Nativity Story
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100

This town was the birthplace of Jesus

What is Bethlehem

100

This Old Testament prophet said the Messiah would be born of a virgin.

Who is Isaiah?

100

“All I Want for Christmas Is You” was recorded by this singer who’s become known as the “Queen of Christmas.”

Who is Mariah Carey?

100

This movie features Kevin McCallister accidentally left behind for Christmas.

What is Home Alone?

100

This red-nosed animal leads Santa’s sleigh in popular culture.

Who is Rudolph?

200

This woman was Jesus’ mother.

Who is Mary?

200

This Old Testament prophet wrote most extensively about a coming Messiah in chapters 7 and 9.

Who is Isaiah?

200

Boyz II Men famously performed a Christmas duet of “Let It Snow” with this R&B singer, who later collaborated with them again in the 2000s.

Who is Brian McKnight?

200

This animated film features a green monster stealing holiday cheer from Whoville.

What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

200

This four-week period leading up to Christmas is observed in many Christian traditions.

What is Advent?

300

These nighttime laborers were the first to hear the angels’ announcement of Jesus’ birth.

Who are the shepherds?

300

According to prophecy, the Messiah would be a descendant of this king — a royal ancestor from whom many Judean rulers came.

Who is David?

300

This TLC Christmas song begins “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays” and appeared on the 1993 album A LaFace Family Christmas.

What is Sleigh Ride by TLC?

300

In the movie Elf, Buddy travels to this city to find his father.

What is New York City?

300

This figure, inspired by St. Nicholas, brings gifts to children in many countries.

Who is Santa Claus?

400

Joseph learned about Jesus’ birth from this kind of divine messenger.

What is an angel?

400

The prophet who predicted that a ruler would come from a small Judean town later visited by shepherds.

Who is Micah?

400

“This Christmas,” a modern R&B holiday staple, was originally recorded in 1970 by this soul singer known for “The Ghetto.”

Who is Donny Hathaway?)

400

In A Charlie Brown Christmas, this blanket-holding character reads the Nativity passage from Luke 2.

Who is Linus?

400

This word means “God with us” and is often used at Christmas to describe Jesus fulfilling prophecy.

What is Emmanuel (or Immanuel)?

500

This ruler ordered the census that brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.

Who is Caesar Augustus?

500

This major prophetic chapter in this prophetic book foretells a “Servant” who will be pierced and bear the sins of many — a passage later quoted in the New Testament to describe Jesus.

What is Isaiah 53?

500

This rapper released a Christmas album in 1996 featuring the single “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto.”

Who is Snoop Dogg?

500

In It’s a Wonderful Life, the angel who helps George Bailey earns his wings with this name.

Who is Clarence?

500

This word, used at Christmas, means “a revealing” or “a showing forth,” and names the celebration when the Magi visit Jesus.

What is Epiphany?

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