I have no idea what puzzle I bought. Let's try to solve it.

[@KarenPuzzles]

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[@KarenPuzzles]

Thank you everyone for watching my videos all year! I’ll be taking a little time off for the holidays, but I have so many plans for puzzles and videos to work on in the new year. I hope you all have a great holiday filled with lots of puzzling!

[@jeancarroccino8574]

Happy holidays all🎉🎉

[@eosrose6126]

Happy holidays 🎉

[@KimSimful]

Have a great holiday! We’ll be waiting! ❤️🌲

[@KitD2365]

Happy holidays! Have a wonderful break! You've earned it!

[@xtina1610]

Enjoy your break, Karen!! I hope to make it to a Puzzle competition this year thanks to you!! Merry Christmas! (Or happy holidays!) ❤💚❤️💚❤️

[@ynes6658]

It was probably also a good way for them to get rid of puzzles that didn't sell as much as they had hoped.

[@K775-v5r]

My thought was the same. They probably decided after Christmas was over they wanted to get rid of all their left over Christmas stock.

[@KarenPuzzles]

MORE INFO (Please upvote) - I forgot to check Reddit while doing the research for the video, and a few people messaged me about their copies after I posted the teaser video. So we can start filling out the list- 1: Cathedral (Challenger Series) 18: Wildlife Portraits 19: The Wave of the Future 28: Santa Claus is Coming to Town I also got a message about one with the Nordevco puzzle “Numbers” but the sticker was pulled off the box. If any of you have found another one, I’d love to know which puzzle you got and what number it was!

[@RuthBhmand]

I strongly suspect your number is not 28 but 2.8 So series 2 random puzzle 8. (It makes sense to me as a math geek)

[@Hanaconda_Aquaponics]

​@@RuthBhmand I was thinking the same thing.

[@aartadventure]

Someone in your shorts video said they had one with ducks (maybe the wildlife portrait?)

[@greg.murphy]

That the first 5 puzzles are a single digit makes me think it's 28.

[@itslukemott]

I mentioned that in another comment, but I don't think yours is number 28,but that it's an old price tag for someone selling the puzzle for 2.8 $ The other numbers were in yellow circles and as others pointed out it looks more like "2.8" than 28. I have seen a lot of old prices indicated like that especially on self made / reselling price tags. So I would try looking under the sticker if there is another number hiding there

[@fugithegreat]

Doesn't everyone have a "mystery puzzle" in their house, where the box was completely destroyed but a ziploc bag of puzzle pieces still clings to life? Just my family?

[@KarenPuzzles]

Good point, I’ve definitely had a few of those over the years 😂

[@dhpbear2]

Those are my FAVORITE! (see above!)

[@mormornie]

I have just a regular plastic bag with pieces, maybe that's the sign I gotta get to it and remember what's in that puzzle!

[@melijay22]

Lol

[@CornlinNZ]

I have mystery puzzle #19 at home! My husband and I bought it at a used book fair earlier this year, and we're in New Zealand so amazing that it was found across the world. It was unopened and still wrapped in plastic, we had a blast doing it. We had tried researching about it but couldn't find much online so he made a reddit post and some commenters had mentioned your name as someone who collected/may know a lot about old Nordevco puzzles. It was a cool full circle moment as the only reason I had looked at the puzzle section and purchased this one was because I had started watching your puzzle videos a few weeks prior and was inspired. And now to see one of these on your video is awesome too! I had intended to look into if I could send you the #19 puzzle but I just never got around to it, I would be happy to if you'd like it for a collection :)

[@TheNutsoCharles]

A photograph of you, in your filming area, with a dog you don't recognize, and he's bringing you a newspaper with a date visible over the fold -- and it's from next week!

[@KarenPuzzles]

Maybe if I was inside a Black Mirror episode 😂

[@SprongBobbles]

the coincidence that this puzzle was christmas themed is so funny 🤣 happy to have watched you all year, Karen, and i can’t wait for more next year! looking forward to the next giant puzzle 😉

[@oddgarrett2619]

The only thing I'm not clear about is whether Karen knew it was going to be Christmas themed before she opened it. 😆

[@seriliaykilel]

I freaking loved the tournament series but also excited to get back to regular programing! Thanks for another wonderful year of videos!! Happy holidays!

