A Christmas Carol Quiz by Lynne Benton

 I love Christmas carols – they are almost my favourite part of Christmas.  There may be some among you who love them too – and I hope you are as familiar with the words as you are with the tunes.  Because my Blog today, as befits a blog for and about writers, is all about the words.

In each case I have taken a line from a well-known Christmas carol and given you the initial letters of each word, together with one complete word for each carol.  All you have to do is work out a) the line, and b) the carol from which it comes.  Simple, eh?  Not quite – no matter how familiar you are with the carol, you often end up having to sing through the tune in order to remember the exact words.  

FOR EXAMPLE: We Three Kings of Orient Are would come out as w t k o Orient a. 

Only I’ve not used the first lines – that would be too easy!  Instead I’ve used mostly the second or third lines of each carol, but you’ll soon get the hang of it. 

Here is the quiz:

1 - n c f a bed

2 - t angel o t l c d

3 - s a l cattle s

4 - a i c a i bright

5 - t g song o o

6 - c y o c y t Bethlehem

7 - w t c poor s i f a t l

8 - s s a-s s g a-l

9 - i h m steps h t

10 - p o e a mercy m

Well, that should keep you busy over Christmas!  Feel free to try it out on your friends and family too, and in case anyone is still stuck on any of them, I’ll give you the answers in my next Blog, on 14^th January.

Meanwhile, I hope you will all have as good a time as it’s possible to have in the current circumstances.

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