[Vision2020] Answers to "Name that Christmas Carol" (Parts 1 and 2)

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Tue Dec 26 06:39:45 PST 2006


1. Quadruped with crimson proboscis 
Answer: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

2. 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. without noise 
Answer: Silent Night

3. Miniscule hamlet in the far east 
Answer: O' Little Town of Bethlehem

4. Ancient benevolent despot 
Answer: Good King Wenceslas (or some say Jolly Old St. Nicholas)

5. Adorn the vestibule 
Answer: Deck the Halls

6. Exuberance directed to the planet 
Answer: Joy to the World

7. Listen, aerial spirits harmonizing 
Answer: Hark the Herald Angels Sing

8. Monarchial trio 
Answer: We Three Kings

9. Yonder in the haystack 
Answer: Away in a Manger

10. Assemble, everyone who believes 
Answer:  Come All Ye Faithful

11. Hallowed post meridian 
Answer: O Holy Night

12. Fantasies of a colorless December 25th 
Answer: I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

13. Tin tintinnabulums 
Answer:  Silver Bells

14. A dozen 24-hour Yule periods 
Answer: The Twelve Days of Christmas

15. Befell during the transparent bewitching hour 
Answer: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

16. Homo sapien of crystallized vapor 
Answer: Frost the Snowman

17. I merely desire a pair of incisors 
Answer: All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth

18. I spied my maternal parent osculating a fat man in red 
Answer: I Saw Momma Kissin' Santa Claus

19. Perambulating through a December solstice fantasy 
Answer: Walking Through a Winter Wonderland

20. Aloft on the acme of the abode 
Answer: Up on the Rooftop

21. Slumber in ethereal quiet... 
Answer: "Sleep in heavenly peace..." from Silent Night
   
22. Hey there! The announcing celestial beings carol... 
Answer: "Hark! The herald angels sing..." from Hark the Herald Angels Sing
   
23. O greetings of ease and happiness... 
Answer: "O tidings of comfort and joy..." from God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
   
24. On commencement of Yuletide my honey bestowed upon me... 
Answer: "On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me..." from The
Twelve Days of Christmas
   
25. Decorate the passage with branches of evergreen sprigs... 
Answer: "Deck the halls with boughs of holly..." from Deck the Halls
   
26. Once upon a misty night prior to Christ's birthday...  
Answer: "Then one foggy Christmas Eve..." from Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer
   
27. Ooh, celestial body of marvel, celestial body of strength... 
Answer: "Ooh star of wonder, star of might..." from We Three Kings of Orient
Are
   
28. With a vegetable stem smoker and clothes fastening snout... 
Answer: "With a corncob pip and a button nose..." from Frosty the Snowman
   
29. It's a fluff-ball sphere in the cold season... 
Answer: "It's a marshmallow world in the winter... from A Marshmallow World
   
30. Come on, come on, come on, get moving... 
Answer: "Giddyap, giddyap, giddyap let's go..." from Sleigh Ride
   
31. O scared darkness, the asterisks are brilliantly shimmering...  
Answer: "O Holy night, the stars are brightly shining..." from O Holy Night
   
32. It's fixin' to appear extremely similar to December 25th... 
Answer: "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." from It's Beginning
to Look a Lot Like Christmas
   
33. Small children with their optical aids entirely illuminated...  
Answer: "Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow..." from The Christmas Song
   
34. Loyal buddies that are important to ourselves collect closely to
ourselves again...  
Answer: "Faithful friends who are dear to us, gather near to us once
more..." from Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
   
35. Boppin' while circling the tannenbaum.  
Answer: "Rockin' around the Christmas tree..." from Jingle Bell Rock
   
36. Royalty of royalties always and always.  
Answer: "King of Kings, forever and ever..." from Handel's Messiah
(Hallelujah Chorus)
   
37. O approach, y'all devoted happy and victorious. 
Answer: "Oh come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant..." from Oh Come All
Ye Faithful
   
38. Urban walkways, congested walkways, trimmed in a festive manner.  
Answer: "City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style..." from
Silver Bells
   
39. Ah! The atmospheric condition beyond is terrific. 
Answer: "Oh, the weather outside is frightful..." from Let it Snow 
   
40. Percussion instruments jingle, are you harking.  
Answer: "Sleigh bells ring, are you listening..." from Winter Wonderland

41. Remarked the evening breeze to the tiny sheep.  
Answer: "Said the night wind to the lamb..." from Do You Hear What I Hear

42. Wishing your dates be gleeful and intelligent. 
Answer: "May your days be merry and bright..." from White Christmas
   
43. Harmony on the planet, kindness to Homo sapiens.  
Answer: "Peace on Earth, goodwill toward men..." from I Heard the Bells on
Christmas Day
   
44. Hop in the sack, hide your noggin, since the fat man comes this evening.

Answer: "Jump in bed, cover up your head, 'cause Santa Claus comes
tonight..." from Here Comes Santa Claus
   
45. Ourselves bid yourselves a joyous Noel and a cheerful neoteric 365
days... 
Answer: "We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...." from We
Wish You a Merry Christmas

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


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