Jesus' Birth
Jesus' Death
Christmas Fun
Wise Men
Names, Angels, and Prophets
100
What is the name of Jesus' cousin, born six months before him?
Who is John? Luke 1:36 - John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, by six months.
100
Who wanted to kill Jesus?
Who is Herod? Matt 2:16 - Herod was threatened by a rival who was to be a future King of the Jews and sought to kill him to remove the threat to his throne.
100

What animal ran over grandma?

What is a reindeer? 

100

The gifts the Wise Men brought to Jesus

What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?

100

What does the name Emmanuel mean?

What is God is with us? 

200
What was Jesus wrapped in when he was born?
What are swaddling clothes? Luke 2:7 - When a Jewish child was born, it was usual for it to be washed in water, rubbed in salt and wrapped in swaddling clothes, which are bands or blankets that confined the limbs closely. (Ezek 16:4)
200
How did Jesus die? This is an ancient method of painful execution to kill the condemned.
What is by being crucified?
200

This movie features a boy left behind by his family and defends his house from burglars.

What is Home Alone?

200

Besides the wise men, who came to visit Jesus when he was born?

Who are shepherds? Luke 2:15

200
What is the name of the angel who appeared to Mary?
Who is Gabriel? Luke 1:26 - Gabriel, who also announced the birth of John the Baptist and was presumably the same Gabriel who appeared to Daniel 500 years earlier.
300

To what country did Joseph take his family to escape to after they were warned by an Angel of the Lord?

What is Egypt? Matt 2:14 - They departed immediately under the cover of darkness.

300
How were the family warned that someone wanted to kill Jesus?
What is in a dream? Matt 2:13 - The angel only appeared to Joseph in a dream and didn't actually visit them in a physical sense. Also the angel appeared only to Joseph and not to them bothWhat is 34-35 years old? Scripture does not tell us how old Yeshua – Jesus – was when He died. Yet, scripture does give us enough information to help us piece it together. Historians have given us information. The gospel writers give us His age when He started His ministry and provide clues..
300

Santa lives and works at this icy location.

Where is the North Pole?

300

What approximate age was Jesus when the wise men visited him?

What is nearly 2 years old? Matt 2:16 - Jesus could well have been nearly two years old by the time the wise men visited him.

300
Which prophet said, "Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son"?
Who is Isaiah? Matthew 1:23 / Isaiah 7:14 - part of a difficult passage of prophecy written some 700 years before the birth of Jesus.
400
What ritual did Jesus undergo when he was eight days old?
What is circumcision? Luke 2:21 - Jesus was a Jew and so would be obliged to undergo this ritual.
400
How old was Jesus when he died?
What is 34-35 years old? Scripture does not tell us how old Yeshua – Jesus – was when He died. Yet, scripture does give us enough information to help us piece it together. Historians have given us information. The gospel writers give us His age when He started His ministry and provide clues.
400

This snack is traditionally left out for Santa

What are milk and cookies?

400

How did the wise men know that the King of the Jews had been born?

What is they saw a star in the East? Matt 2:2 - "We have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him."

400
What was the name of the old prophetess who saw Jesus in the temple when he was presented to the Lord after his birth?
Who is Anna? Luke 2:36 - daughter of Phanuel.
500

In what city was Jesus brought up as a child? 

What is Nazareth? Matt 2:23 - and so the prophecy that he shall be called a Nazarene was fulfilled.

500
Who is the man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus after Jesus' Crucifixion?
Who is Joseph of Arimathea?
500

Mary and Joseph traveled to this town for the census.

What is Bethlehem?

500

This Gospel is the only one that mentions the Wise Men visiting Jesus.

What is Matthew?

500
What did the prophet Micah say about Jesus' birth? (Hint: location)
What is that He would be born in Bethlehem? Micah 5:2 - Bethlehem Ephratah, to distinguish it from another Bethlehem, which was in the tribe of Zebulun.