Even Logic Fails to Help

What is this?  Really.  What is this?

Is it a checkerboard?  If so, I can't figure out a way to fill in enough black squares to make it 64.

Is it a picnic cloth?  What does that have to do with Christmas?  Part of a striped scarf?  A wrapping paper* design?  A quilt?  For the life of me, I don't know what it is and why it's part of the Advent project.

Cracker-wise, last night was an orange crown and a tiny Rubik's Cube.

I have never had any luck at all with a Rubik's Cube, so this will remain cute and unturned.

This morning, another orange crown, and a little bag tag.

(Forgive the paper towel;  I was having an apple fritter.)

Tonight, a pretty shade of blue crown, and a ring toss game.  I've always loved little games --- remember the round ones where you had to roll the BBs into the holes?  Like those.  Loved them.

*I didn't mention it yesterday, but another proof of Kim's and my twinitude is that we both had jobs as gift wrappers.  So there's that.