Christmas Music Lyrics Trivia

1. "He rules the world with truth and Grace, And _____ " (Can you complete the lyrics?)

From Quiz Christmas Carols Missing Lyrics

Answer: Makes the nations prove

Written in 1719 by English clergyman, Isaac Watts, the lyrics of "Joy to the World" are based on the Bible's Psalm 98. Psalms are basically the lyrics to sacred songs in the Old Testament, but to be honest, there isn't that much of a Christmas theme to this psalm. The birth of the baby Jesus doesn't rate a mention at all, but with the entire psalm devoted instead to the Second Coming of Christ. That doesn't matter though, does it? The song is beautiful, it has a lovely bouncing rhythm, uplifting lyrics and has become entrenched as a joyous Christmas carol.

From Quiz More Christmas Songs by Bridge

Answer: Blue Christmas

Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson published "Blue Christmas" in 1949. Though Americans have grown accustomed to thinking of it as either a Country & Western or a Rock 'N Roll song the first recording, by Rus Morgan and His Orchestra, was as a ballad.

From Quiz Well That Ain't Right!

Answer: Winter Wonderland

The correct line is, of course, "later on, we'll conspire, as we dream by the fire. I've also heard the line "in the meadow, we can build a snowman" mangled to "in the ghetto, we can build a snowman". "Winter Wonderland" was written in 1934 by Richard B. Smith (lyrics) and Felix Bernard (music). It is widely thought of as a Christmas song, though the holiday is never mentioned.

From Quiz Joy to the World

Answer: Isaac Watts

Isaac Watts was born in Southampton, England. He wrote more than 750 hymns. He also wrote the lyrics for the hymn "O God, Our Help in Ages Past". Isaac Newton was a renowned physicist who was best known for his three laws of motion. Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born American author who was most famous for his science fiction stories and Three Laws of Robotics. Isaac Isaacs was a celebrated Australian judge.

From Quiz Christmas Carol Memory Lane

Answer: All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

"All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" is a fun Christmas carol about a child who is missing two teeth. It's quite a catastrophe and the child's only wish for Christmas is to get two front teeth so as to wish you Merry Christmas! This Christmas carol was written by Don Gardner and first published in 1946.

From Quiz What is This Christmas Song?

Answer: Silent Night

The next lines to this song are: "Round yon virgin mother and child. Holy infant so tender and mild."

From Quiz Christmas Songs Lyrics

Answer: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

"Then, I saw mommy tickle Santa Claus, underneath his beard so snowy white..." This song was actually banned on some radio stations because some people thought it was inappropriate to sing of a married woman technically having an affair.

From Quiz Christmas Music Lyrics

Answer: The Christmas Song

Who can forget Nat King Cole's spotless rendition of this classic song written by Mel Torme? Did you also know that the first line listed in the question ('Chestnuts roasting on an open fire') is also the subtitle of the tune?

From Quiz Name That Carol!

Answer: "Feliz Navidad"

Feliz Navidad, which means Merry Christmas, is a Spanish favorite. But it also includes the English words said above as well.

From Quiz 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Lyrics

Answer: light

Paul Young sang this verse.

From Quiz Christmas Carols Missing Lyrics

Answer: Triumph of the skies

"Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" was first introduced in 1739, in a collection of other spiritually uplifting songs and poems called "Hymns and Sacred Poems". The lyrics were written by two of the founders of Methodism, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield, with the music adapted from Mendelssohn's cantata, "Festgesang", also known as "Gutenberg Cantata". Eventually, at any rate, with the melody. Who knows to what music people sang it, or even if it was originally intended as a hymn, but for a sacred poem only, because the music we know today for this carol wasn't written until 1840 by Mendelssohn - 100 years later - and he didn't write it to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Instead, he composed the cantata to honour Gutenberg's creation of movable type which allowed the Bible and all other written works to be easily printed and available to all. But does the late arrival of the music matter? Not a bit. The carol we know today is not an analysis of composer or lyricist. It's a joyous celebration of the birth of Christ.

From Quiz More Christmas Songs by Bridge

Answer: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Judy Garland introduced Hugh Martin and Ralph Blaine's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" in the 1944 MGM film "Meet Me in St. Louis". Since then, it has become a perennial favorite.

From Quiz Well That Ain't Right!

Answer: A partridge in a pear tree

I'm really not sure what a bear tree is, but I'm fairly certain I don't want one! The twelve days of Christmas aren't the twelve days leading up to December 25, but are the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany, which falls on January 6. A lot of people believe that this song was written to help children learn their Catechism, but there is no known documentation to support that idea.

