Catholic Traditions
__________ is the first season on the Church calendar
What is Advent?
When does Advent end?
What is Christmas Eve?
In what movie does Buddy exclaim "SANTA! OH MY GOSH! SANTA'S COMING! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM!"?
What is Elf?
Is Disneyland open on Christmas Day?
What is yes?
In the Twelve Days of Christmas, what did my true love send to me on the 4th day?
What are four calling birds?
When the Virgin Mary announced that she was pregnant everyone was happy. (True or False)
False. (Mary had a hard time explaining to Joseph that she had been visited by the angel Gabriel and she was pregnant with Jesus)
Which U.S. state was the first to recognize Christmas as an official holiday: Alabama, New York, or Deleware?
What is Alabama?
What movie sees Santa Claus teaming up with the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman, and Jack Frost?
What is Rise of the Guardians?
In 1997, a Gallup poll found what percentage of Americans considered Christmas more stressful than enjoyable: 9%, 29%, or 49%
What is 29%?
What song includes the lyrics, "jump in bed, cover your head 'cause Santa Claus comes tonight?
What is Here Comes Santa Claus?
The Feast of the Annunciation celebrates ______________
What is the Angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary?
According to superstition, a child born on Christmas Day in England will never what: drown, grow tall, or get sick?
What is drown?
Which child actress claimed to have stopped believing in Santa Claus when he asked for her autograph?
Who is Shirley Temple?
What is the main ingredient in gingerbread cookies: flour, ginger, or molasses?
What is flour?
In Silver Bells, what are dressed in holiday style?
What are sidewalks?
________________ had John the Baptist (Jesus' cousin)
Who is Elizabeth?
Is the tradition of hiding a pickle ornament on a Christmas tree originally American or German?
What is American?
What role does Gonzo have in the Muppet Christmas Carol?
What is the narrator?
How many new Christmas trees are planted in the U.S. every year: 7.3 million, 73 million, or 730 million?
What is 73 million?
What song ends with "sing we joyous all together. heedless of the wind and weather"?
What is Deck the Halls?
Hope, joy, love, and peace represent the four Advent candles. The correct order of these is
What is hope, peace, joy and love?
What is the most popular item to put on top of the Christmas tree?
What is an angel?
In what movie does a mother say, "And by filling them full of fairy tales they grow up considering life a fantasy instead of reality"?
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
The line "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat" comes from what: a carol, a nursery rhyme, or a greeting card?
What is a nursery rhyme?
"Although it's been said, many times, many ways" is a line from what song?
What is The Christmas Song?