From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
Subject: Re: Christmas Songs
Date: 20 Dec 1992 22:39:01 GMT
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In article <1gt9bdINNsed@meaddata.meaddata.com>, jim@meaddata.com (Jim McIntire) writes:
>Christmas Challenge - What song titles go with these song descriptions:

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>1.  My sole desire for the yuletide season is receipt of a pair of certial 
>    incisors.

All I want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth.

>2.  From dark 'til dawn; soundless and sanctimonious.

Silent Night.

>3.  Celestial messengers from splendid empires.
>4.  The antlered quadraped with the cerise proboscis.

Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

>5.  The event occurred at one minute after 11:59 P.M. with visibility unlimited.

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

>6.  Ornament the enclosure with large sprigs of berry-bearing evergreens.

Deck the Halls

>7.  Personal hallucinations of an alabaster December 25th.

I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

>8.  Anticipation of the Noel's momentoes - nil.
>9.  Clappered inverted cups, sterling - duplicated.

Silver Bells

>10. Testimony of witness to natural parent's infidelity with Kris Kringle.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Satna Claus

>11. In a distant bovine dormer.

Away in a Manger?  If so, you've got it wrong, since a manger is a feedbox, not
a window in a gable.


>12. Universal Elation!

Joy to the World

>13. A miniature Nazarene village.

O Little Town of Bethelehem

>14. The approach of the Holiday commemorating the birth of Christ is becoming 
>    evident.

Christmas is Coming

>15. Suzanne the liquid drip draws nigh.
>16. May a higher authority grant unto you hilarious males, retirement.

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.  And the comma DOES belong after the word Merry,
not before.

>17. Those of you who are true, come here.

Adeste Fideles

>18. The original natal day of a sovereign.
>19. During the dark hours when herdsmen attended their charges.

While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night

>20. The horned quadrapeds do a slated "hesitation".
>21. I cogitate and I emigrate.

I Wonder as I Wander

>22. The Liliputan laddy percussionist.

Little Drummer Boy

>23. A trio of non-occidental potentates is our identity.

We Three Kings

>24. Questionable infant, unidentified.

What Child is This?

>25. Yuletides desired dozen.
>26. Opaque vapor, the mannequin of crystalline H2O.

Frosty the Snowman.  Where you got "opaque vapor" out of this, I can't figure
out.

>27. Please permit pristine precipitation.

Let it Snow

>28. O Sacred nocturnal period - the heavens glisten brilliantly.

Oh Holy Night

>29. Our desire is your yuletide cheer.

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

>30. A red and white projectile is arriving in the metropolis.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town.  Again, your use of the term "projectile" here
is just plain wrong.
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