Just before Christmas 2023, God was looking down at Earth an=
d saw all the evil happening. He decided to send an angel down to Ear=
th to check it out. When the angel returned, the verdict was, "Yes, it=
is bad on Earth – 95% is bad and 5% is good."
Well, He thought maybe=
He’d better send down a second angel to get another point of view. W=
hen this angel returned, he went to God and told Him yes, the Earth was in =
decline, 97% was bad and 3% was good.
God said this was not good. So, He de=
cided to email the 3% that were good, and wanted to encourage them, somethi=
ng to help them keep going.
Do you know what that email said?
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Ah, so you didn’t get one either.
~~ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS TRADITONS=
QUIZ~~
1. What is usually concealed in the Christmas pudding?
A coin
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2. A traditional advent calendar has how many days?
24 (stops the day b=
efore Christmas)
3. Last day of Christmas is called?
Twelfth Night
4.Traditional Christingle can be made by which =
fruit?
Orange
5. What percentage of Americans use artificial Christmas=
trees?
81% (Remember 14% do not have ANY Christmas tree)
6. Why do we =
shorten Christmas to Xmas?
"X" (Chi) is the first letter of t=
he Greek word for Christ
7. The fashion for Christmas trees was started by =
which couple?
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1846 at Buckingham Pa=
lace
8. The ’12 Days of Christmas’ occur?
The 12 days AFTER Christmas: December 26 to January 6 (Boxing Day to Epiph=
any)
9. What is the most-recorded Christmas song of all time?
“Silent Night”. (“White Christmas&#=
8221; is the best-selling single)
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bsp;
10. In Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol=
‘, how many ghosts appear?
4
11. Which we=
ll-known author created a book called “The Father Christmas Letters&#=
8221;?
J.R.R. Tolkien
12. What is the fir=
st line of the second verse of ‘Angels from the Realms of Glory’?
Shepherds in the fields abiding . . .
13. The firs=
t commercial Christmas card (1843) got a hostile reception from some people=
because?
It depicted a family (young chi=
ldren as well as adults) drinking alcohol
14. What is the highest grossing =
Christmas movie of all time?
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In 2018,&nb=
sp;The Grinch overtook Hom=
e Alone, grossing $=
512 million
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15. What is the number of reindeer that the Santa has?
9 including Rudolf. (Some say 10, adding =
in Olive from the song “Olive, the other reindeer, used to laugh and =
call him names’)
16. Does ham or turkey take center stage on the Amer=
ican Christmas dinner table?
Both. Accord=
ing to Time Magazine, in total pounds consumed it is a dead heat.
(At th=
e Griffin home, both will be served, courtesy of the Elks Lodge 666 outreac=
h)
17. On average, how many years does it take to grow a Christm=
as tree?
7 years. (It can take as few as =
4 years or as many as 15)
18. What Christmas song was the first broadcast f=
rom space?
“Jingle Bells”, De=
cember 15th, 1965, during NASA’s Gemini 6A
(The astrona=
uts played a harmonica and miniature sleigh bells smuggled on board)
19. Wh=
at video game console has sold the most units?
PlayStation 2 (158.7 million units). This is followed by Nintendo DS =
(154 million), Nintendo Switch (135.8 million), and Game Boy (118.7 million=
)
20. How do American’s primarily celebrate Christmas?
55% as a Religious Holiday
33% as Cultural Holiday
12% Do not celebrate Christmas
~~
Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows Me, T=
his I Love!"