Christmas Quiz

[galasalmon]

l answers have Christmas theme , Help please ,

5/ The first part of a Royal salute ( 7 )
24/ Portrayed by Reubens in 1612 ( 8 2, 3, 7. )
36/ Annual account to the nation ( 6, 5, ) I thought Queens Speech but it is 6, 5,

Thank you

[emeritus]

24 Massacre of the innocents ?

[emeritus]

although I realise the last word is 9 letters ?

[Buenchico]

I'm confused by No 24 too, Emeritus. Given the Christmas theme, '(The) Adoration of the Shepherds' would seem to be the most likely work but the letter count doesn't match, plus most sources place the work closer to 1608. (That's assuming anyway that the artist in question is Rubens. Google doesn't seem to know of a 'Reubens' painting around that time).

[mallyh]

5 present ............present arms = salute

[heccy]

For number 24 I put Massacre of the Infants which matched number of letters