As it's Christmas week, I thought it would be fun to do a quiz on Christmas traditions and the history of Christmas. I hope you enjoy it! Merry Christmas!
Christmas Quiz
Correct! It was the feast of St Nicholas.
Wrong! It was 6th December, the feast of St Nicholas.
Correct!
Wrong! It was a sweet made from milk, sugar and rose-water, which was cut into cubes.
Correct!
Wrong! It was nine ladies dancing.
Correct!
Wrong! It's four weeks.
Correct!
Wrong! It's the Sunday nearest to St Andrew's Day (30th November).
Correct!
Wrong! It means "be you healthy" or "good health".
Correct! "When Joseph landed on the island of Avalon, he set foot on Wearyall Hill - just below the Tor. Exhausted, he thrust his staff into the ground, and rested. By morning, his staff had taken root - leaving a strange oriental thorn bush - the sacred Glastonbury Thorn." from www.glastonburyabbey.com/joseph_of_arimathea.php
Wrong! It was Joseph of Arimathea. "When Joseph landed on the island of Avalon, he set foot on Wearyall Hill - just below the Tor. Exhausted, he thrust his staff into the ground, and rested. By morning, his staff had taken root - leaving a strange oriental thorn bush - the sacred Glastonbury Thorn." from www.glastonburyabbey.com/joseph_of_arimathea.php
Correct!
Wrong! It was Saturnalia
Correct! X in Greek is "chi" and is the first letter of "ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ" (Christos) the Greek word for Christ.
Wrong! The X is derived from "ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ" (Christos) the Greek word for Christ.
Correct!
Wrong! It's eternal life.
Correct!
Wrong! It is St Stephen's Day.
Correct. "Brightly shone the moon that night, tho' the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, gath'ring winter fuel."
Wrong! He was gathering winter fuel. "Brightly shone the moon that night, tho' the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight, gath'ring winter fuel."
The pagan festival of Christmas is Yule, and Yule day is the 21st of December. The celebration of the Holly King, whose time is coming to an end. The Oak King will take over the job of looking after the earth until Mother nature wakes from her winter slumber, and then together, the circle of life begins again. With coming of the Summer Soltice, the Holly King returns to earth, and the Oak King sleeps until Yule.
The tradition of the Yule log comes from Pagan times.
Christmas pudding was not the sweet pudding it is now, it was in fact a mixture of nuts fruits and meat and eaten in slices, as one would a meatloaf. It does sound as if it was horrible, but do we not eat Duck with cherry or orange sauce? Turkey is eaten (by some) with Cranberry sauce too.