Game Review: Holiday Helper

What's your opinion of humanity? I ask, because it's about to be lowered. Holiday Helper isn't really a "game" in any meaningful sense of the word. It's not really ANYTHING in any meaningful sense of any word, though it seems to be masquerading as a party planning assistant. That's what I get from the back, anyway: The box is almost seven by five inches and one and a half inches thick. There's room for quite a lot in here. Only, in this case, it's a lot of air. In case it's unclear just how ridiculous this is, here's a picture with everything - yes, everything - unpacked. Turns out, when the back makes a big deal about how the cards include 12 contests, 12 party themes, and 12 drink recipes, it neglects to mention these are crammed into the same 12 cards. That, two dice, and some cheap knickknacks are all that's included. The cards are ludicrously stupid. I'm not really sure who the target audience is for these