1. The three gifts that the Wise Men brought to the infant Jesus were traditionally gold, frankincense, and what else?
Myrrh.
2. What is the date of the first day of the Twelve Days of Christmas?
25 December.
3. When drilling for oil or gas, what is a Christmas tree?
Being used for the wrong purpose.
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?
Bob Cratchett. [I'm giving myself this one despite the spelling error. You can set it off against q10 if you want.]
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?
I'm guessing Midwinter's Day?
7. In which book by Louisa May Alcott did someone say "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"?
I expect it's Little Women, as I don't know that she wrote anything else worth mentioning.
8. What is the English title of the Christmas carol which is "Adeste Fideles" in Latin?
O 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?
364. I can see why people might think it's 78, but where did you get 280 from?
10. According to Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas", Father Christmas had eight reindeer. Can you name six of them?
Only six? Surely anyone who knows six can get them all. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen.
Vigilantibus non dormientibus jura subveniunt.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
—Nous disons en allemand : le guerre, le mort, le lune, alors que 'soleil' et 'amour' sont du sexe féminin : la soleil, la amour. La vie est neutre.
—La vie ? Neutre ? C'est très joli, et surtout très logique.
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- 16/12/2011 01:16:56 PM
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- 16/12/2011 01:19:26 PM
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Four. Got two unfortunate guesses on the dates, I guess. And number four is just lame. *NM*
- 16/12/2011 11:10:45 PM
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*NM*
9/10, interesting, missed #9 of all things
- 16/12/2011 08:21:07 PM
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Ya know, that song seems kinda strange on reflection
- 16/12/2011 08:27:14 PM
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Yeah, they do interpret it rather strangely there... but I guess grammatically it makes sense.
- 16/12/2011 11:16:56 PM
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How exactly is this being scored? 14/17 
- 17/12/2011 01:25:54 PM
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- 17/12/2011 01:25:54 PM
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Also, I cry foul on #4.
- 17/12/2011 01:27:59 PM
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You obviously weren't raised Catholic
- 17/12/2011 05:22:51 PM
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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
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any chance your girlfriend was going to Midnight Mass with him? *NM*
- 22/12/2011 01:22:26 PM
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8/10.
- 19/12/2011 03:17:58 PM
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