Hanukkah
The most important of all Hanukkah traditions is the lighting of this type of candlestick each evening.
Menorah
What gifts did the "wise men" bring.
Gold, Frankinsence and Myrrh
Saturnalia, held in mid-December, is an ancient pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn of what ancient group.
Romans
The Krampus is a horned anthropomorphic figure in the this areas folklore
Central and Eastern Alpine
You leave the following for Santa on Christmas Eve
Milk and Cookies
The central candle in a Menorah is for what special candle
shammash (“servant”) candle
Gold symbolic in the nativity story because it represents
Jesus as King
Saturnalia was characterized by role reversals between what two groups.
Slaves and Masters
The Krampus role is to
punish bad children or scare them into being good.
This precursor of modern Santa dates back as far as 16th century in England during the reign of Henry VIII, when he was pictured as a large man in green or scarlet robes lined with fur.
Father Christmas
The candles of the Menorah are lit in what order?
Left to right
Frankincense is symbolic of what role of Jesus.
Christ the High Priest
This holiday tradition associated with Christmas is believed to have originated with Saturnalia.
Gift Giving
This event clearly marks the Sun's annual re-entry into the astrological sign of Capricornus, and a this kind of animal sacrifice was made in honour of the Norse god Njord or Saturn; the god of agriculture and plenitude who rules this particular sign.
Goat
Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century Greek Christian bishop of Myra (now Demre) in the region of Lycia in the Roman Empire, in what modern day country
Turkey
This text, an early medieval account of Hanukkah, and is read in some synagogues and homes.
The Scroll of Antiochus
Myrrh a perfume, was used to anoint dead bodies, it is symbolic of death for the sake of truth.
Christ the Prophet.
Saturnalia begins how many days before the winter solstice
eight days
This connects to ancient proto-Slavic beliefs where the Koliada (Yule) festival honors the god of the fertile sun and the harvest. This god, was represented by a white goat, consequently the Koliada festivals always had a person dressed as a goat, often demanding offerings in the form of presents.
Devac (also known as Dazbog or Dažbog),
This god's role during the Yuletide period has been theorized as having influenced concepts of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus in a variety of facets, including his long white beard and his gray horse for nightly rides or his reindeer in North American tradition
Wodan
Hanukkah this year began on what date.
Dec 7 2023
Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar
This at one point was a common offering to Saturn for the light of life.
Candles
This modern version of the Yule goat figure, made of these materials, is a popular Christmas ornament often found under or on the Christmas tree.
made out of straw and bound with red ribbons
In 1821, the book A New-year's present, to the little ones from five to twelve was published in New York. It contained this anonymous poem describing Santeclaus on a reindeer sleigh, bringing rewards to children.
"Old Santeclaus with Much Delight"