[@Sandra.p.]

I started watching your videos a few months ago and started puzzling again after not having done it for years. And now my husband and I puzzle together for a couple of hours every night after dinner, mainly Jan Van Haasteren and a few Wasgij puzzles. It's my favorite time of the day and it's all because I started watching your video 😊 Merry Christmas 🎅 from Sweden!

[@catouniverse]

I usually do my puzzles without looking at the reference image, so I would LOVE a mystery puzzle! I'm going to rope my mom into doing what you said and buying a puzzle and just giving me the bag and don't let me see the box until I'm done! It's such a great idea!

[@SD-ed8is]

There is a company in Germany that does mystery puzzels. So if you're in Europe you could probably also get those

[@protoman21]

I used to never look at the box while doing puzzles, but after watching all of your speed puzzling videos, looking at the box feels less like "cheating" to me, so I will reference the box now with no guilt!

[@innnak1]

I LOVE the little coincidence that the puzzle was Christmas themed! I have been so busy that the holidays have snuck up to me, and this was the first time I heard any Christmas music or watched anything remotely Christmas themed. It's making me at least a little bit excited for the whole thing. ❤😊

[@jandaddamio8624]

When my husband bought me puzzles, he would always hide the box and just give me the bag of pieces so I have done many puzzles this way. Good job on the World's videos!

[@marielaurence6999]

I once did a mystery puzzle "not on purpose"! I bought a brand new puzzle from the Eurographics vintage stamps series. When I opened it and started working on it with my sister, It took us about 5 to 10 minutes before we realized the stamps on the puzzle were not the same as the puzzle on the box! it was another puzzle from the series, clearly a packaging error. I count this as another type of mystery puzzle! 😂😂 Thank you for all the fun videos Karen, it's a pleasure to watch them. have a great holiday.

[@Kate-oz2hf]

I got a mystery puzzle once for Christmas, and I really enjoyed it! The picture was a mystery, but it also had a built in mystery to solve using clues in the puzzle. It was my first time doing a puzzle without a reference, and I found it so satisfying!

[@lyn6768]

Just this week I have finally found&bought a puzzle that I've been searching for, FOR 20 YEARS!!! Good luck to everyone who has been searching for long lost puzzles; the hope is still out there! Merry Christmas everyone.

[@janell1919]

Hi Karen. I've been a subscriber to your channel for only the past few months but have also watched a lot of your older videos when they show up on my KZbin recommendations. During covid lockdowns here in Australia, I started doing Wasgij puzzles having not done any jigsaws since my children were young over 50 years ago. You never know what Wasgij puzzles will be until you've done them and they are the only types of puzzles I ever do. I've done 80 since 2020 & have over 60 puzzles in my walk-in cupboard waiting to be done. I love not knowing what the puzzle will be and they are such funny & amusing puzzles. Love your channel especially the competition videos. I am definitely NOT a speed puzzler but I find it very relaxing and good for my brain stimulation so I try to do a couple of hours puzzling every afternoon. Looking forward to more videos from you after the holidays. 😍

[@MackenzieMesservey]

Finding out you have a KZbin/long format videos was a huge Xmas present for me 😭♥️ you’ve one of my favourite creators you seem so down to earth like listening to a friend x :) you have me the courage to finally attempt the puzzle my husband got me last Xmas on my own I’m majorly intimidated 😆

[@Albedo12]

When I was a kid, we had a bunch of old wooden jigsaw puzzles that were no longer in their boxes, and most had no picture to work from. Several had been made by my uncle, using an actual jig-saw and art prints glued onto plywood. Lots of swirly interesting shapes in his designs, which unfortunately meant that some pieces were quite fragile and had got broken over the years.

[@mediumjohnsilver]

I once worked in an office in which we would bring in jigsaw puzzles to work on during downtime - a few pieces before a meeting, while waiting for feedback, or after work. One time we had a bag of pieces with no box, so no image to reference. It was a Christmas puzzle with about a third of the pieces missing, but we solved what there was, enough to locate the full image online. Merry Christmas, Karen. 🎄

[@GailMcCormick]

I found an 80s mystery puzzle from Bits & Pieces at the thrift store. (The box just says "secrets" on it!) The image was not at all what I expected! 🤣

[@jillmartin8255]

I definitely prefer to have an image. I only started puzzling because one of your videos randomly popped as a suggestion and you got me hooked, so I am very much a beginner. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and all your family.

