General Chat

1. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in which year: answer 1895


From which country did 'Good King Wenceslas' hail?


How many spirits appeared to Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?


4. Which pie originates from medieval Christmas time? : answer Humble Pie.

5. Who invented the Christmas cracker?

6. Why is the day after Christmas named Boxing Day? : anser day rich gave gifts to the poor.

7. Who banned Christmas for one year? :answer Oliver Cromwell

8. What's 'stir-up Sunday'? : answer day to make Christmas Puds.

9. Where did the real St Nicholas live?

10. Which tree, in the song, 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', does the partridge live in? : answer Pear Tree

11. From which era does the custom of carol singing originate?

12. Who were Balthazar, Melchior and Caspar? : answer Three Wise Men.

3 =3 past present and future

12.......the three kings

Sorry Kitty 3 is incorrect!

12 The three Wise Men
According to the Bible the three wise men travelled on camels from the east, following a star that brought them to Bethlehem to find baby Jesus. They bought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We celebrate the myth of the three Kings through the timeless carol, 'We three Kings of Orient Are'.

10....Pear tree

No kings then??.......................oh well I learn something new every day! lol

*removes crowns from nativity characters*

8 = what certain people do on these boards to upset others ;-)))))) no thats wrong cos it happens everyday on here


Twizzle

6 Because that was when presents where originally opened?

7 Oliver Cromwell?

LOL twizzle

8................is it the sunday between Christmas and New Year?

8 is it smething to do with stirring a xmas pudding or something sure my Grandmother said something about it

Twizzle

Do we get pressies for this??

lol

xx

H i Kitty hope your well :-)))))))))))))

Twizzle

6. It was the day the rich gave presents to the poor
According to British tradition, Boxing Day was the day the wealthy boxed up gifts for their servants. It was also the day in which money collected in church boxes was distributed to the poor. This practice was banned in the 14th century as being offensive, but became widespread once again in the 19th century. Today, traditionally people write their thank-you letters to those who gave them gifts. It also called St Stephen's Day.

8 The last sunday of the church year before Advent, used to be when the xmas pud was made.

7. In 1647, Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell led the English Parliament to pass a law banning Christmas celebrations. He considered feasting and revelry on such a holy day to be immoral and anybody caught celebrating Christmas was arrested. The ban was lifted in 1647 after Cromwell lost power.

8. The day to make Christmas pudding
Making the Christmas pud traditionally takes place at the beginning of Advent on 'stir-up Sunday'. Each member of the family would make a wish whilst giving the pudding a stir. Stirring should be done in an east to west direction to commemorate the visit of the Wise Men to the infant Jesus.

Tell you what Carol I'm certainly learning stuff on these threads , thanks :-))))

Twizzle

Ok not Oliver Cromwell then lol.

~~~~~~waves to Twizzle~~~~~~

fine thanks, but my brain might hurt with all these questions! lol

*thinks hard*

Yes Keith you are correct answer is Oliver Cromwell.