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Christmas nossy Send a noteboard - 16/12/2011 01:16:56 PM
1. The three gifts that the Wise Men brought to the infant Jesus were traditionally gold, frankincense, and what else?

2. What is the date of the first day of the Twelve Days of Christmas?

3. When drilling for oil or gas, what is a Christmas tree?

4. What phrase is used for a late-night church service on Christmas Eve?

5. In Charles Dickens's novel "A Christmas Carol", what was the name of Tiny Tim's father?

6. A yule log is a large log which used to be put on the hearth as the foundation for the fire - on which day?

7. In which book by Louisa May Alcott did someone say "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"?

8. What is the English title of the Christmas carol which is "Adeste Fideles" in Latin?

9. In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas" ("On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me..." ), what total of gifts was given over the whole twelve days: 78, 280, or 364?

10. According to Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas", Father Christmas had eight reindeer. Can you name six of them?
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Christmas - 16/12/2011 01:16:56 PM 710 Views
Answers - 16/12/2011 01:19:26 PM 485 Views
Re: (I love) Christmas - 16/12/2011 01:30:58 PM 422 Views
that's eight. *NM* - 16/12/2011 01:56:23 PM 171 Views
Only five. I fail at Christmas. - 16/12/2011 05:13:40 PM 392 Views
How the hell is anyone supposed to know #3? - 16/12/2011 07:47:00 PM 409 Views
just watch Urban Cowboy *NM* - 16/12/2011 10:54:10 PM 187 Views
9/10, interesting, missed #9 of all things - 16/12/2011 08:21:07 PM 399 Views
Ya know, that song seems kinda strange on reflection - 16/12/2011 08:27:14 PM 524 Views
I have always considered it ambiguous, personally. - 17/12/2011 01:34:46 PM 471 Views
Yeah, it was a rough one to have missed - 17/12/2011 07:52:22 PM 422 Views
8. Didn't know 3 or 4. *NM* - 16/12/2011 09:03:20 PM 166 Views
6, missed 3, 4, 6 and 7. *NM* - 16/12/2011 10:46:50 PM 228 Views
How exactly is this being scored? 14/17 - 17/12/2011 01:25:54 PM 559 Views
Clearly you need to fresh up your Shakespeare. - 17/12/2011 04:49:32 PM 418 Views
Yes, methinks he doth protest too much. - 17/12/2011 05:23:56 PM 460 Views
Never read/seen it. - 17/12/2011 07:21:04 PM 477 Views
Also, I cry foul on #4. - 17/12/2011 01:27:59 PM 389 Views
You obviously weren't raised Catholic - 17/12/2011 05:22:51 PM 410 Views
No, but I have a good friend who is Catholic and attends a Midnight Mass seemingly every week. - 17/12/2011 07:19:17 PM 425 Views
any chance your girlfriend was going to Midnight Mass with him? *NM* - 22/12/2011 01:22:26 PM 174 Views
None; she is Lutheran. - 22/12/2011 06:40:37 PM 403 Views
10/10. *NM* - 17/12/2011 05:23:16 PM 175 Views
Re: Christmas - 18/12/2011 05:13:55 AM 616 Views
8/10. - 19/12/2011 03:17:58 PM 449 Views

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