Christmas Family Party Games for All
This guide suggests group friendly games for a Christmas gathering. A Sugar Plum Hunt hides candies for a prize winner. The Christmas Puzzle uses magazine Santa pictures cut and mixed into bags. The Xmas Scramble Contest challenges older children to unscramble words such as asta erireden ehsgil dynca gosikndt erte trepesa hupmd alsore niborb.
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Santa Claus
Asta
Erireden
Ehsgil
Dynca
Gosikndt
Erte
Trepesa
Hupmd Alsore
Niborb
Kris Kringle and Christmas Traditions Quiz Answers
Santa Claus helper. Little Christ Child. St Francis of Assisi in Italy during the 13th century. Bad fortune if the candle went out before midnight. The Golden Bough. England. Middle ages Jewish Feast of Lights. Since the fourth century. St Nick dropped coins down a chimney landing in a stocking. Candles symbolize the star of Bethlehem.
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Santa Claus
St. Francis of Assissi
Italy
England
Nick
Star of Bethlehem
Candles Light Christmas Eve Traditions Worldwide
The piece outlines Christmas candle customs across nations. Ireland places a lighted candle in windows to guide the Christ child, while Czechoslovakia uses nut shells with upright candles in water. Armenians decorate with many candles, Labrador church services give a candle in a turnip, and Norway families carry flaming torches to services.
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Ireland
Czechoslovakia
Labrador
Norway
Bethlehem Nativity Celebration Returns for Christmas Eve Mass
Pilgrims gather in Bethlehem for the yearly Christmas Eve rite at the Church of St. Catherine. The 1945 reintroduction of the pontifical mass features a 10 p.m. service, a midnight bell toll, and a candlelit procession to the grotto with the Christ Child image.
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Bethlehem
Jesus of Nazareth
St. Catherine
Christ
Redeemer
Balsam Best Choice for Christmas Trees This Year
Readers choose balsam and Douglas firs for longer needle life in homes. Balsam is fragrant with long lower branches and thick top, needles are not sharp. For longer life, water soaking or wet sand in a waterproof container helps keep needles fresh.
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