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previous round: https://www.behindthename.com/bb/game/5547113

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Xmas: The lack of literacy in pre-Renaissance and Renaissance times led the Catholic Church and wealthy merchants to commission a large number of painters to tell the story of the origins of Christianity—the Christmas story—in pictures. Artists and painters were in constant competition with each other to get the lucrative Church contracts, which consequently led to some of the most stunning masterpieces in Western art.

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Choose your favourite paintings featuring the Xmas story (Christmas)

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1) The Annunciation by Sandro Botticelli (1489)

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2) Sistine Madonna by Raphael (1512)

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3) Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence by Caravaggio (1609)

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4) Baby (Nativity of Tahitian Christ) by Paul Gauguin (1896)

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5) Nativity by Salvador Dali (1959)

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6) The Birth of Jesus Christ by Woonbo Kim Ki-chang (1952-53)

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Choose your favourite painting featuring Christmas as we know it now.

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7) Christmas Morning by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1844)

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8) A Christmas Carol by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1857)

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9) Christmas Time (also known as The Blodgett Family) by Eastman Johnson (1864)

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10) Christmas Morning by Carl Larsson (1894)

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11) Christmas Tree Bargain (Елочный торг) by Boris Kustodiev (1918)

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12) Christmas Tree in the Hall of Kilo Mansion by Magnus Enckell (c.1919)

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X YEARS LATER

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Optional SO’s: JU(L), EN(N), OE(L)

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1) Child three, a daughter
- her first name ends in the letter “I”
- her middle name is related to the name Mary (https://www.behindthename.com/name/mary/related)

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2) Child two, a daughter
- her first name ends in the letters “INE”
- her middle name is after her parents favourite singer

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3) Child five, a son
- his first name is French and unisex (e.g. https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/unisex/usage/french)
- his middle name is first name that is also a last name (e.g. James, Lawrence, Martin, Scott etc)

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4) Child six, gender your choice
- their first name is from popular culture: https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/popular-culture
- their middle name is from the top 20, France, 2016: https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/france/2016

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5) Child four, a daughter
- her first and middle name are Filipino (https://www.behindthename.com/submit/names/gender/feminine/usage/filipino)

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6) Child one, a son
- his first name contains the letters “TH”
- his middle name is a notable Biblical figure

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7) A child of your choice, a son
- his first name is, or has in it’s meaning, a virtue (https://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/masculine/tag/virtues)
- his middle name is a nature name

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8) Child two, a daughter
- her first and middle name are in the top 100, Canada, 1946 (https://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/canada/1946)

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9) A child of your choice, a daughter
- her first name ends in “TE” or “TT”
- her middle name is related to the weather

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10) Child six, a son
- his first name is in the top 200-300, surnames, USA: https://surnames.behindthename.com/top/lists/united-states
- his middle name is Swedish

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11) Child five, a daughter
- her first and middle name have uncertain etymology (https://www.behindthename.com/names/gender/feminine/tag/uncertain_etymology)

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12) Child one, a son
- he first name after his godfather: Kylo Xavier Balfour (up to your interpretation)
- his middle ends in the letters “ND”

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formerly Belphoebe

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I am in the mood
to dissolve
in the sky.
- Virginia Woolf

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