[@remybaker7831]

My guess was a train in a winter landscape, so in the neighborhood at least. Also the poinsettia gives me hope for future Lego content, Lego sets are a kind of puzzle 😸

[@KarenPuzzles]

I love Legos but just doing them for fun. I don’t need to make content about everything 😅

[@mo-ellen]

Springbok offered a mystery puzzle option on their website around Christmas a few years ago. It just came as the bag of pieces, no puzzle box. It was one of the regular puzzles so I assume there was a variety of puzzles that got shipped out from it. It was really fun to do a puzzle with no knowledge of what the picture would be.

[@theoneandonlymagnum]

Thank you for the professional quality worlds footage and the high quality videos you keep putting out! Happy holidays and a good new year without missing pieces! 😊

[@greetjeb7030]

What a great puzzle! In the Netherlands we have whats called "Wasgij" puzzles and they are a kind of mysterie puzzles. The image you puzzle is different then what you see on the box. I really love those. Happy Holidays.

[@KarenPuzzles]

I’ve done a few of those! I really like them too 😊

[@Sandra.p.]

I literally came here to talk about the wasgij puzzles, I like them to! 😊

[@captdaf]

I did a Mystery Wasgij puzzle (opera robbery) yesterday, great fun to have some references but also a bunch of differences. :)

[@alysemarie8313]

I am really happy that something inspired you to decorate for Christmas. It obviously made you happy. A Christmas image any othet time would have been disappointing.

[@MahrukhKhan-mw8gp]

wonderful video at the end of 2024. Karen, as a long term viewer from back in 2021 I started puzzling with my mom to bond with her during her chemo therapy days. You are the reason along with my mom why puzzles and doing them has a special place in my heart. Please stay safe and take good care of yourself Love M

[@TheShadowlight85]

My sister gave me 2 thousand-piece puzzles as mystery puzzles for Christmas last year. She kept the packaging and put the bags with the pieces in a pretty box under the Christmas tree. I had a lot of fun with the puzzles!

[@mormornie]

Wooooo, surpise puzzle turning out to be a vintage Christmas illustration, and you getting to it near Christmas just because you were putting it off is such a nice coincidence! And it's so cute, too! I did a puzzle that had a colour gradient AND a bunch of textures all around, so I barely looked at the box other than to orientate the puzzle properly, and figure out which big feather goes where. Especially since the printed image was smaller than puzzle, of course, and I wouldn't be able to even see some of the finer details. Yet I have never done one fully without a box! Have a nice break, and happy holidays!😊

[@jenemica]

I find puzzling without looking at the box more relaxing. Well as long as the puzzle image is fairly simple 😊 we have a little puzzle club at work and we have had few mystery puzzles - someone has brought just the pieces. Those have been 500 piece puzzles with distinctive pictures and everyone has loved those! So I highly recommend trying that 😊

[@laregimbal]

I do a "mystery" puzzle of sorts. I buy my own puzzles, but when I do them, I put the box away. So I have an idea of what the puzzle is, but I don't reference any picture. I love that feeling of having figured out how it all goes together! Happy holidays, Karen! ❤❤❤

[@highpath4776]

In the UK we had / have day and half day coach trips out, often from or to holiday destinations. They would be advertised on boards - eg in Central Devon one could go , depending on day of week to Minehead, Plymouth, Brixham, Padstow . There would also be "mystery tour" where the destination was not revealed until you arrived - normally at a place with a tea room and so on. One couple were on holiday for a week and decided to try the mystery tour - It went to Western-Super-Mare. the town they normally lived in !

[@UngodlyFreak]

Oh! So that's where The Beatles got the name for the album "Magical Mystery Tour".

[@davidioanhedges]

​@@UngodlyFreakyep, that's exactly what the song was about

[@AZPapillion2000]

It depends on my mood. Sometimes I use a reference image, sometimes no! Happy Holidays Karen and enjoy your time with your family!

[@Zatnicatel]

Schrödinger's puzzle!

[@williamnathanael412]

It's square and circle in a superposition!

