Christmas Movies
In this animated classic, a boy despairs that Christmas has become too commercial—until a friend reads straight from Luke 2 on stage.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This prophet wrote, “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.”
Who is Isaiah? (Isaiah 7:14)
Bethlehem is also called this
What is "City of David."
This carol announces, “Let earth receive her King,” reminding us that Christmas is about Christ’s reign, not just a baby in a manger.
What is “Joy to the World”?
Pastor Gary loves this bubbly beverage.
What is Diet Coke
This gift-exchange tradition is designed for maximum laughter and minimum budget, where the best strategy is often to “steal” instead of unwrap.
What is a White Elephant gift exchange?
In Elf, Buddy loudly celebrates discovering this legendary beverage at a New York café, declaring it to be the “world’s best” before congratulating every customer inside.
What is the world’s best cup of coffee?
God promised this patriarch, “In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,” a promise ultimately fulfilled in Christ.
Who is Abraham? (Genesis 22:18)
The angel told the shepherds: “You will find a Babe wrapped in ______ and lying in a ______.” Fill in both blanks.
What are swaddling cloths and a manger?
Originally a German poem titled “Stille Nacht” and first sung with a guitar in a small Austrian village, this carol is now one of the most famous in the world.
What is “Silent Night”?
In the mid-1930s, this Pentecostal denomination used Crosby as a mission outpost, sending circuit-riding preachers to the area.
What is the Assembly of God?
This sweet architectural pastime became a widespread holiday tradition after 19th-century European fairy-tale nostalgia—especially the popularity of Hansel and Gretel.
What is building a gingerbread house?
In "Its a wonderful life" this happens to George and Mary while dancing together.
They fall into a swimming pool.
This “minor prophet” foretold that a ruler in Israel would come from little Bethlehem Ephrathah.
Who is Micah? (Micah 5:2)
Luke records that a decree from this Roman emperor sent Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem for a census
Who is Caesar Augustus?
This haunting Advent hymn longs for Christ’s coming, asking Him to “ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here.”
What is “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”?
In the 1930s, this place near Crosby served as the railroad turn-around—long before paved roads or our current buildings existed.
What is Camp Union?
This tradition is the reason millions of parents suddenly become stealth-level operatives every December, moving a small visitor nightly to maintain morale—and mild holy fear.
What is Elf on the Shelf?
In the Christmas classic "A Christmas Story," this is the what Ralphie is continually told when he asks for a Red Rider BB gun.
What is "you'll shoot your eye out."
In Daniel 7, the prophet sees “One like the...” receiving an everlasting kingdom. This is the Old Testament vision behind Jesus’ favorite self-title.
What is the vision of the Son of Man?
Only two of the four Gospels include accounts of Jesus’ birth and childhood. Name both.
What are Matthew and Luke?
Written by Charles Wesley, this carol rejoices in “God and sinners reconciled,” packing a whole theology of the incarnation into one line.
What is “Hark! the Herald Angels Sing”?
Pastor Gary Began serving at Crosby Chapel in this year.
What is 2003
This tradition involves a snack so iconic that the bowl empties faster than your self-control, even though nobody remembers who first decided it was a “Christmas food.”
What is making/serving Chex Mix
In Home Alone, this is the name of the Bandits that perform a string of robberies on Kevin's block
What are the Wet Bandits
Genesis 3:15 is often called this Latin nickname meaning “first gospel,” because it hints that the woman’s offspring will crush the serpent’s head.
What is the Protoevangelium?
In the temple, this elderly man and this elderly woman both recognize the infant Jesus as the promised Savior. Name them both.
Who are Simeon and Anna?
Known in French as “Cantique de Noël,” this carol celebrates that “chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother,” and speaks of “a thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices.”
What is “O Holy Night”?
Name the three Village Missions pastors who served here, in order—starting with the one who arrived around 1976, then the one who came in 1981, and finally the one sent in 2002.
Who are Paul Brosey, Tom Weaver, and Tracy Benningfield?
This tradition turns your Christmas tree into a mini theology course: each ornament represents an Old Testament person, symbol, or promise that builds toward the coming of Christ—so by Christmas, your decorations have basically preached a sermon.
What is a Jesse Tree?