ADOPTION AND THE HOLIDAYS

The questions from this quiz are taken from Nancy J. Evans Hall's recent article about celebrating the holidays with adopted children: https://adoption.com/8-ideas-for-celebrating-the-h...

1. True or False: You shouldn't celebrate Christmas if you recently adopted a child who is of a different faith.

True

False

2. True or False: It would be sacrilegious to have a Christmas tree with ornaments symbolizing other faiths

True

False

3. Some good ways to incorporate your children's faiths with your Christmas celebration are:

Sew symbols of your child's faith onto their Christmas stocking

Serve a Christmas meal featuring foods from your children's heritage and faith

Fill an advent calendar with trinkets representing your child's faith

All of the above

4. True or False: A good way to incorporate another faith into Christmas celebration is through music

True

False

5. True or False: Your child needs to learn to accept your holiday traditions as soon as possible, so do your best to ignore their faith

True

False

6. True or False: Celebrating the holidays with a newly adoption child should be inclusive and made up of a lot of fun

True

False

7. True or False: The more the merrier! So invite friends to celebrate as you highlight your child's faith during Christmas

True

False

8. True or False: Your children will soon forget their past, so no reason to put energy into their previous faith

True

False