Time to celebrate Christmas, you know-alls.

The great US satirical cartoonist Walt Kelly used to complain every single December that people couldn't remember the words to Christmas carols. How about you?

Answer these simple questions about popular carols.

1. Describe the sleigh in which you are 'dashing through the snow'.
2. What kind of bed doesn't the Baby Jesus have in 'Away in a Manger'?
3. How many lords are leaping in that irritating carol?
4. At what time of day are the three ships sailing in on Christmas Day?
5. Why should the gentlemen be merry and not dismayed?
6. Who got Mary the cherries in 'The Cherry Tree Carol'?
7. How many las are there in a line of 'Deck the Halls"?
8. Which bears the crown of all the trees that are in the wood?
9. The 'trees of nature fruitless be' compared to what tree?
10. What other US cities feature prominently in Kelly's 'Deck Us All with Boston Charlie'?

You knew all those, right? Click on the Santa for answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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