The only thing I can think of for the 2nd Jan is the 8th day of Christmas, but we don't celebrate that.
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The only thing I can think of for the 2nd Jan is the 8th day of Christmas, but we don't celebrate that.
I'm going to guess it's the Christmas tree - the Bible says you shouldn't decorate trees. I can't get the quote or back this up without googling, but I definitely read this only a few days ago.
364. Someone told me it was 365 (one, of course, for each day of the year) but I tried it and only got 364.
I'd be interested to know if they have the right answer for this one - I've had this in quizzes before and they always get it wrong.
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Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne btw
Robert Burns wrote Auld Lang Syne btw
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If you think you know you can google to confirm, although it will obviously take away some of the fun of it 
Jeremiah 10:2 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3* For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4* They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
If that makes any sense. However, can't find anything about it being banned in English churches (tho trees are banned in US churches without sprinklers). Have found the correct answer, but won't spoil it
If that makes any sense. However, can't find anything about it being banned in English churches (tho trees are banned in US churches without sprinklers). Have found the correct answer, but won't spoil it
Christmas...
What is celebrated 8 days after Christmas Day?
....?
Where do children receive gists from Sausage Snatcher () and what do they receive them in?
Iceland - ...?
What did Frosty say before he died?
"Don't you cry! I'll be back again some day"
Which Christmas decoration was banned by churches in England?
Holy Bough (Christmas tree?)
What is the common cause of large areas of Yellow Snow?
....?
According to the song the Christmas Alphabet what does "I" stand for?
I Is for the Icing on the cake as sweet as sugar cane.
What did Harry Potter get for Christmas in his first year at Hogwarts?
~From the Dursleys: A fifty-pence piece
~From Hagrid: A hand-whittled wooden flute
~From Hermione: A large box of Chocolate Frogs
~From Mrs Weasley: An emerald green sweater and a large box of fudge
~From Dumbledore: James's invisibility cloak
How many gifts would you receive if you received all the gifts in the Twelve Days Of Christmas song?
78 if you just count one from each line, but if you count that they are repeated throughout the song 364
Who wrote Auld Lange Syne?
Robert Burns is believed to have altered it in some ways but someone else wrote it
What colour is a traditional Poinsettia Flower?
Red & Green
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Christmas...
What is celebrated 8 days after Christmas Day? Ancestry day in Haiti
Where do children receive gists from Sausage Snatcher (
What did Frosty say before he died? I'll be back again some day
Which Christmas decoration was banned by churches in England? mistletoe
What is the common cause of large areas of Yellow Snow? Not sure, inclined to agree with above, Sulphuric Acid
According to the song the Christmas Alphabet what does "I" stand for? I is for the Icing on the cake as sweet as sugar cane.
What did Harry Potter get for Christmas in his first year at Hogwarts? Cloak
How many gifts would you receive if you received all the gifts in the Twelve Days Of Christmas song? 364
Who wrote Auld Lange Syne? Robert Burns
What colour is a traditional Poinsettia Flower? Red
Probably got various wrong but its as good as i can get.
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So it's either Christmas tree, Holy Bough or mistletoe?! LOL
Well Cromwell banned Christmas, and he was churchy lol. So you could say any Christmas decoration was banned because you couldn't celebrate Christmas at all
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Well Cromwell banned Christmas, and he was churchy lol. So you could say any Christmas decoration was banned because you couldn't celebrate Christmas at all
LOL
Sausage Snatcher is one of the Yuletide lads (13 of them visit in the run up to xmas), each of them play pranks (generally based on their name). Icelandic tradition is that the kids leave a shoe in the window, and the Yuletide lad of that day leaves a small present in it.
http://www.christmasarchives.com/decorations.html
I *think* [After reading most of that article] that a Holy Bough is the name of the decoration and it could be made using different foliage from many evergreen plants/bushes etc..
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