One of the things we all enjoy about Christmas is the opportunity to spend time with family and loved ones. I have just had the most delicious “omo tuo and nkatse nkwan” (rice balls and peanut butter soup) with my family and some Christian friends after Lord’s Day cum Christmas service before writing this. In the small group that meets at our house, we included a quiz on the Christmas narrative during our Christmas social to refresh our knowledge of what the Bible says versus what we might have picked up from tradition (or the movies!). It was both fun and revealing—None of us got them all correct!

This motivated me to put them out here for you to try with your family or small group. So, why don’t you and your loved ones find out what you know about Christmas? The questions require a True or False answer.  Give them a try and you can look up the answers God willing tomorrow in a follow up post.

Questions

1. There are no records of Joseph speaking in the Christmas story.

2. The wise men were three kings from the orient.

3. The little drummer boy came to the manger after the other shepherds.

4. The star did not appear above the manger.

5. Jesus’ ancestors include a prostitute, an adulterer, a woman who committed incest, and a non-Israelite.

6. Both Joseph and Mary were descendants of Levi.

7. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary first and then to Joseph.

8. Mary rode a donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

9. Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem because of a decree by Caesar Augustus.

10. The wise men followed a star as it moved from their eastern land to Israel.

11. The wise men did not arrive on the night of Jesus’ birth.

12. God sent a choir of chubby angels to announce Jesus’ birth to the shepherds.

13. Shepherding was considered a very noble occupation.

14. Both Joseph and Mary were told the baby was to be named “Jesus”.

15. When Herod heard about Jesus, he was the only one concerned about this new King.

16. The wise men found Jesus lying in a manger in the town of Bethlehem.

17. After the angels’ announcement, the shepherds went straight to Bethlehem to see Jesus.

18. Joseph married Mary immediately after the angel appeared to him.

19. Some of the shepherds doubted and refused to believe the message they heard from the angels.

20. There is no record of angels singing at Jesus’ birth in the Bible.