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Try our Holiday Brainteasers!

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Each puzzle box "illustrates" a common word or phrase heard during the holiday season. Can you guess what it is?

noel
 
Reveal Answer?

Noel (no l)

 
ps on earth
 
Reveal Answer?

Peace on Earth!

 
holiday cheer
 
Reveal Answer?

Christmas Cheer!

 
salt and pepper
 
Reveal Answer?

Season's Greetings!

 
 
deck the halls
 
Reveal Answer?

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly!

 
holiday happiness
 
Reveal Answer?

Joy to the World!

 
rock and bells
 
Reveal Answer?

Jingle Bell Rock!

 
 

 

Now...on to some
Holiday Double-Speak Brainteasers!

 

Decipher these Holiday-related songs or phrases! Each description represents a common song or line from a song heard during the holiday season. Some of the songs may be used more than once but with different descriptions. You will learn a few new words and their meanings if you read carefully and compare the answers to the statements!

  1. Bleached Yule
     
    Reveal Answer?

    White Christmas

     
  2. Castaneous-colored Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

     
  3. Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors
     
    Reveal Answer?

    All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!

     
  4. Righteous Darkness
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Oh Holy Night

     
  5. Arrival Time: 2400 hrs - Weather: Cloudless
     
    Reveal Answer?

    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

     
  6. Loyal Followers Advance
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Oh Come All Ye Faithful

     
  7. Far Off in a Feeder
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Away in a Manger

     
  8. Array the Corridor
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Deck the Halls

     
  9. Our Monarchial Triad
     
    Reveal Answer?

    We Three Kings

     
  10. Nocturnal Noiselessness
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Silent Night

     
  11. Jehovah Deactivate Blithe Chevaliers
     
    Reveal Answer?

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

     
  12. Red Man En Route to Borough
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Santa Claus is Coming to Town

     
  13. Frozen Precipitation Commence
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Let it Snow

     
  14. Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Go Tell it on the Mountain

     
  15. The Quadruped with the Vermillion Proboscis
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!

     
  16. Query Regarding Identity of Descendant
     
    Reveal Answer?

    What Child Is This?

     
  17. Delight for this Planet
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Joy to the World

     
  18. Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Hark the Herald Angles Sing!

     
  19. The Dozen Festive 24 Hour Intervals
     
    Reveal Answer?

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

     
  20. Sunset to Sunrise Without Noise
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Silent Night

     
  21. Minuscule Hamlet In The Near East
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

     
  22. Mirthful Ancient Despot
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Jolly Old Saint Nicholas

     
  23. Adorn The Vestibule
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Deck the Halls

     
  24. Delight Directed Toward This Comprehensive Place
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Joy to the World

     
  25. Listen, Aerial Sprites Vocalize Musically
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Hark the Herald Angels Sing

     
  26. Our Trio Of Monarchs
     
    Reveal Answer?

    We Three Kings

     
  27. Yonder In The Hay Rack
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Away in a Manger

     
  28. Cherubim Providing Audio Input to Us From Aloft
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Angels We Have Heard on High

     
  29. Assemble, Everyone Who Loyally Believes
     
    Reveal Answer?

    O' Come All Ye Faithful

     
  30. Hallowed Post Meridian
     
    Reveal Answer?

    O' Holy Night

     
  31. Snow-colored December Holiday
     
    Reveal Answer?

    White Christmas

     
  32. Precious Metal Tintinnabulations
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Silver Bells

     
  33. A Dozen Twenty-Four Hour Yule Periods
     
    Reveal Answer?

    The Twelve Days of Christmas

     
  34. Befell During The Transparent Bewitching Hour
     
    Reveal Answer?

    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

     
  35. Homo Sapien Of Crystallized Vapor
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Frosty the Snowman

     
  36. Solely Desire A Pair Of Incisors On December 25
  37. I Spied My Maternal Parent Osculating a Gift Bearer
     
    Reveal Answer?

    I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

     
  38. Perambulating Through A December Solstice Fantasy
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Walking in a Winter Wonderland

     
  39. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Oh Come All Ye Faithful

     
  40. Embellish Interior Passageways
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Deck the Halls

     
  41. Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Little Drummer Boy

     
  42. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color
     
    Reveal Answer?

    I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

     
  43. Soundless Nocturnal Period
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Silent Night

     
  44. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural
     
    Reveal Answer?

    We Three Kings

     
  45. The Yuletide Occurrence Preceding All Others
     
    Reveal Answer?

    The First Noel

     
  46. Valuable Metal Musical Devices
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Silver Bells

     
  47. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males
     
    Reveal Answer?

    God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman

     
  48. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

     
  49. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend in Triplicate
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

     
  50. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural
     
    Reveal Answer?

    We Wish You a Merry Christmas

     
  51. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

     
  52. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future
  53. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Walking in a Winter Wonderland

     
  54. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period
     
    Reveal Answer?

    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

     
  55. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea Southwest Of Jerusalem
     
    Reveal Answer?

    Oh Little Town of Bethlehem

     
Holiday Double-Speak Test Results:
43-55 Correct: You don't need any more yuletide spirit!
30-42 Correct: You could use a little something in your stocking!
20-29 Correct: Are you sure you have the right holiday?
1-19 Correct: Surely you jest?!!
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