[@highpath4776]

@@williamnathanael412 or random puzzle of cat, one alive, one dead ?

[@allandavies9862]

We have done one: the puzzle was different from the pic on the box. A mystery puzzle. Great fun! Be fully blessed now and always. Merry Christmas. 😊

[@danielleking262]

What odd shapes! but how fun once you finally fit that middle piece in between to know you're not crazy for putting them there 😂😂❤

[@rpennybrown]

What a surprise, those convex edge pieces! (...concave being a bend that shows being sunken down, not bubbled upward). 7:54

[@jacquelinebell6201]

Lovely to see you doing a nice relaxed puzzle! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@justinmaxwell4140]

I wonder how often mystery puzzles are/were used for overruns or puzzles they otherwise had left over or had been sent back. It would be an easy way to move stock they otherwise might be stuck with. Especially in this case as it looks like there was a date on the Christmas puzzle, so if it doesn’t sell in that year, you can take it back, and just put it into a cheap and easy to print mystery puzzle box and ship it back out. Would be a good way to manage their inventory.

[@valsewell5418]

I always do my puzzles, without using the image, but to have no idea at all what you’re getting, sounds even more fun.

[@eilishf6005]

I loved the world puzzle competition series. However, I would be ok if you wanted to break them up further. You could even add a sitcom element to it. With "Previously on... " or "To be continued..." There was a moment between two of the competitions I thought you were going to do a "next time on...." That way, you can get more content & videos out of the world series. As it is so close to vlogmess time of year, you could add a vlogmess element to it. Enjoy your break!

[@CallistoSangre]

I've never done a mystery puzzle, where I didn't see the reference photo at all, but I did do a puzzle without looking at the box. (It was my niece's 30-element MLP puzzle, so it was fairly easy lol.) I prefer having an image in front of me, since I fancy colourful and busy puzzles. Thank you so much for all the work you've put out this year! I loved the Worlds videos, the thrill of the competition. Have a calm and good break, and happy holidays!

[@therealninjess]

My friend is a librarian and brought me a cute cat puzzle from their collection. As I sorted the pieces, it looked like human hair, not fur... And there was a lot of wicker and lace. And then I found the creepy doll eyes. It turned out it was Springbok's Dolls' Tea Party that had somehow ended up in the wrong box. I managed to get the border and some of the larger details assembled before I googled and found a picture of the cover, which I used to position the floating faces and figure out which lace pattern went with which doll. So I did ~50% as a complete mystery, and the rest looking at a miniscule, low-res pic on my phone.

[@aliaungst1174]

This is the PERFECT inventory surplus plan. I love it.

[@PepeHerreraH]

Thank you, Karen. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🫂

[@dorothysirantova7467]

Karen please do Ravensburger Escape Puzzle Circle. Because of your videos I started puzzling and bought this 919 piece puzzle for Christmas 🎄. It is super cool. I think I'm gonna go tomorrow and buy the other box as well. Thank you for your contagious energy! Love from 🇺🇦

[@clairewilliams2978]

I love Karen's puzzles so much. I've been doing puzzles as a kid and now my daughter is loving them too. I would have to have competed back in the day but I don't think I would be a very good speed puzzler! Merry Christmas Karen enjoy your well deserved break 🎉

[@jmg999]

Thanks for another year of wonderful, thoughtful content, Karen! I hope that you enjoy the holiday season, and I wish you happiness, health, and prosperity in the new year.

[@alecralph6667]

Thank you for a wonderful year of puzzles, puzzling and competions. All the very best for Christmas and the New Year to you and your family, and not forgetting the 300,00+ subscribers.

[@AuntGrace]

Your work on the competition was great. 🎉 Hope you take a nice break and get to puzzle with your sister 😃

[@LindseyO]

My guess was a generic green landscape with trees and a river, but it was a fun surprise to see the Christmas theme! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Karen!🎄🥂 Enjoy the break, you deserve it! ❤️

[@blkrainbow1075]

Happy holidays to Karen and to all!!!

[@meeprific]

So fun that it ended up being Christmas themed!

