Eighty - First Question

Question

What are the names of the three magi or wise men from the East

with their corresponding gifts that they presented to 

the newly born baby Jesus in Bethlehem?

Eightieth Trivia Question

Question

This song is of the most solemn Advent hymns whose text

is based on the biblical prophecy from Isaiah 7:14

that states that God will give Israel a sign

that will be called Emmanuel.

Matthew 1:23 states fulfillment of this prophecy

in the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

It is believed that the traditional music stems from a 15th century

French processional for Franciscan nuns, but it may also have

8th Century Gregorian origins.

Seventy - Ninth Trivia Question

Question

This Christmas song is a popular secular sixteenth-century English carol

from the West Country of England that makes mention of

the New Year celebration.

The origin of this Christmas carol lies in the English tradition

where wealthy people of the community gave Christmas treats

to the carolers on Christmas Eve such as 'figgy puddings' that were

very much like modern day Christmas puddings.

Seventy - Eight Trivia Question

Question

First published in England in 1780, this English Christmas carol enumerates

a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.

 In the early 20th century, English composer Frederic Austin

wrote an arrangement in which he added his melody from "Five gold rings"

onwards, which has since become standard.

A bit of modern folklore claims that the song's lyrics

were written as a "catechism song" to help young Catholics learn their faith,

at a time when practicing Catholicism was criminalized

in England (1558 until 1829).

Seventy - Seventh Trivia Question

Question

This is a traditional Filipino Christmas song.

It was originally composed by Vicente D. Rubi and Mariano Vestil in 1933

as Kasadya ning Taknaa (How Blissful is this Season!).

A version of the song in Tagalog was used by Josefino Cenizal

as a marching song for "Ang Pugad ng Aguila" (Hawk's Nest) in 1938.

National Artist Levi Celerio also wrote Tagalog lyrics to the song during 1950s.

The song is still sung today in various communities, especially in

Churches both in the Philippines and abroad.

Seventy - Sixth Trivia Question

Question

This Christmas song was written in October 1962

with lyrics by Noel Regney and music by Gloria Shayne Baker.

They wrote it as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Regney was inspired to write the lyrics "Said the night wind to the little lamb,

'Do you see what I see?' “and "Pray for peace, people everywhere,"

after watching babies being pushed in strollers on the sidewalks of New York City.

Baker stated in an interview years later that neither

could personally perform the entire song at the time they wrote it

because of the emotions surrounding the Cuban Missile Crisis.

"Our little song broke us up. You must realize there was

a threat of nuclear war at the time."

Seventy - Fifth Trivia Question

Question

Written and composed by the

Reverend Joh  Henry Hopkins, Jr.,

this song is strictly an Epiphany carol.

It was probably written in 1857

but did not appear in print until his

Carols, Hymns and Song in 1863.