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8/10. Tim Send a noteboard - 19/12/2011 03:17:58 PM
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.
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Christmas nossy - 16/12/2011 01:16:56 PM 908 Views
Answers nossy - 16/12/2011 01:19:26 PM 701 Views
Four. Got two unfortunate guesses on the dates, I guess. And number four is just lame. *NM* Legolas - 16/12/2011 11:10:45 PM 263 Views
So lame I can't even reply in the right place, clearly. *NM* Legolas - 16/12/2011 11:10:59 PM 286 Views
Re: (I love) Christmas Sareitha Sedai - 16/12/2011 01:30:58 PM 623 Views
that's eight. *NM* Stephen - 16/12/2011 01:56:23 PM 248 Views
Only five. I fail at Christmas. Nate - 16/12/2011 05:13:40 PM 597 Views
How the hell is anyone supposed to know #3? ßelals Girl - 16/12/2011 07:47:00 PM 602 Views
just watch Urban Cowboy *NM* random thoughts - 16/12/2011 10:54:10 PM 264 Views
Work for 10 years as an attorney for oil and gas companies. *NM* Tom - 17/12/2011 05:24:48 PM 273 Views
9/10, interesting, missed #9 of all things Isaac - 16/12/2011 08:21:07 PM 613 Views
Ya know, that song seems kinda strange on reflection Isaac - 16/12/2011 08:27:14 PM 728 Views
Yeah, they do interpret it rather strangely there... but I guess grammatically it makes sense. Legolas - 16/12/2011 11:16:56 PM 624 Views
I have always considered it ambiguous, personally. Joel - 17/12/2011 01:34:46 PM 665 Views
Yeah, it was a rough one to have missed Isaac - 17/12/2011 07:52:22 PM 630 Views
8. Didn't know 3 or 4. *NM* Rebekah - 16/12/2011 09:03:20 PM 253 Views
6, missed 3, 4, 6 and 7. *NM* Colonel Logain - 16/12/2011 10:46:50 PM 329 Views
How exactly is this being scored? 14/17 Joel - 17/12/2011 01:25:54 PM 752 Views
Clearly you need to fresh up your Shakespeare. Legolas - 17/12/2011 04:49:32 PM 601 Views
Yes, methinks he doth protest too much. Tom - 17/12/2011 05:23:56 PM 661 Views
Never read/seen it. Joel - 17/12/2011 07:21:04 PM 685 Views
Also, I cry foul on #4. Joel - 17/12/2011 01:27:59 PM 573 Views
You obviously weren't raised Catholic Tom - 17/12/2011 05:22:51 PM 610 Views
No, but I have a good friend who is Catholic and attends a Midnight Mass seemingly every week. Joel - 17/12/2011 07:19:17 PM 625 Views
any chance your girlfriend was going to Midnight Mass with him? *NM* random thoughts - 22/12/2011 01:22:26 PM 256 Views
None; she is Lutheran. Joel - 22/12/2011 06:40:37 PM 649 Views
10/10. *NM* Tom - 17/12/2011 05:23:16 PM 261 Views
Re: Christmas Sports_Gambler - 18/12/2011 05:13:55 AM 818 Views
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