[@andreacarter9545]

I love the research you do for all of your videos. And what a fun challenge to not have an image to work from. Happy holiday puzzling! 🧩❤

[@Serenity_Dee]

7:51 Convex. I remember which is which because conCAVE means the curve makes a little CAVE. Otherwise I would have to think a lot more about it and make that same mistake anyway.

[@ChakChakGuy]

the most common mnemonic in German to remember this is based on words for basically naughty and nice that rhyme with convex and concave respectively. And the mnemonic then goes if the girl was nice her belly is going to be concave, and if she was naughty she'll get pregnant and her belly will be convex, and yes they did teach us that at school.

[@Tahgtahv]

That's the way I remember it as well.

[@michaelavictoria1]

Yeah I always remember that concave is "caved in" haha

[@rach1607]

I know this because of Juno 😅

[@petrescuework-difficultcas6581]

Thank you, was looking for this comment

[@dhpbear2]

20:49 - I do the same thing with the puzzle-of-the-month *Completing the Puzzle* puzzles. I carefully pull out the bag of pieces and the return label, leaving the poster in the mailer, unseen.

[@TwinkTwinkle]

Happy holidays Karen! Thanks for so many fun videos this year

[@lourdestroche556]

I'm not a speed puzzler, so enjoyed this very much, Happy Holidays!!!

[@TheWizzylizzie]

Happy Holidays Karen! Hope you have a good rest xx

[@solamano7239]

Merry Christmas Karen! Hope you have a nice break! Thank you for providing us with so much entertainment!! 🎄🎀🎄🎀

[@tinevandenbruel8462]

Wasgij is a lovely serie of mystery puzzles, it gives a hint, but is still quite interesting.

[@jokedebock2747]

The longest time I worked on a puzzle was a “Wasgij” puzzle. The image on the box is not the image on the puzzle, so it is in fact a mystery puzzle. It was very satisfying to discover what the true image was.

[@You-Toob-name-here]

At 1:18 I think this image will be very busy like maybe a picture of collectibles

[@ilianakokkori2178]

The perfect cozy video to watch on the afternoon of my birthday hehe✨ happy holidays!

[@toramenor]

Happy holidays and... happy birthday! 🎉

[@ajlorentz]

Happy Birthday!!

[@cassandragough]

That is a lovely picture; I am a child of the 80s so its old fashioned vibe appeals. I was thinking puppies or kittens though when we were challenged to guess.

[@GreenVenus]

Happy holidays! I got an advent calendar with a mini puzzle in each day, and I'm gonna take it into work today and give one to each of the kids 😊

[@ImCassy]

Happy Holidays Karen - You brought me into the world of Puzzling and I will be forever grateful

[@aradda555]

This is what exactly I was looking for!!! Omg i cant believe you did this. I left a note to myself that I want to buy puzzle had no front image so I need to guess the full image while solving it at 21st December.... no way!!

[@noshinskoala]

happy holidays karen! the worlds videos were masterfully put together and edited. they were definitely worth the wait. but I also love to watch your “easier” videos to do like this. I love and appreciate how much care and passion you put into your videos! enjoy your well-deserved break!

[@Rach_Patato]

Happy holidays Karen! Thanks for all your vids this year, you reinvigorated my joy for puzzles 😊

[@DeerheartStudioArts]

Have a great break! never have done a mystery puzzle but might set it up w a friend. Thanks for great idea! 🦌💌❤️🧩

[@Enn-]

Merry Christmas Karen! Stay amazing!

[@danish_puzzler]

My guess on IG was umbrellas. I haven't exactly done this type of mystery puzzle, but I did buy a thrift store puzzle and quickly realized it wasn't the image on the box. That was fun! Both box and puzzle were Springbok so I found it in the database after it was complete and turned out to be the jellybean puzzle.

[@justsandy5062]

I loved the synergy of this video! I received a mystery wooden puzzle for my birthday this year and it was so much fun to put together and figure out :)

[@JeanandKenny]

Merry Christmas Karen. Your work on the the World's was fantastic and I LOVE this mystery puzzle. Have a great holiday!

[@teresapalomar3746]

Although I have an idea of the image I'm working on at any one time, I usually hide the lid while I'm working on any puzzle. One of the few exceptions to that habit is with Van Gogh's "A Starry Night." Way too many blue pieces!

