Monday, December 23, 2024

Christmas Carol Quiz

Originally from 2006, I thought I'd float this one again ... because it's fun. These are popular Christmas carols. Can you figure out their normal names?

1. Approach everyone who is steadfast.
2. Ecstasy toward the orb.
3. Listen! The Foretelling spirits harmonize.
4. Hey, Minuscule urban area southeast of Jerusalem.
5. Quiescent Nocturnal period.
6. The Autocrat troika originating near the ascent of Apollo.
7. The primary carol.
8. Embellish the corridors.
9. I'm fantasizing concerning a blanched yuletide.
10. I apprehended my maternal parent osculating with a corpulent unshaven male in crimson disguise.
11. During the time ovine caretakers supervised their charges past midnight.
12. The thing manifests itself at the onset of a transparent day.
13. The coniferous nativity.
14. What offspring abides thus?
15. Removed in a bovine feeding trough.
16. Creator, cool it, you kooky cats!
17. Valentino, the roseate proboscis wapiti.
18. The slight percussionist lad.
19. Father Christmas approaches the metropolis.
20. Seraphim we aurally detected in the stratosphere.

(Don't read the comments until you try to answer them yourself. I will put the answers in the comments.)

7 comments:

  1. 1. O Come All Ye Faithful
    2. Joy to the World
    3. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
    4. O little Town of Bethlehem
    5. Stille Nacht
    6. We Three Kings
    7. The First Noel
    8. Deck The Halls
    9. I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
    10. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
    11. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
    12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
    13. O Tannenbaum
    14. What Child is This?
    15. Away in a Manger
    16.
    17. Rudolph
    18. Little Drummer Boy.
    19. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
    20. Angels we Have Heard on High

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  2. 2. Joy To The World
    3. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
    4. Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem
    5. Oh Holy Night
    7. The First Noel
    8. Deck The Halls
    9. I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas
    10. I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Claus
    17 wasn't even English
    18. Little Drummer Boy
    19. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
    20. Angels Heard On High?

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    1. Wasn't even English. Right. And your excuse for the others you missed? :)

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  3. 1. Oh Come All Ye Faithful
    2. Joy to the World
    3. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
    4. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
    5. Silent Night
    6. We Three Kings
    7. The First Noel
    8. Deck the Halls
    9. I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
    10. I Saw Momma Kissing Santa Claus
    11. While Shepherds Kept their Flocks by Night
    12. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
    13. Christmas Tree
    14. What Child is This?
    15. Away in a Manger
    16. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
    17. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
    18. The Little Drummer Boy
    19. Santa Claus is coming to Town
    20. Angels We have Heard on High

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  4. Shouldn't 12 be The thing manifests itself at the onset of a transparent evening?

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