CHRISTMAS QUEST
Go on https://www.whychristmas.com/ and look in the "Christmas around the World"
section for the answers to these questions.
United Kingdom: -When kids write to Father Christmas, what do they do with their letter?
1) putting them in the past.
-What's Christmas cake made of? fuits
or 2) tossed into the fire place
Raisins
-What's the official definition of a White Christmas?that a single snowflake has been
falling in the 24 hours of Christmas day
- When was the first Christmas card (or equivalent) sent, and who got it?
Who started the fashion of sending Chrismas cards, and when?
Ireland
-What's 'Nollaig na m Bean'?
-What did people use to put behind the window on Christmas Eve?
-A wren used to be part of a Christmas tradition. What's a wren?
NEW ZEALAND
-What does Father Christmas often wear on his feet in New Zealand?
-Explain the origin of that word:
-What native tree has become the symbol of Christmas? Since when, and why?