Answers on a
1. How much older than Jesus is John the Baptist?
2. Who told Mary and Joseph to go to Bethlehem?
3. What did the innkeeper say to Mary and Joseph?
4. When did baby Jesus cry?
a) when He opened the wise men's gifts
b) whenever babies usually cried
c) when the cattle started lowing
d) "No crying He makes"
5. Just what is a "heavenly host"?
a) an angelic choir
b) the welcoming angel in heaven
c) an army of angels
d) none of the above
6. In which carol can you find the following example of animal neglect:
“The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind”
7. What happened eight days after Jesus' birth?
8. What does Jesus’ name mean?
9. When is the feast of St Stephen?
10. In which carol will you find a rude wind’s wild lament?
11. What colour are the petals of a Poinsettia?
12. What are these carols normally known as?
a) Arrival Time: 2400 hrs - Weather: Cloudless
b) Loyal Followers Advance
c) Delight for this Planet
d) Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings
13. What does Mariah Carey want for Christmas?
14. Where was Saint Nicholas born?
15. Who was Scrooge's dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol"?
16. How many sides does a snowflake have?
17. According to the carol, what type of pudding should we bring you?
18. What is 'A Visit from St Nicholas' often known as?
19. Reindeer are wrongly depicted on Christmas cards, at least for this time of year. Why?
20. What did Harry Potter get for Christmas in his first term at Hogwarts?
12 comments:
1) 6 months
2) Caeser
4) b d-may make a nice carol but I don't believe it. He was a real baby.
12a iiiiit came up-on aaaa mid-night cleeear
20 A Weasely jumper ?
Good so far! Although for #20 I'm after a more useful present..
1. roughly 6 months.
2. Caesar Augustus
7. Circumcision
8. Son of the most highest
13. More money.
16. Infinite
Re: #16 - Wahey! a physicist's answer! For more on snowflakes as fractals.. check out this explanation
As requested....
1. 6 months ???
2. Caesar Augustus issued decree that census should be taken so I guess it was effectively him
3. well nothing that’s recorded in the Bible but probs something likely – ‘there’s no room!!’
4. b) whenever babies usually cried
5. c) an army of angels ??
6. God rest ye merry gentlemen
7. he was circumcised and named Jesus
8. ‘The Lord saves’
9. Dec 26th
10. It came upon the midnight clear (OK – I admit, I may have cheated on some of the above questions (i.e. no 6,9,10… I’ll be honest from now on – no more ‘google’!!)
11. No idea – red?
12. a) it came upon the midnight clear; b) c) joy to the world; d) hark the herald angels sing
13. you
14. dunno – Germany? Or maybe Denmark?
15. dunno
16. 8… or is it 12?
17. figgy – although what that actually is I’ve no idea!
18. ??
19. is it cos they’re not actually brown this time of year? Actually think that maybs it’s that they don’t have antlers at this time of year
20. a jumper from Mrs Weasley… I want to say a broomstick but I think that was in his second or third year actually…. Ooh – was it his father’s invisibility cloak?!
Not sure many of them are right but I did my best! Can I have a sticker please Miss Miller?!
Have an amazing Christmas!
Becca xx
stickers indeed! impressive effort! and only 3 that i'd dispute...
actually perhaps that's four. 10 is one of them!
1 6mths
2 caesar augustus I guess!
3 the innkeeper at my nephews nativity pointed and said...'round there!
4 b
5 possibly c?
6 god rest ye merry gentlemen
7 circumcision
8 saviour
9 26 dec
10 good king wenceslas
11 red
12 it came upon a midnight clear
?
joy to the world
hark the hereld
13 you!
14 asia minor during the 3rd century
15 jacob marley
16 6
17 figgy pudding
18 the poem..'twas the night before christmas
19 they don't havbe antlers now....I think!?
20 a hand knitted jumper from mrs weasley and his dad's invisibility cloak
it's way past my bed time so I'm off to sleep now
night night
debs xxx
Wow - nice work Debs!
I'd only disagree with one.
12(b) continues to elude... it's a little obscure, I admit!
Well, since no one else can manage it:
12b - O come all ye faithful
There's still one that no one's got right so far... anyone spot it?
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