Christmas Music
This song presents a series of questions to the mother of Jesus
What is 'Mary Did You Know?' ?
This song includes the line: "With angelic hosts proclaim - 'Christ is born in Bethlehem' "
What is 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' ?
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In this early story, a 'seed of woman' was promised to come to the world to crush evil.
What is 'The Fall' ? (Genesis 3)
In the event often called the 'Anunciation', this angel had an important message to bring to a humble young girl
Who is Gabriel?
It was in the third century AD when Christians became curious about when Jesus was born, before finally accepting this date to celebrate His birth.
What is December 25th ?
John McClane visits his estranged wife Holly over the Christmas holidays in this Christmas classic
What is Die Hard?
This song includes the lyrics "Let every heart prepare Him room"
What is "Joy to the World" ?
This song has the chorus 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo', which means 'Glory to God in the Highest'
What is 'Angels We Have Heard on High' ?
We are given the beginnings of a family tree for Jesus in a promise made to this patriarch.
Who is Abraham? (Genesis 22)
This emperor decided to take a census of 'all the inhabited earth'
who is Caesar Augustus?
By the 9th century AD, Christmas was widely celebrated by Christians. But this other Christian holiday was held in much higher esteem at that time.
What is Easter? (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas)
A family of juvenile delinquents act out the Christmas Story in this comedy
What is 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' ?
The chorus of this song reminds us that this season recalls good news: " O tidings of comfort and joy "
What is 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen' ?
This song is sometime sung by 3 Tenors, proclaiming "Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices"
What is 'O Holy Night' ?
A father prophesied over this one of his 12 sons that 'the scepter would not depart' from his family.
Who is Judah? (Genesis 49)
Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem from this city in order to be counted.
What is Nazareth?
This popular item used to decorate the home didn't become a tradition until the 17th century
What is the Christmas Tree?
In 'A Charlie Brown Christmas', this character tells the story of the angels appearing to the shepherds, ending with the phrase 'and that's what Christmas is all about'
Who is Linus?
In the song 'O Come Emmanuel', Emmanuel is promised to come to these people.
Who is Israel ?
This song's name comes from the latin word for 'birth'. Its lyrics tell of the angel's visit to the shepherds
What is 'The First Noel' ?
This prophet foretold that the messiah would be born in Bethlehem
Who is Micah?
To announce the birth of the messiah, the Lord sent an angel to this group of people.
Who are the shepherds?
The puritans originally banned the celebration of Christmas due to this practice.
What is gift-giving?
In 'It's a Wonderful Life', we are told this happens every time a bell rings.
What is 'an angel gets his wings' ?
This beautiful carol tells a true story of a Duke who braves harsh winter conditions to help a poor man.
What is 'Good King Wenceslas' ?
In this song, James Montgomery imagined God instructing the angels: " ye who sang creation's story, now proclaim Messiah's birth ".
What is "Angels from the Realms of Glory" ?
This prophet foretold that God's son would come out of Egypt
Who is Hosea?
As Jesus was presented at the temple, this man saw baby Jesus and said 'my eyes have seen your salvation'
Who is Simeon? (Luke 2)
This beloved Christmas Eve tradition has been practiced for centuries in the protestant churches.
What is 'candlelight services' ?
In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is warned to change his ways by this man's ghost
Who is Jacob Marley?