The Avondhu - By The Fireside

TEN CHRISTMAS CRACKERS

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1 Name the famous film comedian who died on Christmas Day 1977?

2 What was stolen from Westminste­r Abbey on Christmas Day 1950?

3 What German city houses relics of the Three Wise Men?

4 Who wrote the poem ‘In the Workhouse; Christmas Day’?

5 ‘The bells shall ring on Christmas Day in the morning’, is a line from what

Christmas carol?

6 Who sang ‘Walking in the Air’ in the film The Snowman?

7 What infamous spoilsport banned Christmas in 1647?

8 What name is given to the four weeks before Christmas?

9 In a famous Christmas story, the names Peter Puny and Little Larry were first

considered as the names for what much-loved character?

10 Who was the artist of the 1528 painting, The Birth of Christ?

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