ADVENT
WHAT DO WE CALL THE 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT WHEN WE LIGHT THE PINK CANDLE?
GAUDETE SUNDAY
IN MATTHEW 1, HOW MANY GENERATIONS WERE THERE FROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID, AND DAVID TO THE EXILE TO BABYLON AND FROM THE EXILE TO THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH?
14
COMMON FILIPINO CHRISTMAS CAROL WHERE THE LYRICIST TELLS US TO "MANGAGSIAWIT"
ANG PASKO AY SUMAPIT
THIS IS WHERE THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF LANTERNS OR "LIGLIGAN PARUL" IS HELD
SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA
ADVENT COMES FROM THE LATIN WORD, "ADVENTUS", WHICH MEANS THIS.
MARY & JOSEPH TRAVELED TO THIS PLACE WHERE JESUS WAS BORN
BETHLEHEM
THIS PERSON WHO "HAD NO GIFTS TO BRING TO LAY BEFORE THE KING" WASN'T ACTUALLY ONE OF BABY JESUS' VISITOR IN THE BIBLE
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
2 KAKANINS COMMONLY SOLD OUTSIDE CHURCHES AFTER SIMBANG GABI
BIBINGKA AND PUTO BUMBONG
WHAT FEAST CLOSED THE LITURGICAL YEAR ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE ADVENT BEGINS?
FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
A LONG BOX WHERE CATTLE AND HORSES EAT, WHERE MARY HAD TO PUT JESUS AFTER HE WAS BORN
MANGER
CHRISTMAS CAROL THAT ENCOURAGES US TO 'LET EVERY HEART PREPARE HIM ROOM"
JOY TO THE WORLD
PERSON WHO UNOFFICIALLY HERALDS THE UNOFFICIAL START OF THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN THE PHILIPPINES BY SINGING, "CHRISTMAS IN OUR HEARTS"
JOSE MARI CHAN
HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION THAT IS CELEBRATED DURING ADVENT?
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
FIRST PEOPLE TO WHOM THE ANGEL ANNOUNCES THE BIRTH OF JESUS
SHEPHERDS
THIS SONG TELLS US "ANGELIC HOST PROCLAIM... CHRIST IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM"
HARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING
THIS IS MADE OF CAPIZ, PLASTIC, OR PAPEL DE JAPON, HUNG IN OUR WINDOW OR OUTSIDE THE HOUSE, AND SYMBOLIZES THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
PAROL
WHEN DOES ADVENT END?
DECEMBER 24 / CHRISTMAS EVE
THIS GIFT OF THE WISE MEN REPRESENTS KINGSHIP OR ROYALTY
GOLD
THEORY/LEGEND TELLS US THAT THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN TO HELP CHRISTIANS LEARN AND PASS ON THE TENETS OF THEIR FAITH WHILE AVOIDING PERSECUTION
THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
PLAY PRESENTED ON CHRISTMAS EVE WHERE STATUES OF JOSEPH AND MARY ARE BROUGHT HOUSE TO HOUSE WHERE THEY ARE DENIED SHELTER, TIL THEY COME TO THE MANGER AT THE CHURCH RIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT MASS BEGINS. THIS ORIGINATED FROM THE MEXICAN TRADITION OF "LAS POSADAS"
PANUNULUYAN