Presents Under the Tree Jigsaw Puzzle

Presents Under the Tree at every size

Par is the time your score is measured against at that size. The rest is measured from the picture itself: how many pieces have a near-twin by colour once it is cut.

What the picture shows

The floor under a decorated Christmas tree on Christmas morning. The tree fills the top centre, hung with baubles, a nutcracker, a rocking horse, felt snowflakes, gold stars and red bows. Below it rises a pile of presents in plaid, holly-print, reindeer-print, snowflake and gold papers. A tabby-and-white cat sleeps curled on a present on the left. A toy steam train with a green engine and red carriages runs on a curved track round the front of the pile. On the right a fire burns in a stone fireplace, with stockings under a lit garland and a red poinsettia. A green armchair and a window onto snowy trees fill the left, and a red patterned rug covers the bottom.

Solving Presents Under the Tree

The wrapping papers repeat the same red, green and cream, so at 50 pieces about 7 pieces in 10 have a near-twin. The pile stays at about 7 in 10 at 100 pieces, then climbs to about 9 in 10 at 1000. The cat, the train and the fireplace stay easy at every size, and fewer than 1 piece in 10 is plain.

Start with the sleeping cat, then the toy train and its track. Build the fireplace next, with the stockings and the poinsettia. Place the nutcracker and the rocking horse on the tree, then the baubles round them. Sort the presents by paper and build the pile one box at a time. Add the armchair and the window. The rug and the floor are last.

Presents Under the Tree sits in the middle of the Christmas set at 50 pieces, with about 7 pieces in 10 that have a near-twin. At 100 pieces it drops into the easier half of the set, and from 500 up it stays in the middle.

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