A MERRY CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Howde folks,

On behalf of Donald, myself and Lady M, I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and as my little present to you I am giving you a special quiz for Christmas. Answers next week!

1. How many Advent Sundays come before Christmas?
4

2. In which TWO Gospels can the story of the birth of Jesus be found?
MATTHEW & LUKE

3. Which angel visited Mary and Joseph?
GABRIEL

4. Why were Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem?
FOR THE CENSUS

5. Which Empire was ruling at the time of Jesus?
ROME

6. What gifts did the three wise men bring?
GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, & MYRRH

7. Who first dreamed of a 'White Christmas'?
BING CROSBY

8. What is the next line of this carol
    'The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown...'?
'OF ALL THE TREES THAT ARE IN THE WOOD, THE HOLLY BEARS THE CROWN'

9. What gift was given on the fifth day of Christmas?
5 GOLD RINGS

10. Who first introduced the Christmas tree into Britain and when?
PRINCE ALBERT, 1840

11. In what year was the first commercial Christmas card produced in Britain?
1843

12. Who produced it?
HENRY COLE

13. 26th December is known as 'Boxing Day'  and also the feast of St .......?
STEPHEN

14. In Sweden the Christmas season begins with St Lucia's Day, when is this?
DECEMBER 13TH

15. What date is Epiphany?
JANUARY 6TH

16. English children put stockings up for Santa to fill, what do French children put out?
SHOES, WOODEN CLOGS OR SABOTS

17. Father Christmas is also known as Saint ........?
NICHOLAS

18. Who wrote the poem, 'The Oxen'?
THOMAS HARDY

19. Scrooge and Tiny Tim are characters in which Dickens' story?
A CHRISTMAS CAROL

20. What symbol in the Grotto of the Church of Nativity marks the spot where Jesus was born?
A STAR