[@jlilley73]

So you might say that ... this was a Secret Santa puzzle? 😆

[@KarenPuzzles]

omgggg 😂

[@jlilley73]

I'm honestly surprised to be the only one to make this joke 😅

[@melissawingfield8666]

Merry Christmas Karen ... you deserve the 2-week rest!

[@linolafettatnet]

Thank you for your chill videos, i always enjoy them. Enjoy your well deserved break :)

[@hazelhood7456]

Thanks to your videos, I’ve now got back into puzzling again. I have quite an old mystery puzzle which I just did. It’s an inspector Morse one and you just have a leaflet setting the scene. I’ve done it many times over the years and enjoy doing it

[@elizabethashley2313]

Enjoy your holiday break! ❤ I'll be doing a puzzle or two for my Disney princess Thomas Kincade puzzle collection. They're the primary wall decor for my little girls' rooms, and now that my youngest is two she gets to upgrade from her nursery decor. 😁

[@MariaHernandez-fk1on]

That's a nice coincidence! Thank you for the video! Merry Christmas and happy new year!

[@slytheringingerwitch]

Merry Puzzlemas puzzlers. Hope you and your family have a great Christmas.

[@ПереводГарриПоттера]

This turned out to be the perfect holidays video! Such a cool idea for a Christmas present! I would love a gift like mystery puzzle!) I certainly should give a hint to my friends!)))

[@MaggieFolkers]

Yes I have done a mystery puzzle. I was at a trade show where New York puzzles had a booth. They handed out just a bag of puzzle pieces. So fun. Just like you said. So easy to do with a friend, just give them a bag of pieces.

[@TheMrKristens]

I love when Karen's puzzles keep her on track for holidays. 🤣🤣🤣 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Karen. 🥰🥰🥰 Thank you for such wonderful breakdown videos of World's. I was still on the edge of my seat despite watching World's Live! 🫣😬🥰

[@jacquelinerwin6650]

That was fun. I've watched Janette and her puzzles do a couple that her sister picked out where she , Janette, hadn't seen the box. Closest I've come is hiding the box once I've opened it. Thanks for the year of puzzle fun. Happy holidays 🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@kaseyzimbelman4907]

I just bought two of your puzzles as Christmas gifts to myself at Barnes and Noble today! ❤

[@stacimyer-klein5387]

I once got a puzzle box that advertise 7 national Park puzzles, but none of the bags were labled. So it was a mystery bin the beginning

[@maryvallas772]

Merry Christmas, Karen, and a Very Happy New Year! 🎉

[@jennifermann7180]

I did several Artifact Mystery puzzles a few years ago. I often hide the cover image while doing a puzzle so that I only have the pieces to guide me. I like the extra challenge.

[@LJG7654]

What a fun coincidence! It was a perfect puzzle for this time of year! I've never done a mystery puzzle like this, though I've done a few where the image does not match the picture on the box (Puzzle Twist, Ravensburger Escape Room one, one where they forgot to change the box picture to match with the redesigned puzzle).

[@wendyeskelin8765]

You did a great job with the World's video's. I also love the tip for doing a mystery puzzle of your own with a friend. I am not a good enough puzzler to want to take on a puzzle with no photo. :)

[@Puppet_Doctor]

I think the image will be scenery at a lake with people having picnics. Thank you, Karen for the amazing Worlds content and I am looking forward to regular content again. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

[@hillyhills2787]

Mystery puzzle would be an awesome competition event. Real different skill there.

[@Shan-2024]

so fun to watch 😊, i asked for puzzles on my christmas wishlist so maybe i will get some and then join you properly and do puzzles "together"🤣, happy holidays to you and hope you have a great day ❤

[@krystalcotriss]

I've done a few mystery puzzles - one was a vintage Stave puzzle, which was AMAZING! Very cool how this puzzle ended up being Christmas themed ❤🎄

[@jessherselfable]

This video jogged my memory of something I used to think about all the time but haven’t for a while. There was an episode of Salute Your Shorts one time where two kids were in camp detention or something and they found a puzzle without a box. To add to the challenge, they decided to do it upside down, not revealing the image until it was fully put together. (The image was of ice cream if you’re wondering.) Anyway, is that something you’d consider trying? It couldn’t be any tougher than a solid color puzzle, right?