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- 4. Which town in Israel was Jesus’s boyhood home?
- 5. What do we call red wine made with spices and served warm during the festive season?
- 8. Which Hebrew word, meaning 'the anointed one', appears frequently in the Bible?
- 11. Which character from the first Harry Potter novel said, 'One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.'?
- 12. Which member of the current British Royal Family prepares a speech that is broadcasted on Christmas Day?
- 13. Which classical ballet tells the story of a girl who visits the Land of Sweets on Christmas Eve?
- 16. Name the reindeer that is missing from this list: Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Rudolph, and Vixen.
- 17. Who is the Patron Saint of Children?
- 19. What type of cake is traditionally eaten at Christmas time in Italy?
- 23. What huge Christmas gift did France give to the United States of America in 1886?
- 24. In C.S. Lewis novel, The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, it was 'always _________ but never Christmas’.
- 26. Stars, needle, plate (flat), dendrite, column, lacy, and capped column are the six main types of what?
- 27. Which popular Christmas plant originates from Mexico and has large, bright red bracts?
- 28. Which of the gifts presented to Jesus by the Magi was commonly used as an anointing oil?
- 29. How many candles are traditionally placed on an Advent wreath excluding the white candle that is sometimes placed in the center?
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- 1. In the National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation movie, what creature did the Griswold family discover living in their Christmas Tree?
- 2. In which movie does Tom Hanks quote, 'Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.'?
- 3. What was Little Jack Horner eating in the famous nursery rhyme?
- 6. In the song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', three hundred and _______________ gifts are given in total.
- 7. What name is used to refer to a baby reindeer?
- 9. What is the opening line to the famous Christmas song 'Santa Claus is Coming to Town'?
- 10. Which famous character was visited by the Ghosts of the Christmas past, present and yet to come?
- 14. What is the name of the Grinch's dog?
- 15. In which ocean is Christmas Island located?
- 18. What do you call a group of people who go from door to door singing Christmas songs?
- 20. The Christmas Carol 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' brings tidings of what?
- 21. What was the first Christmas song broadcasted from space in 1965?
- 22. Balsam, Douglas, Fraser and Noble are all types of what?
- 25. Which Christian feast day is also known as Three Kings Day?
- 28. The term 'Boxing Day' derives from the collection of _________ in boxes at church?