Trivia Thursday~~ December 3, 2020

Are you ready for our 30th addition of Trivia Thursday? Can you believe it we are already into December. Are you able to answer these December related questions? So are you up to the challenge? As usual there will be a list of trivia questions and a short story below which have the answers hidden with in it. Some answers are obvious while others might be harder to figure out. The answers are posted in the comment section. Do you think you can solve them?

Please feel free to leave comment and let us know how you did.

Ready…. Set… Go…..  Have Fun

Questions

  1. The Jewish festival of Chanukah is also known by which name?
  2. Kwanzaa come from a Swahili phrase meaning what?
  3. What is the flower for December?
  4. What day is December 26th known as?
  5. What saint’s day is December 6th?
  6. Name the plant that was used in a Druid festival before it was used as a Christmas decoration?
  7. Before the Julian, how many days did December have?
  8. Which first medical transplant was completed on the 3rd of December 1967?
  9. What famous first occurred on the 17th of December, 1903?
  10. What major celestial event is happening in the northern hemisphere on the winter solstice? (Hint: Jupiter and Saturn are the major players)

Story

Leo was boxing up the first fruits of his squash harvest for the Saint Nicholas food bank.  His mother taught him that it was their duty to share the goodness of the earth as it makes the bounty of the harvest sweeter.   He knew  it was a hard year for so many during the troubling times that they were living in. Yet he was blessed with a bountiful harvest more than he needed and knew in his heart that this blessing was meant to bless others. 

As he was loading the last box on to his truck, he looked over to his mother’s favorite flower garden and memories of her planting narcissus, lady slippers and tulips filled his thoughts.  He glanced over to the small birch tree at edge of the garden and noticed something growing on the trunk.  Walking toward the tree he said to himself, “I better get rid of that poison ivy before it takes over the garden.”  Suddenly he realized it wasn’t what he thought growing up the tree. With laughter he said out loud. “It’s mistletoe! Now how did you get here?  Are you a remnant of mom’s love for her garden?  She always wanted to try growing mistletoe.”  He never thought she got a chance to plant it but it would be the great conjunction she always wanted.  Looking at his watch, he realized he had 29 minutes to get to the food bank. 

Walking back to the truck he noticed a young cardinal getting ready to take its first flight of the day. Smiling he knew his mother was watching him and he should have known because today was a special day. The first day of the Festival of Lights was his mother’s favorite time of the year.

Looking around the landscape he noticed that the world became a little brighter.  “Thank you mom, for reminding me that through nature we are always connected.”

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