Do you know that Christmas carol that goes 'Dum-diddly-dum-dum'?

This quiz was fun to make. Taking it may have been another matter entirely.

Each line contained words from two Christmas songs, all mixed up. Here they are, sorted out, so you can giggle.

1. Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?
   
   You'll be doin' all right, with your Christmas of white...
   Good King Wenceslas + Blue Christmas
2. Join the triumph of the skies
   
   In the drunk tank
   Hark the Herald Angels Sing + Fairytale of New York
3. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes
   
   Hurry down the chimney tonight
   Away in a Manger + Santa Baby
4. Tidings of comfort and joy
   
   Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?
   God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen + Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. Caput apri defero
   
   Turelurelu
   The Boar's Head Carol + Pat-a-Pan
6. How lovely are thy branches
   
   Light me up put me on top
   O Christmas Tree + Christmas Tree (by Lady Gaga)
7. As red as any blood
   
   Tiny little tots with their eyes all aglow
   The Holly and the Ivy + Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
8. Bells on bobtail ring
   
   Dancin' and prancin'...in the frosty air
   Jingle Bells + Jingle Bell Rock
9. Round yon virgin mother and child
   
   We smurf you a merry Christmas
   Silent Night + The Smurf Christmas Song
10. Angels bending near the earth
    
    Fill me with desire
    It Came Upon a Midnight Clear + Merry Christmas, Darling

You didn't know the one with Latin in? Just ask an Oxford graduate, it comes from there. Something about a student who choked a boar with a textbook. (You probably had to be there to get the joke.)

We hope this quiz gives you naughty ideas for this year's carolling party.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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