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Winter Holiday Fun
Enjoy some holiday songs, and then try our Holiday Brainteasers!
Holiday Music
Each puzzle box "illustrates" a common word or phrase heard during the holiday season. Can you guess what it is?
Noel (no l)
Peace on Earth!
Christmas Cheer!
Season's Greetings!
Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly!
Joy to the World!
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!
- Bleached Yule
Reveal Answer?White Christmas
- Castaneous-colored Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration
Reveal Answer?Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
- Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors
Reveal Answer?All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!
- Righteous Darkness
Reveal Answer?Oh Holy Night
- Arrival Time: 2400 hrs - Weather: Cloudless
Reveal Answer?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Loyal Followers Advance
Reveal Answer?Oh Come All Ye Faithful
- Far Off in a Feeder
Reveal Answer?Away in a Manger
- Array the Corridor
Reveal Answer?Deck the Halls
- Our Monarchial Triad
Reveal Answer?We Three Kings
- Nocturnal Noiselessness
Reveal Answer?Silent Night
- Jehovah Deactivate Blithe Chevaliers
Reveal Answer?God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Red Man En Route to Borough
Reveal Answer?Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Frozen Precipitation Commence
Reveal Answer?Let it Snow
- Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle
Reveal Answer?Go Tell it on the Mountain
- The Quadruped with the Vermillion Proboscis
Reveal Answer?Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer!
- Query Regarding Identity of Descendant
Reveal Answer?What Child Is This?
- Delight for this Planet
Reveal Answer?Joy to the World
- Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings
Reveal Answer?Hark the Herald Angles Sing!
- The Dozen Festive 24 Hour Intervals
Reveal Answer?The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Sunset to Sunrise Without Noise
Reveal Answer?Silent Night
- Minuscule Hamlet In The Near East
Reveal Answer?Oh Little Town of Bethlehem
- Mirthful Ancient Despot
Reveal Answer?Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
- Adorn The Vestibule
Reveal Answer?Deck the Halls
- Delight Directed Toward This Comprehensive Place
Reveal Answer?Joy to the World
- Listen, Aerial Sprites Vocalize Musically
Reveal Answer?Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- Our Trio Of Monarchs
Reveal Answer?We Three Kings
- Yonder In The Hay Rack
Reveal Answer?Away in a Manger
- Cherubim Providing Audio Input to Us From Aloft
Reveal Answer?Angels We Have Heard on High
- Assemble, Everyone Who Loyally Believes
Reveal Answer?O' Come All Ye Faithful
- Hallowed Post Meridian
Reveal Answer?O' Holy Night
- Snow-colored December Holiday
Reveal Answer?White Christmas
- Precious Metal Tintinnabulations
Reveal Answer?Silver Bells
- A Dozen Twenty-Four Hour Yule Periods
Reveal Answer?The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Befell During The Transparent Bewitching Hour
Reveal Answer?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Homo Sapien Of Crystallized Vapor
Reveal Answer?Frosty the Snowman
- Solely Desire A Pair Of Incisors On December 25
- I Spied My Maternal Parent Osculating a Gift Bearer
Reveal Answer?I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
- Perambulating Through A December Solstice Fantasy
Reveal Answer?Walking in a Winter Wonderland
- Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief
Reveal Answer?Oh Come All Ye Faithful
- Embellish Interior Passageways
Reveal Answer?Deck the Halls
- Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist
Reveal Answer?Little Drummer Boy
- First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color
Reveal Answer?I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
- Soundless Nocturnal Period
Reveal Answer?Silent Night
- Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural
Reveal Answer?We Three Kings
- The Yuletide Occurrence Preceding All Others
Reveal Answer?The First Noel
- Valuable Metal Musical Devices
Reveal Answer?Silver Bells
- Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males
Reveal Answer?God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
- Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage
Reveal Answer?Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
- Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend in Triplicate
Reveal Answer?Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
- Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural
Reveal Answer?We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize
Reveal Answer?Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future
- 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
- Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period
Reveal Answer?It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- 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?!! |
