Religious Christmas Quiz for the Whole Family
Increase your knowledge on the actual holiday of Christmas. This will be a tradition that you can start for every Christmas holiday to come.
Increase your knowledge on the religious holiday of Christmas. What is Christmas about? Why do we even celebrate it? We have put together for you a fun and appropriate game to play with the whole family. This will be a tradition that you can start for every Christmas holiday to come.
1. What day do we celebrate Christmas?
Every year Christmas is celebrated on December 25th.
2. Why do we celebrate Christmas?
Christians believe that it is a time celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that he is the Son of God.
3. Where in the Bible do you read about the birth of Jesus?
4. Who gave birth to Jesus?
The virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus. The angel Gabriel visited her and told her that she will conceive through the Holy Spirit. She replied, “I am the handmaid of the Lord. Let it be done unto me according to your word.”
5. Where was Jesus born?
6. How did Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem?
Nowhere in the Bible does it say how Mary traveled. We can assume she walked or possibly Joseph got her a donkey.
7. How many miles was the journey to Bethlehem?
8. Who followed the star to Jesus?
The wise men from the East to see the King of Jews. They saw the star and went to worship him.
9. What gifts did the 3 Wise Men bring?
Gold is related to Kings. Jesus was brought gold because it symbolized that Jesus was the King of Kings.Frankincense is used in worship. It symbolized that people should worship Jesus.Lastly, Myrrh is a perfume that is put on dead bodies to make them smell nice. This symbolized that Jesus would die for us.
10. When Jesus was born he was put in a what?
11. What is a manger?
A manger is an open box or trough for horses or cattle to eat from.
12. Who wanted to kill baby Jesus?
King Herod was threatened by the birth of Jesus because he was known as the king of the Jews. He tried to kill Jesus by killing all children in the area.
13. Where did Jesus, Mary and Joseph flee to from Bethlehem?
14. What does Emmanuel mean?
Emmanuel is the biblical word for, “God with us.”
15. When was Christmas celebrated after the birth of Jesus?
The first recorded Christmas celebration was in Rome on December 25, AD 336.
16. The story of the Little Drummer Boy, is from what part of the New Testament?
The Little Drummer Boy is a fictional story.
17. In the Bible what animal was present at the birth of Jesus?
In the Bible it does say that Jesus was born in a manger, but no specific animals were stated to be present. It is only assumed that there were animals there.
18. How many days after the birth of Christ did Joseph and Mary give him the name Jesus?
19. Which of the four gospels, does not say anything about Christ’s birth or beginning?
20. Which prophet announced the birth of Jesus?
21. Who announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds?
The Angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus.
22. When is the Epiphany?
Epiphany is celebrated 12 days after Christmas.
23. Why are candy canes red and white?
The color white symbolizes the purity of Jesus, and the color red symbolizes the blood that Jesus shed for us.
24. What did Noel mean in Latin before being used for Christmas?
25. Which song begins with “Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!”
The song, Joy to the World, begins with “Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!”
26. What Christian group banned Christmas in Boston from 1659 to 1681?
Even though the ban on Christmas was lifted in 1681, Christmas didn’t become popular in Boston until the mid-19th century. Puritans also suppressed Christmas in England as well, during the Interregnum.
27. Who is the Saint that Santa Claus is named after?
St. Nicholas was a Bishop who lived in the fourth century in what is now called Turkey. He was a very rich man because his parents died when he was young and left him a lot of money. He was also a very kind man and had a reputation for helping the poor and giving secret gifts to people who needed it.
28. Christmas wreaths are a symbol of what?
29. What percent of Americans attend Christmas services?
30. What does the name Jesus mean?
31. After she found out that she was pregnant,Mary visited a relative that was pregnant with whom?
32. What Christmas carol recalls what the angels sang to the Shepherds?
The herald angels sing, “Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!”
33. What does the word Christmas mean?
“Christmas” is a shortened form of “Christ’s mass”. The word is recorded as Crīstesmæsse in 1038 and Cristes-messe in 1131.
34. Where was Jesus mostly raised as a child?
35. What trade did Jesus work as a young man?
36. Who began the tradition of singing Christmas carols?
St. Francis of Assisi began the custom of singing Christmas carols in church in the 13th century.
37. What is the preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus called?
Advent is the period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus and begins on Sunday nearest to 30th November.
38. What does the word Advent mean?
39. What is a nativity scene?
In the Christian tradition, a nativity scene is the special exhibition, particularly during the Christmas season, of art objects representing the birth of Jesus.
40. Who is Jesus Christ?
Jesus is the messiah who was prophesied in the Bible. We celebrate his birth on Christmas Day. It is believed that by his crucifixion and resurrection that he saved humans and gave them eternal life.
