $550 (T), BANKRUPT! ($650 - $550 lost)

Giavanni: $650 (F)

Dawn: $650 (R)

Cary: $900 (2 L's), $650 (C - $1,800 at risk)

Giavanni: $900 (H)

Dawn: $600 (M), Solve Attempt ($600)...

T _ N I N G
M _ / _ _ _L _ L _

Dawn won't be TUNING MY UKULELE, but she's won a trip to OAHU (The Laylow Autograph Collection + FlightGuru) worth $7,866 for a total of $8,466 that round.

Duds: A (Giavanni), S (Dawn), F (Giavanni), R (Dawn), C (Cary), H (Giavanni)
Bankrupt: Cary

Pre-Triple Tossup Scores:
Giavanni: Coal Alert
Dawn: $35,316 cash & HI + MDW
Cary: Coal Alert

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Triple Tossup: Fun & Games

1.

S _ O _ _ O A _ D _ _ G

"Snow" appears in all 3 and Cary's on the board with SNOWBOARDING.

2.

B U _ _ _ I N G / A
_ N O _ / F _ R T

Cary's also BUILDING A SNOW FORT.

3.

_ H A _ _ N _ / A
S N O _ / _ _ O B E

Giavanni also breaks through with SHAKING A SNOW GLOBE.

Round 4: The 90's

_ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _
_ _ _ _

SPEEDUP TIME

Final Spin: $1,500

Giavanni: R
Dawn: T
Cary: N
NULL CYCLE
Giavanni: H
Dawn: 2 L's
Cary: 2 M's
Giavanni: P
Dawn: 3 E's

T _ _ _ L E / M E
E L M _

Dawn must have known a lot of kids who had a TICKLE ME ELMO, and she has won $4,500 and a chance (Finally!) to play for a million in the Bonus Round!

Aired Duds: N (Cary), H & P (Giavanni)
Unclaimed: $3,000 (Cary)

Final Scores:
Giavanni: $2,000
Dawn: $39,816 cash & HI + MDW!
Cary: $4,000

Giavanni Spin ID: SH4475470 (Sandra H.)
Cary Spin ID: SS01783 (Stanley S.)

Maingame Total: $45,816
Bankrupt Trash: $550

Dawn could possibly set a new record with these BR topics...

• People
• Thing
• Phrase

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FIRST MILLION DOLLAR BONUS ROUND OF THE SEASON

Dawn's hoping the super big one is under the *.

RSTLNE:

_ _ N _ _ _ _
_ _ _ S

CDMA:

_ _N _ C _ _
_ _ D S

All Dawn could say is CADS. Given her occupation, she should know that she taught a lot of FINICKY KIDS throughout the years. But alas, she does not solve...





























































































































...and it thankfully was not the record-maker, but she does lose a nice cash sum in the amount of $50,000. End Total: $39,816 cash & HI.

Million Location: N of SPIN

Dawn Spin ID: TS2873992 (Tanya S.)

Closing Chat: Vanna's job ain't that easy - she just got a paper cut on one of the fingers she uses on the letters.

Personal Rating: 8 (for that MDBR)

Well, it's finally done. Every Secret Santa episode this season is finished. And I'll give my sweeps rating here.

Sweeps Rating: 6

Click here for the finale of Secret Santa 2020, written by woffan4ever.