Looking for a family Christmas activity? I designed this (fairly) simple quiz as an amusing game to play with my family on Christmas Day. While I'm testing everyone's Bible knowledge, we'll be learning the facts and fiction surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ with this fun Christmas Bible quiz. It can also be a unique way to share the Christmas story.

• Take the Christmas Bible Quiz

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This week's post is a member-submitted Christian poem called The Very First Christmas Day. It is a Christmas poem telling the story of the Savior's birth in Bethlehem.

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The Very First Christmas Day

His parents had no money, although He was a King—
An angel came to Joseph one night as he dreamed.
"Don't be afraid to marry her, this child is God's own Son,"
And with these words from God's messenger, their journey had begun.
Read more ... The Very First Christmas Day by Brenda Thompson Davis.

Do you have an original Christian prayer that would encourage or benefit a fellow believer? Perhaps you've written a unique poem you'd like to share with others. We are looking for Christian prayers and poems to encourage our readers in their communication with God. To submit your original prayer or poem, please fill out this Prayer / Poem Submission Form.

More Christian Christmas Poems:

• Emmanuel - God With Us is God For Us
• The Stranger in the Manger

Sometimes when I'm out shopping in stores this time of year, I find myself thinking, If I hear "Santa Baby" one more time I'll scream! It's not that I don't like Christmas music. I really do! But I enjoy hearing a variety of artists and styles, like the old, timeless classics, a few contemporary favorites, some jazz, a little country, along with several instrumental and choir arrangements.

Fortunately, my husband loves to collect Christmas music, so we have quite a diverse selection of styles and choices. Now that he has an iPod, he has put hundreds of our favorite Christmas songs into holiday playlists that we can take and listen to anywhere. One playlist is custom made for his company Christmas party, another is designed for our large family gathering. To inspire a cozy Christmas spirit, he made a mellow playlist for relaxing by the fire, and my favorite is geared toward an energizing holiday shopping spree. While I'm out and about, I can plug in my earphones and never once be bothered with the sappy sounds of "Santa Baby."

If you're looking for some new (and some not-so-new) Christmas music to add to your collection, you'll find something for everyone in these top selections of Christmas music by Christian artists:

• Top Christmas Music for Christians
• Top New Christmas Albums of 2009 by Christian Artists
• Top 10 Traditional Christian Christmas Songs

Charismatic evangelist Oral Roberts of Oral Roberts University died Tuesday (December 15, 2009) at age 91. Roberts was admitted to the hospital over the weekend after falling in his home in Newport Beach, California. His spokesman, A. Larry Ross, told the Associated Press that Roberts died of complications from pneumonia. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 21, at the Oral Roberts University Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Robert's son, Richard Roberts, said in a statement on the Oral Roberts Ministries website, "Oral Roberts was the greatest man of God I've ever known. A modern-day apostle of the healing ministry, an author, educator, evangelist, prophet, and innovator, he was the only man of his generation to build a worldwide ministry, an accredited university, and a medical school. His name is synonymous with miracles. And he came along when many in Christendom did not believe in God's power and goodness." Read more...