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1 Santa Claus

2 Uncle Billy

3 His heart was two sizes too small

4 Suzy Snowflake

5 "White Christmas"

6 Ebenezer

7 On the Stairs

8 Yukon Cornelius

9 Tiny Tim

10 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

11 What was the matter

12 Dasher, Donder, Dancer

13 Her medication

14 Six geese a-laying

15 New York

16 He jumped into the river first

17 The ox and the lamb

18 By the chimney

19 Clara

20 The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

21 Green

22 Eleven

23 Tim Allen

24 Could not play in reindeer games

25 Pigpen

26. It's a Wonderful Life

27 Bert and Ernie

28 A button

29 Italy (Romans)

30 Angel

1. Isaiah

Matthew 1:23 / Isaiah 7:14 - part of a difficult passage of prophecy written

some 700 years before the birth of Jesus.

2. God with us

Immanuel (OT) or Emmanuel (NT) appears 3 times in the Bible and means "God

with us".

3. He would be born in Bethlehem

Micah 5:2 - Bethlehem Ephratah, to distinguish it from another Bethlehem,

which was in the tribe of Zebulun.

4. Sixth

Luke 1:26 - while she was pregnant with John the Baptist.

5. Gabriel

Luke 1:26 - Gabriel, who also announced the birth of John the Baptist and

was presumably the same Gabriel who appeared to Daniel 500 years earlier.

6. Mary

Luke 1:46 - the scene of two happy mothers-to-be.

7. Jacob

Luke 1:32-33 - Jesus would be given the throne of David and reign over the

house of Jacob.

8. Anna

Luke 2:36 - daughter of Phanuel.

9. Augustus

Luke 2:1 - originally named Caius Octavius Caepias, born in 63 BC, the

grand-nephew of Julius Caesar.

10. Simeon

Luke 2:32 - though you have to look back to v25 to see who is speaking.

11. Went quickly to Bethlehem

Luke 2:15 - likewise we should seek out our Saviour without delay.

12. Quietly divorce her

Matthew 1:19 - the option of divorce was available under the Law of Moses,

Deut 24:1. Normally the circumstances would have to be made public and

required witnesses to testify, hence Joseph wanted to do it "privately".

13. Hosea

Matthew 2:15 / Hosea 11:1 - waiting in Egypt until Herod had died.

14. Angel of the Lord

Matthew 1:20-21 - this was to be Jesus' great work, to save people from

their sins.

15. Wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger

Luke 2:12 - there might have been many other babies around, but none in

swaddling clothes and in a manger. Without the direction from the angels

they may never have thought to look in such a place.

17. How long did Jesus remain in Egypt?

Until the death of Herod

Matthew 2:15 - Heord died in the 37th year of his reign.

16. There is no 16.

18. Two turtledoves or pigeons

Luke 2:22-24 - among the Jews, a mother would remain at home for about 40

days after the birth of a boy and about 80 days for a girl because she was

considered unclean. After this she presented him as "holy to the Lord" and

offered the sacrifice as according to the law.

19. John

Luke 1:36 - John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, by six months.

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