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When you sing you pray twice, unless its a Christmas song before Thanksgiving, then its obnoxious and Jesus doesn't appreciate it... Seriously, what if someone sang happy birthday to you 10 times a day 2 months before your actual birthday?
Nativity, not negativity
Circular Christmas trees on fire
100
This feast falls on Christmas day
What is the feast of the nativity OR Solemnity of the Birth of Our Lord
100
How many times does Santa check his list?
What is 2x
100
In what city was Jesus born?
Bethlehem
100
What Sunday in advent do we light the rose (pink) candle?
3rd Sunday a.k.a. Gaudete (Rejoice! in Latin)
200
Dec. 6th (Friday this year) is the feast day of this 'generous' saint
Who is St. Nicholas
200
The Grinch is as cuddly as what?
A cactus
200
Which direction did the 3 wise men travel
West (they came FROM the east)
200
Many aspects of the wreath including many different evergreen leaves, the circular shape and any seeds/pinecones have a common symbolism, what is it?
What is immortality / everlasting life
300
This feast day commemorates the slaughter of baby boys ordered by King Herod of Judea following the news of Christ's birth
What is the feast of Holy Innocents
300
What do Janice and Jen want for Christmas in the classic carol 'Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas'?
Dolls that talk and go for a walk
300
Who is responsible for the first "Christmas crib" (a.k.a nativity) scene made? triple points if you can name the exact year no consequence for a wrong guess on the year
Francis of Assisi in 1223
300
One tradition says that each candle and therefore each week in advent represents how many years, symbolizing the total biblical timeline from Adam and Eve until our Savior?
1,000 each, totaling 4,000 years. (notice tradition with a little 't')
400
This feast day is also known as three kings day is also the end of the 12 days of Christmas
What is the feast of the Epiphany (Jan. 6th)
400
What is the gift on the 11th day of Christmas?
11 Pipers Piping
400
In what country is the largest Nativity scene located?
Switzerland With more than 450 figures and hundreds of yards of landscape, the world's largest diorama of the Nativity is found in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. It has been in the city since the mid 1950s.
400
The light signifies Christ, the Light of the world. Some modern day adaptions include a white candle placed in the middle of the wreath, which represents Christ and is lit on
Christmas Eve
500
DAILY DOUBLE There are 2 holy days of obligation in advent and christmas other than Christmas day... What are the feast names and what dates do they fall on this advent season? 1/4 credit for each unique and correct answer
Dec. 8th - Second Sunday of Advent also, Feast of the Immaculate Conception...December 8 is a holy day of obligation January 1 - Mary, Mother of God, is a holy day of obligation
500
Who is the jazz artist that composed and performed the music for the Peanuts Christmas specials?
Vince Guaraldi
500
Three Christian denominations currently vie for claims to the church of the nativity in Bethlehem including Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox and WHAT order of the Roman Catholic Church?
Franciscan
500
From what country or region are advent wreaths believed to originate?
Germany / Germanic region The origins of the Advent wreath are found in the folk practices of the pre-Christian Germanic peoples who, during the cold December darkness of Eastern Europe, gathered wreaths of evergreen and lighted fires as signs of hope in a coming spring and renewed light.