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    Christmas Carol Quiz & Trivia

    Try and see if you can answer these from just your memory...

    In the carol, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”, what is the prettiest sight to see?
    "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"

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    The holly that will be on your own front door

    In the song Christmas In Killarney, what does Father John do?
    The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.

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    Before he's gone will bless the house and all...

    In a famous duet on the Little Drummer Boy, who joins Bing Crosby?
    "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps, means a little bit more!"

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    David Bowie?

    Which singer did a duet with her father after he was dead (The Christmas Song)?
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    Correct and Natalie Cole (a beautiful rendition)...

    Who took a traditional New Year's Eve song and made it into a Christmas Song?

    A bit of trivia: The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin? Birth
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    Here is another bit of trivia...

    The modern Santa Claus is mainly a mix of what two figures?

    Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas in dutch) and Father Christmas, also if you said Odin I’d accept that too
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bishop1954 View Post
    Here is another bit of trivia...

    The modern Santa Claus is mainly a mix of what two figures?

    Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas in dutch) and Father Christmas, also if you said Odin I’d accept that too
    I knew this one, but don't know the New Year's song made into a Christmas song...
    The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.

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    It is called A Christmas Auld Lang Syne, performed by Bobby Darin... Check it out!!
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    By whom was the Frank Sinatra hit song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' first recorded?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bishop1954 View Post
    By whom was the Frank Sinatra hit song “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' first recorded?
    Judy Garland? Maybe not...I believe Sinatra changed the lyrics because the original version was too depressing, and I don't think Garland had the depressing version...
    The holly's up, the house is all bright, The tree is ready, the candles alight; Rejoice and be glad, all children tonight.

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