Christmas traditions
What do children hang by the fireplace to be filled with gifts from Santa?
What are stockings?
This traditional Christmas treat has red and white stripes.
Candy cane
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What is "All I want for Christmas is you?"
This the name of the angel who gave Mary the good news that she would bear a son who would be the Savior of the world!
The gold that the wiseman brought was to be given to Jesus the _______?
What is King?
Approximately 1.3 billion of these are sent each year in the United States during Christmas. What are they?
What are Christmas cards?
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Germany
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What is Feliz Navidad?
The city where Mary and Joseph had to go after Caesar Augustus decreed a census (The city where Jesus was born.)
The frankincense that was brought to Jesus was to represent Jesus as ________?
What is priest?
This snack is typically left out for Santa Claus.
What are milk and cookies
A round decoration that you can hang on a door at Christmas
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What is "Do You Hear What I Hear?"
The first people to hear the news that Jesus had been born.
The myrrh that was brought by the third wiseman was to be given to Jesus the _________
This is the name of the day after Christmas Day.
What is Boxing Day?
What did Scrooge Instruct the little boy in the street to go buy when he woke on Christmas morning?
The largest turkey he could find
Play #4
What is "Prince of Peace"
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The two books of the Bible that have the story of Jesus' birth.
What are Matthew and Luke?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The names of the two old people that were at the temple when Mary and Joseph first brought baby Jesus there after He was born.
Who are Anna and Simeon?
The baked treat that is popular at Christmas and also has a popular story associated with it about it running away!
What is the gingerbread man?
This plant is traditionally hung on top of a doorway at Christmas and couples "kiss" under it.
Play #5
Silent Night
A classic 1946 film about George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart), a kind but despairing man who, on Christmas Eve, wishes he'd never been born; his guardian angel, Clarence, shows him how the world would be a much worse place without his countless selfless acts
It's a Wonderful Life
What book of the Bible prophecies the coming of the "suffering servant" (by His stripes we are healed) Hint: one of the major prophets
What is Isaiah?
What is the Christmas flower in a pot that is popular in many households?
Poinsettia
What do you call the Christmas drink made from milk, sugar, and eggs served in the UK and North America?
What is Eggnog
Play #6
Joy to the World
The three people that came to visit Jesus from the east when he was a toddler (not at the nativity) and their gifts.
What are the three wise men who brought gold, frankincense and myrrh?
What book prophecies that Savior would be born in Bethlehem? (hint - one of the minor prophets)
What is Micah?