Originally Posted By friendofdd The following Christmas carols might hve been written by government officials. Can you guess the original titles? 1. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief 2. Embellish Interior Passageways 3. Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist 4. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color 5. Soundless Nocturnal Period 6. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural 7. The Yuletide Occurance Preceding All Others 8. Precious Metal Musical Devices 9. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males 10. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage 11. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend 12. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural 13. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize 14. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future 15. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere 16. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period 17. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea Southwest Of Jerusalem | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | v Answers: 1. O Come All Ye Faithful, 2. Deck The Halls, 3. The Little Drummer Boy, 4. I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas, 5. Silent Night, 6. We Three Kings, 7. The First Noel, 8. Silver Bells, 9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, 10. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, 11. Let It Snow, 12. We Wish You A Merry Christmas, 13. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, 14. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, 15. Walking In A Winter Wonderland, 16. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, 17. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Without scrolling down and cheating: 1. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief "Onward Christian Soldiers"? But that's not Christmasy... 2. Embellish Interior Passageways "Deck the Halls" 3. Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist Lol, "The RoadTrip Drummer Boy"--er, "The Little Drummer Boy" ;-) 4. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color Hmmm..."I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas"? 5. Soundless Nocturnal Period "Silent Night" 6. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural "We Three Kings" 7. The Yuletide Occurance Preceding All Others "The First Noel" 8. Precious Metal Musical Devices "Silver Bells" 9. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" (or is "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen", or "God Rest, Ye Merry Gentlemen"?) 10. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 11. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!" 12. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" 13. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" 14. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" 15. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" 16. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period "It Came Upon a/the Midnight Clear" 17. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea Southwest Of Jerusalem "O Little Town of Bethlehem"? But that's not exclamatory... Well, I feel purty good 'cept for the first and last.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Loopholes! Loopholes! #1: "Move hither" insinuates going away from the present starting point, i.e., "Go", "March", "Walk", etc., as opposed to having a multitude make its way to *you*, i.e. "Come". And what's with "exclamatory" in the last one? False hint! False hint!'' But this is always a fun puzzle. Thanks for finding it for us, fodd.
Originally Posted By friendofdd I was certain somebody with your education, TGD, would know the difference 'tween hither and yon. And you should give benefit on the O as the exclamatory Oh.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Yeesh, taken to the woodshed by fodd---! Ah well, it's gotta be one o' the gentlest taken-to-the-woodsheds here at LP, lol. Don't forget though Mr. fodd Sir, that I don't have just any edumacation, but a Kentucky edumacation. And yeah, when I re-read the first one I thought, "D'oh! It says hither! That could be come, whereas *thither* would be go---d'oh!" (I do however remain on my soapbox about the exlamatory [which to me means "!"] "O/Oh")
Originally Posted By chickendumpling (Psst, friendofdd... I think you mean "truthiness". "Truthy" isn't a "real" word but "truthiness" is. Wrongable, I know but I thought you would want to know.)
