Christmas plants
The evergreen holly was worshipped as a promise of this return.
What is the sun?
1 in 5 of people in the country go into debt for Christmas.
What is America?
The Roman Saturnalia festival lasted for about a week and ended on this day.
What is December 25th?
The Bible does not give Jesus' birth date, but we know that it was not December 25th because of this. (Luke 2:8)
What is because it was too cold to be outside?
This item has worship in Europe and elsewhere, long before the establishment of Christmas.
What is tree worship?
In the U.S, $147 billion dollars was spent on this time of holiday shopping in 2018.
What is online shopping?
Saturnalia is named after Saturn the Roman god of this.
What is the god of agriculture?
Caesar Agustus told Israelites to travel for registration (likely for taxes), asking them to this in winter would likely provoke them because of this. (Luke 2:8)
What is because it was too cold?
This green plant was ascribed magical properties by the Druids.
What is Mistletoe?
In the U.S, $560.5 billion dollars was spent on this type of shopping in 2018.
What is in physical stores?
When the Roman Catholic Church took in Saturnalia in 350CE, it was named after these two items.
What is "Christ- mass" or mass of Christ?
Jesus asked his followers to remember what date, that was not his birth. (Luke 22:19)
What is his death?
This Scandinavian custom to decorate a barn of house with these, was to scare away the devil.
What are evergreens?
This is the amount of money expected to be spent per person, on Christmas gifts in the United States for 2021.
What is $ 886? ( 800-900)
Gift giving was a big part of Saturnalia, and children were said to be given these made out of clay. (Not an unusual gift today.)
What are dolls?
2 out of 5 Americans feel pressured to give a holiday gift. Yet Jesus encouraged his followers to do this. (Luke 6:38)
What is to practice giving?
The use of the Christmas tree or yule log is traced back to Babylon and worship of this man. Deified as the sun-god, he was killed by his enemies and brought back.
Who is Nimrod?
According to the world atlas, this country spends the most on Christmastime at an average of 32% of their income.
What is Romania?
Saturnalia celebration came from this earlier celebration for the birthday of god Mithras, from this land. (On December 25th of course)
What is Persia?
We can estimate Jesus's birth by counting backwards from his death on Nissan 14th, 33CE. Jesus was about 30 years old when he started preaching a three-and-a-half-year ministry so we can arrive at this year and season. (Luke 3:23)
What is 2 BCE, in early fall?