Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Song Quiz

No, I don't have the answers (at least yet). Maybe we can work them out in the comments.

1. Approach Everyone Who Is Steadfast
2. Ecstacy Toward The Orb
3. Hush, The Foretelling Spirits Harmonize
4. Hey, Miniscule Urban Area Southwest Of Jerusalem
5. Quiescent Nocturnal Period
6. The Autocratic Troika Originating Near the Accent of Apollo
7. The Primary Carol
8. Embellish The Corridors
9. I Apprehended My Maternal Parent Osculating with a Corpulent, Unshaven Male in Crimson Disguise
10. I'm Fantasizing Concerning a Blanched Yuletide
11. My Singular Desire For The Impending Yuletide Season Is Receipt Of A Pair Of Central Incisors.
12. During the Time Ovine Caretakers Supervised Their Charges Past Twilight
13. Celestial Messengers From Splendid Empires.
14. The Thing Manifest Itself at the Onset of a Transparent Day
15. The Tatterdemalion Ebony Atmosphere
16. The Coniferous Nativity
17. What Offspring Abides Thus?
18. Removed in a Bovine Feeding Trough
19. Creator Cool It Ya Kooky Cats
20. Seraphim We Aurally Detect in the Stratosphere
21. Valentino, The Roseate Proboscissed Wapati
22. Father Christmas Approaches the Metropolis
23. Ag Glockenspiels
24. The Slight Percussionist Lad
25. The Antelered Quadruped With The Cerise Proboscis.
26. The Event Occurred At One Minute After 11:59 PM-Visibility Unlimited.
27. Ornament The Enclosure With Large Sprigs Of A Berry-bearing Evergreen.
28. Anticipation Of This Noel's Memento's: Nil.
29. The Approach Of The Holiday Commemorating The Birth Of Christ Is Becoming Evident.
30. During the Dark Hours When Herdsman Attended Their Charges.
31. A Trio of Non-Occidental Potentates Is Our Identity.
32. A Meteorological Melody Is Manifest.
33. The Yuletide's Diurnal Dozen.
34. Please Permit Pristine Precipitation.
35. 'Rimey', The Mannikin of Crystalline H2O.
36. Our Desire Is Your Yuletide Cheer.
37. Aged Matriarch Plowed Under By Preciptious Darlings.
38. Are You Experiencing Parallel Auditory Input?
39. Endeavor to personally experience singular, miniscule Yule!

5 comments:

Megs said...

At first glance, w/o thought or research (into CD covers, websites, etc.)....

01. O come all ye faithful

04. O little town of Bethlehem
05. Silent Night

07. The first Nowell
08. Deck the halls
09. I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus
10. I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
11. All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth
12. While Shepherds watched their flocks by night
13. Angles from the realms of glory

17. What child is this?
18. Away in a manger

20. Angels we have heard on high

24. The little drummer boy
25. Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
26. It came upon a midnight clear

37. Grandma got run over by a reindeer

Anonymous said...

I'll add mine, with the same caveats:

2. Joy to the World
3. Hark the Herald Angels Sing
14. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
19. God Rest Ye Merrie, Gentlemen
21. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
22. Santa Claus is Coming to Town
23. Silver Bells
31. We Three Kings of Orient Are
33. The Twelve Days of Christmas
34. Let It Snow
35. Frosty the Snowman
36. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
38. Do You Hear What I Hear?

- so that leaves 6, 15, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 39.



... sigh. THIS is what I get for growing up in Bethlehem, PA. An unspeakably unnecessary familiarity with an entire array of banal music. (That, and the Chicken Polka. Shudder).

Patsy said...

15. O Holy Night
16. O Christmas Tree
27. Deck the Hall with Boughs of Holly
28. I'm Getting Nothing for Christmas
29. It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Christmas

Howard said...

6. Three Kings from Persian Lands Afar
30. While by My Sheep I Watched at Night
39. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

That leaves 32.

Howard said...

The answers:

1. O Come All Ye Faithful
2. Joy To The World
3. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing
4. O Little Town of Bethlehem
5. Silent Night
6. We Three Kings
7. The First Noel
8. Deck The Halls
9. I Saw Mama Kissing Santa Clause
10. I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
11. All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth
12. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
13. Angels from the Realms of Glory
14. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
15. O Holy Night
16. O Christmas Tree
17. What Child is This?
18. Away in a Manger
19. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
20. Angels We Have Heard On High
21. Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer
22. Santa Claus is Coming To Town
23. Silver Bells
24. The Little Drummer Boy
25. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
26. It came upon a Midnight Clear
27. Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly
28. I'm getting nothing for Christmas
29. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
30. While Shepherds watched their Flocks by Night
31. We Three Kings
32. There's a Song in the Air
33. The Twelve Days of Christmas
34. Let it Snow
35. Frosty, the Snowman
36. We Wish you a Merry Christmas
37. Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
38. Do You Hear What I Hear?
39. Have Yourselves a Merry Little Christmas

I got 6 and 30 wrong. Serves me right for searching for lists of Carols and choosing those I've never heard of :)