Sunday, December 23, 2007

Name that Christmas Tune

These are riddles, of a sort. Based on the description given of a song, you must guess its real title.

For the answers, click on "read more" at the bottom of this post.

Can you name these Christmas songs?

1. Oh member of the Round Table with circular missing areas.

2. Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres.

3. Wanted in December: a pair of upper, forward incisors.

4. A psychiatrist's luxury apartment.

5. The lad is a diminutive percussionist.

6. Sir Lancelot afflicted with laryngitis.

7. Decorate the anterooms.

8. Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element.

9. Oh small Israeli urban center.

10. Distant in a haybin.

11. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole.

12. Duodecimal enumeration of the passage of diurnal intervals in the Yuletide festival, terminating in Epiphany.

13. Depart and vocally transmit information upon an orographic locale.

14. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy the Yuletide season.

15. Listen, the Cherubim and Seraphim are proclaiming tunefully.

16. As the agrarian guardians of the woolly ruminants protected their charges in the nocturnal period.

17. I perceived a triad of buoyant conveyance platforms.

18. Jubilation to the totality of the terrestrial sphere.

19. Do you perceive the longitudinal waves which stimulate my auditory sense organs?

20. A joyful song of reverence relating to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and produce tintinnabulation when struck or shaken.

21. Parent was observed osculating a hoary, unshaven teamster.

22. May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue upon cheerful and refined human males.



ANSWERS:

1. Oh, member of the Round Table with circular missing areas: Oh Holy Night

2. Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres: Jingle Bell Rock

3. Wanted in December: a pair of upper, forward incisors: All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

4. A psychiatrist's luxury apartment: The Nutcracker Suite

5. The lad is a diminutive percussionist: Little Drummer Boy

6. Sir Lancelot afflicted with laryngitis: Silent Night

7. Decorate the anterooms: Deck the Halls

8. Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element: Silver Bells

9. Oh small Israeli urban center: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

10. Distant in a haybin: Away in a Manger

11. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole: We Three Kings

12. Duodecimal enumeration of the passage of diurnal intervals in the Yuletide festival, terminating in Epiphany: The Twelve Days of Christmas

13. Depart and vocally transmit information upon an orographic locale: Go Tell It on the Mountain

14. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy the Yuletide season: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

15. Listen, the Cherubim and Seraphim are proclaiming tunefully: Hark the Herald Angels Sing

16. As the agrarian guardians of the woolly ruminants protected their charges in the nocturnal period: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night

17. I perceived a triad of buoyant conveyance platforms: I Saw Three Ships

18. Jubilation to the totality of the terrestrial sphere: Joy to the World

19. Do you perceive the longitudinal waves which stimulate my auditory sense organs? Do You Hear What I Hear?

20. A joyful song of reverence relating to hollow metallic vessels which vibrate and produce tintinnabulation when struck or shaken: Carol of the Bells

21. Parent was observed osculating a hoary, unshaven teamster: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

22. May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue upon cheerful and refined human males: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

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