From Quiz Joy to the World

Answer: Psalms

In the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible, the Book of Psalms is listed as one of the five Wisdom books, the other four being Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon. "O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity." (KJV: Psalms - Chapter 98, Verses 1-9)

From Quiz Christmas Carol Memory Lane

Answer: O Come, All Ye Faithful

"O Come, All Ye Faithful" invites us to come to Bethlehem and behold the "King", Jesus when he is born. It talks about the shepherds who went to see the baby Jesus and how we should adore Him. The credit of this song is given to John Francis Wade. The carol appeared in Wade's Cantus Diversi in 1751. It started out as the Latin carol called "Adeste Fidelis" and was translated by Frederick Oakeley and William Thomas Brooke in 1852.

From Quiz What is This Christmas Song?

Answer: Jingle Bells

The original title of this song was "One Horse Open Sleigh." It was copyrighted in 1857 by James Lord Pierpont.

From Quiz Christmas Songs Lyrics

Answer: Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

"You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear, Voices singing, Let's be jolly, Deck the halls with boughs of holly..." This song was written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958.

From Quiz Christmas Music Fanatic

Answer: Beautiful, please don't hurry.

This song is sung as a duet. The phrase above starts with singer one (usually female) and ends with singer two (usually male).

From Quiz Name That Carol!

Answer: "The Chipmunk Song"

This song features Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, the famous chipmunks. And Dave is included in some spoken dialogue that goes along with the song.

From Quiz 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Lyrics

Answer: smile of joy

Boy George sang this verse.

From Quiz Christmas Lyrics

Answer: All I Want for Christmas is You

Sung by Mariah Carey

From Quiz Christmas Carols Missing Lyrics

Answer: Back

It would be surprising if there was anyone in any of the world's English speaking countries who hasn't heard the song, or know the tune to "Jingle Bells". Written by James Lord Pierpont at a pub in Massachusetts in 1850, it was published as "The One Horse Open Sleigh" seven years later. There are various claims made about this old Christmas favourite - which wasn't written about Christmas at all, but about a young man taking Miss Fanny Bright, his young lady - unchaperoned - for a ride out in the woods and fields, and how they both ended up tossed out into the snow when their skinny horse got stuck on a drift. A likely story. Other claims about this old favourite include that it was meant to be a drinking song - or that it was meant to be performed by a Sunday school choir. Given the somewhat indelicate nature of the lyrics, one would hope not.

From Quiz More Christmas Songs by Bridge

Answer: Give Me Your Love for Christmas

Though perhaps not as well-known as some other songs in the quiz, "Give Me Your Love for Christmas" by Jack Gold and Phyllis Stohn, lent its title to Johnny Mathis' third Christmas album, released in October of 1969.

From Quiz Joy to the World

Answer: Lowell Mason

Throughout his life, Lowell Mason composed more than 1600 songs. He was known as the "Father of American Church Music". It was said that Mason's "Joy to the World"'s melody shared many similarities with George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Messiah". Lowell Thomas was an American writer whose name was synonymous with the movie "Lawrence of Arabia". Lowell George was the guitarist for the band Little Feat. Lowell Palmer was a Major League Baseball pitcher.

From Quiz Christmas Carol Memory Lane

Answer: O Holy Night

"O Holy Night" is a beautiful Christmas carol which describes faith and praise felt at "the dear Savior's birth", the voices of angels and the beholding of our King. Christmas night, is described as holy and divine with the King of kings who is in a manger. It tells how the Lord has come to bring the world to redemption, through the birth of Christ. This beautiful Christmas carol was musically composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 for the lyrical poem "Minuit, Chrétien's" written by Placide Cappeau. In 1855 John Sullivan Dwight composed the singing version of the carol.

From Quiz Christmas Songs Lyrics

Answer: Where Are You Christmas

This song was sung in the movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" starring Jim Carey. Faith Hill is the one who is known for singing this song.

From Quiz Christmas Music Fanatic

Answer: Help to make the season bright.

Written by Mel Torme and R. Wells.

From Quiz Christmas Music Lyrics

Answer: Nuttin' for Christmas

'Nuttin' for Christmas' was written by Tepper and Bennett in 1955, and includes some of the all-time greatest subversive Christmas lyrics. The naughty child who supposedly narrates the song has done terrible things such as making Tommy eat a bug, dancing on Mommy's plants and filling the sugar bowl with ants. I sense a lump of coal in his/her future...

From Quiz Name That Carol!

Answer: "Sleigh Ride"

Leroy Anderson composed this piece during a July heatwave.

From Quiz 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' Lyrics

Answer: other ones

George Michael sang this verse.

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