Christmas Quiz: Can You Separate Facts from Folk Tales?

People have learned many things that aren’t true about the birth of Jesus – from Christmas carols, movies, and other sources.  Can you identify what the Bible actually says about the birth of Christ?

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Merry Christmas!

We learn about Christmas from so many different sources, not all of them accurate: Christmas carols, movies, TV shows, religious and popular songs, and even the messages embedded in our creches (nativity scenes).

What does the Bible actually say, and what embellishments have been added over time?

Take this Christmas quiz to see if you can tell the difference:

Christmas Quiz #1: Basic Facts

Invite everyone at your Christmas dinner or party to try it.  It would be a fun party game.

Of course, it’s only of limited benefit to know the facts and miss the point.  At Christmas we celebrate the fact that God loves us so much that he became one of us so that we could become like him.

He wants to help us understand who we are meant to be and give us the power to respond to that calling.  That’s the good news of Christmas!

P.S. To explore Jesus’s birth further, check out these resources:

• Chapters 1-2 of my study of the Gospel of Matthew.

• The first 3 sessions of my study of Jesus’s mother Mary.

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