Thursday, March 5, 2015

Christmas Brilliance

Directions: This test challenges your way of thinking with all you thought you knew on the splendor of Christmas. The phrases below describe the titles of popular Christmas hymns and carols. If you get stumped, the answers are below.
1.   Listen to the seraph announcer’s warble.
2.   Embellish the vestibule.
3.   Approach you, the totality of the loyal.
4.   Elation extended toward the terra firma.
5.   A florid, olfactory organ on a ruminant animal.
6.   A virtuous, commendable monarch.
7.   First person plural trio of masculine autocrats.
8.   Diminutive immature male walloping a percussion instrument.
9.   First person singular is fantasizing about a highly pigmented period of time, widely celebrated as a holiday.
10.                     Something arrived in the lucid middle of the night.
11.                     Tinkling metallic device that vibrates.
12.                      Sacred evening.
13.                     A spherical crystalline configuration of a bipedal primate mammal.
14.                     A specific primary backward Leon.
15.                     Miniature settlement.
16.                     Muted eventide
17.                     The expressed will of the first person plural for a blithe December 25th.
18.                     A woody perennial plant garnished with seasonal implements.
19.                     The aggregate of this craving is a pair of hard bony appendages on the forward part of the maxilla.
20.                     Celestial harbingers perceived in the upper stratosphere.
21.                     An aria existence in the atmosphere.
22.                     During the day hours December 25th, the tintinnabulation of a hollow brazen device has been apprehended by the first person singular.
23.                     During an interval of the eventide, a gathering of ruminant animals scrutinized by the herd guides.
24.                     Old English second person singular is being told that he vacated his seat of royal power.
25.                     God grant relaxation to high spirited, refined and courteous mortals.










Answers
1.   Hark, Herald Angels Sing
2.   Deck the Halls
3.   O Come, All Ye Faithful
4.   Joy to the World
5.   Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
6.   Good King Wenceslas
7.   We Three Kings
8.   The Little Drummer Boy
9.   I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas
10.                     It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
11.                     Jingle Bells
12.                     O Holy Night
13.                     Frosty the Snowman
14.                     The First Noel
15.                     O Little Town of Bethlehem
16.                     Silent Night
17.                     We Wish You a Merry Christmas
18.                     O Christmas Tree
19.                     All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth
20.                     Angels We Have Heard on High
21.                     There’s a Song in the Air
22.                     I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
23.                     While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night
24.                     Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne
25.                     God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen


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