Catholic Traditions
This is the first season on the Church calendar
What is Advent?
Advent ends on
What is Christmas Eve?
In this movie Buddy exclaims "SANTA! OH MY GOSH! SANTA'S COMING! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM!"?
What is Elf?
Disneyland is open on Christmas Day (yes or no)
What is yes?
In the Twelve Days of Christmas, this is what my fourth love sent to me
What are four calling birds?
When the Virgin Mary announced that she was pregnant everyone was happy. (True or False)
False. (Mary had a hard time explaining to Joseph that she had been visited by the angel Gabriel and she was pregnant with Jesus)
The U.S. state first to recognize Christmas as an official holiday was: Alabama, New York, or Delaware
What is Alabama?
In this movie Santa Claus teams up with the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman, and Jack Frost
What is Rise of the Guardians?
In 1997, a Gallup poll found this percentage of Americans considered Christmas more stressful than enjoyable: 9%, 29%, or 49%
What is 29%?
This song includes the lyrics, "jump in bed, cover your head 'cause Santa Claus comes tonight"
What is Here Comes Santa Claus?
The Feast of the Annunciation celebrates ______________
What is the Angel Gabriel's announcement to Mary?
According to superstition, a child born on Christmas Day in England will never: drown, grow tall, or get sick
What is drown?
This child actress claimed to have stopped believing in Santa Claus when he asked for her autograph
Who is Shirley Temple?
This is the main ingredient in gingerbread cookies: flour, ginger, or molasses
What is flour?
In Silver Bells these are dressed in holiday style
What are sidewalks?
________________ had John the Baptist (Jesus' cousin)
Who is Elizabeth?
The tradition of hiding a pickle ornament on a Christmas tree was originally American or German
What is American?
Gonzo plays this role in the Muppet Christmas Carol
What is the narrator?
This many new Christmas trees are planted in the U.S. every year: 7.3 million, 73 million, or 730 million
What is 73 million?
This song ends with "sing we joyous all together. heedless of the wind and weather"
What is Deck the Halls?
The candles on the advent wreath each symbolize a word. In order of the consecutive weeks the words are
What is hope, peace, joy, and love?
The most popular Christmas tree topper
What is an angel?
In this movie the mother says, "And by filling them full of fairy tales they grow up considering life a fantasy instead of reality"
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
The line "Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat" comes from what: a carol, a nursery rhyme, or a greeting card
What is a nursery rhyme?
"Although it's been said, many times, many ways" is a line from this song
What is The Christmas Song?