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:

  1. 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

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  2. 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).

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  3. 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

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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 :)

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