12/22/23 Grif.Net - Christmas Email (+ Answers to Christmas Traditions Quiz)
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Just before Christmas 2023, God was looking down at Earth and saw all the evil happening. He decided to send an angel down to Earth 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. When 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 decided to email the 3% that were good, and wanted to encourage them, something 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
2. A traditional advent calendar has how many days?
24 (stops the day before 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 the Greek word for Christ
7. The fashion for Christmas trees was started by which couple?
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1846 at Buckingham Palace
8. The '12 Days of Christmas' occur?
The 12 days AFTER Christmas: December 26 to January 6 (Boxing Day to Epiphany)
9. What is the most-recorded Christmas song of all time?
“Silent Night”. (“White Christmas” is the best-selling single)
10. In Charles Dickens 'A Christmas Carol', how many ghosts appear?
4
11. Which well-known author created a book called “The Father Christmas Letters”?
J.R.R. Tolkien
12. What is the first line of the second verse of 'Angels from the Realms of Glory'?
Shepherds in the fields abiding . . .
13. The first commercial Christmas card (1843) got a hostile reception from some people because?
It depicted a family (young children as well as adults) drinking alcohol
14. What is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time?
In 2018, The Grinch overtook Home Alone, grossing $512 million
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 American Christmas dinner table?
Both. According to Time Magazine, in total pounds consumed it is a dead heat.
(At the Griffin home, both will be served, courtesy of the Elks Lodge 666 outreach)
17. On average, how many years does it take to grow a Christmas tree?
7 years. (It can take as few as 4 years or as many as 15)
18. What Christmas song was the first broadcast from space?
“Jingle Bells”, December 15th, 1965, during NASA’s Gemini 6A
(The astronauts played a harmonica and miniature sleigh bells smuggled on board)
19. What 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
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Dr Bob Griffin
"Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!"
