9/10, interesting - Edit 1
Before modification by Isaac at 16/12/2011 08:24:18 PM
1. The three gifts that the Wise Men brought to the infant Jesus were traditionally gold, frankincense, and what else?
Myrh
2. What is the date of the first day of the Twelve Days of Christmas?
Christmas Day
3. When drilling for oil or gas, what is a Christmas tree?
Basically the mechanism on top of a well that governors flow
4. What phrase is used for a late-night church service on Christmas Eve?
Midnight Mass
5. In Charles Dickens's novel "A Christmas Carol", what was the name of Tiny Tim's father?
Scrooge's clerk, Bob Cratchet
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?
Night before Christmas is when I think of it, but IIRC it's one of those things with a complex and confusing history
7. In which book by Louisa May Alcott did someone say "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"?
Little Women
8. What is the English title of the Christmas carol which is "Adeste Fideles" in Latin?
No clue but the Fideles probably means Fidelity or Faithful, so I'm going with Come all ye faithful.
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?
Should be about 12^2/2 as it goes, or 144/2, so I'll go with 78
10. According to Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas", Father Christmas had eight reindeer. Can you name six of them?
Donner, Blitzen, Cupid, Comet, Prancer and Dancer and Vixen