SEVEN DAYS. ONE WEEK. 168 HOURS. However you want to look at it, Christmas is one week from today!!!!!!!! The closer Christmas gets, the more excited I get!!! So today, I thought we would answer a few questions. So get on your thinking caps, and let's get started!!!!!!!!

1. When do you open your gifts?
2. Do you open stockings first or presents?
3. Does everyone take turns opening gifts or do you just rip into them all at the same time?
4. What is one of your favorite gifts that you have ever received?
5. What is one of your favorite gifts that you have ever given?
6. Do you leave milk and cookies for Santa?
7. Do you prefer your gifts in a gift bag or wrapped?

Okay, so my answers are as follows:

1. Christmas Day
2. Stockings
3. Everyone takes turn...one gift at a time
4. Bible my Mamaw gave me her last Christmas with us
5. M&M Monopoly game to my M&M crazed sister!!!!!!
6. Yes
7. Wrapped in paper

Today's Bible Reading is Luke 2:8. For an extra entry answer the following question: What were the angels doing in the field?

​Have A Wonderful Day!!!!!!!!!

Imagine you were an elf. What would your elf name be? That is today's Countdown to Christmas challenge. Give yourself an elf name and share it with us in the comments below!!!! I don't know why but the first thing that popped into my mind was SPARKLES, so I guess that will be my elf name....at least for now.

Today's Bible Reading is Luke 2:6-7. For an extra entry answer the following question: Why did Mary lay Jesus in a manger?

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We are now down to single digits in our Countdown to Christmas!!! There are only 9 days left!!! Can you believe it? Ok so for today's Countdown to Christmas, I thought we would play another round of Family Feud. Today's category is NAME SOMETHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. The top nine answers are on the board, but just like before you can give twelve answers to accommodate your three strikes.

Today's Bible Reading is Luke 2:4-5. For an extra entry answer the following question: Joseph was a part of who's lineage?

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Oh wow!!!!! Where has December gone? Can you believe that December is half way over and that Christmas is in 9 days? I know I sure can't. I don't know about you, but the closer it gets to Christmas the busier I become. So today I have something nice and easy for us to do....share with us something that helps you relax and enjoy the holidays amidst all of the hustle and bustle. For me it would be getting to sit down and enjoy watching some of my favorite Christmas cartoons or maybe just sitting and looking at the Christmas tree. Those are two things that help me to relax for a few minutes doing the Christmas season. So what about you? What helps you relax during the Christmas season?

Today's Bible Reading is 2:1-3. For an extra entry answer the following question: Who sent out the decree for all the world to be taxed?

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I love watching Christmas cartoons. It is something I look forward to every year. So today, I have some trivia questions from some of my favorite Christmas cartoons. 

1. What does Linus do at the climax of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"?
2. In "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which profession does Hermey the elf want to pursue?
3. In "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer"  where do Rudolph and his friends end up?
4. In "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" which gift melts the Winter Warlocks icy shell?
5. Who is called on to settle the impasse between Heat Miser and Cold Miser?
6. What was the name of the doe interested in Rudolph?
7. In "The Year Without a Santa Claus" what was the name of the town that decided to cancel Christmas?
8. In "Garfield's Christmas" what is the name of the story that the family always reads on Christmas Eve?
9.In "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" what toy did the Burgermeister always want?
10. In "A Charlie Brown Christmas" when catching snowflakes on his tongue, what did Linus think the snowflakes needed?
11. What were Frosty's first words?
12. Who caught the Grinch stealing the Christmas tree?
13. What was the name of the narrator snowman on Rudolph?
14. What was the name of the penguin in "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"?
15. What was the name of Professor Hinkle's rabbit?

Ok I will stop with 15 although I have many questions. If  you don't know the answer to one of them, don't worry about it just answer the ones you do know. For an extra entry into the contest, tell me the name of your favorite Christmas cartoon. I know it is really hard to choose, but if I had to choose just one it would have to Rudolph.

Today's Bible Reading is John 6:32-35. For an extra entry answer the following question: Who gives us the true bread from Heaven?

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Do you all know the 12 Days of Christmas? Do you know what the 12 Days of Christmas stand for from the Bible? Well we are about to find out. Listed below are the 12 Days of Christmas on the left and on the right are the 12 Days of Christmas from the Bible. See if you can match them up correctly.

1. Partridge in a Pear Tree                         a. Fruits of the Spirit
2. Two Turtle Doves                                    b. Ten Commandments
3. Three French Hens                                 c. Days of Creation
4. Four Calling Birds                                   d. Trinity
5. Five Golden Rings                                  e. Beatitudes
6. Six Geese a Laying                                 f. Gifts of the Holy Spirit
7. Seven Swans a Swimming                     g. Jesus Christ
8. Eight Maids a Milking                              h. Pentateuch
9. Nine Ladies Dancing                               i. Apostles 
10. Ten Lords a Leaping                              j. Gospels
11. Eleven Pipers Piping                             k. Old & New Testaments
12. Twelve Drummers Drumming                l. Faithful Disciples

Today's Bible Reading is John 14:1-6. For an extra entry answer the following question: What does Jesus say he is preparing?

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We all love Christmas music, and I bet everyone has a favorite Christmas song or two. I am sure we can sing the lyrics to many Christmas songs as well, but how well do we know the titles of the Christmas songs? Today I have some pretty bizarre descriptions of many Christmas songs below. See if you can figure out the title of the songs based on the descriptions.

1. The lad is a diminutive percussionist
2. Decorate the entryways
3. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis
4. ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
5. Wanted in December: top forward incisors 
6. The smog-less bewitching hour
7. Exuberation to this orb
8. 288 Yuletide hours
9. Do you perceive the same longitudinal pressure which simulates my auditory sense organs
10. Far back in a hay bin
11. Leave and do an elevated broadcast
12. Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully
13. Frozen precipitation commence
14. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole
15. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas
16.  Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element
17. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season

DISCLAIMER: These are not my own clues.

Today's Bible Reading is I Timothy 1:15-17. For an extra entry answer the following question: What should be to God for ever and ever?

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Last week I showed you a picture from classic cartoons and you had to figure out what cartoon each picture represented. So today I thought we would do the same thing with classic Christmas movies. Below you will find seven pictures of seven different movies. See if you can name the movies in the pictures below. There are several really old movies, so if you don't know those don't worry about it just list the ones you do know. 

Today's Bible Reading is John 1:1-5. For an extra entry answer the following question: What was in the beginning?

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Today I want to share with you one of my favorite Christmas puzzles. Below you will find pictures of 24 different Christmas songs. See if you can figure out which song each picture represents.

Today's Bible Reading is Matthew 2:1-2. For an extra entry answer the following question:  What was the name of the king in Bethlehem when Jesus was born?

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For today's challenge you will find 12 words below with a letter missing from each word. See if you can figure out what letter is missing to complete the word. Once you have done that the missing letters will form a Christmas related phrase. So for an extra entry, see if you can also figure out what the phrase is.

 ?orship
Cam?ls
Royal?y
?oly
Myr?h
H?rod
J?sus
See?
G?fts
Fra?kincense
?old
?tar


Today's Bible Reading is Matthew 1:1-3. For an extra entry answer the following question: What tribe of Israel was Jesus descended from?

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