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Santa's Secret Village
Holiday Brainteasers

Holiday Music


[(The) Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting...)]
[Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy]
[Its a Marshmallow World]
[Jingle Bells]
[12 Days of Christmas Carols (lyrics and music) Link to external site]
[Huddle Holidays Christmas Carols (lyrics and music) Link to external site]


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Christmas Elf

Holiday
Brainteasers

Each puzzle box "illustrates" a common word or phrase heard during the holiday season. Can you guess what it is?

If you get STUCK, just click on the answer box!
But don't peek 'til you make a guess!		Santa stuck in a chimney!
Bells and a rock


NIEHS Picture Puzzle
Holly lying across the word 'halls'


4 P's on a globe of the earth


bottle of Joy detergent and picture of the earth


salt and pepper shakers saying 'hello' and 'hi'


box of Cheer detergent in a Christmas stocking




Now...on to some
Holiday Double-Speak Brainteasers!

Decipher these Holiday-related songs or phrases! Each description represents a common song or line from a song heard during the holiday season. Some of the songs may be used more than once but with different descriptions. You will learn a few new words and their meanings if you read carefully and compare the answers to the statements!

  1. Bleached Yule


  2. Castaneous-colored Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration


  3. Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors


  4. Righteous Darkness


  5. Arrival Time: 2400 hrs - Weather: Cloudless


  6. Loyal Followers Advance


  7. Far Off in a Feeder


  8. Array the Corridor


  9. Our Monarchial Triad


  10. Nocturnal Noiselessness


  11. Jehovah Deactivate Blithe Chevaliers


  12. Red Man En Route to Borough


  13. Frozen Precipitation Commence


  14. Proceed and Enlighten on the Pinnacle


  15. The Quadruped with the Vermillion Proboscis


  16. Query Regarding Identity of Descendant


  17. Delight for this Planet


  18. Give Attention to the Melodious Celestial Beings


  19. The Dozen Festive 24 Hour Intervals


  20. Sunset to Sunrise Without Noise


  21. Minuscule Hamlet In The Near East


  22. Mirthful Ancient Despot


  23. Adorn The Vestibule


  24. Delight Directed Toward This Comprehensive Place


  25. Listen, Aerial Sprites Vocalize Musically


  26. Our Trio Of Monarchs


  27. Yonder In The Hay Rack


  28. Cherubim Providing Audio Input to Us From Aloft


  29. Assemble, Everyone Who Loyally Believes


  30. Hallowed Post Meridian


  31. Snow-colored December Holiday


  32. Precious Metal Tintinnabulations


  33. A Dozen Twenty-Four Hour Yule Periods


  34. Befell During The Transparent Bewitching Hour


  35. Homo Sapien Of Crystallized Vapor


  36. Solely Desire A Pair Of Incisors On December 25


  37. I Spied My Maternal Parent Osculating a Gift Bearer


  38. Perambulating Through A December Solstice Fantasy


  39. Move Hither The Entire Assembly Of Those Who Are Loyal In Their Belief




  40. Embellish Interior Passageways


  41. Vertically Challenged Adolescent Percussionist


  42. First Person Singular Experiencing An Hallucinatory Phenomenon Of A Natal Celebration Devoid Of Color


  43. Soundless Nocturnal Period


  44. Majestic Triplet Referred To In The First Person Plural


  45. The Yuletide Occurrence Preceding All Others


  46. Valuable Metal Musical Devices


  47. Omnipotent Supreme Being Elicit Respite To Ecstatic Distinguished Males


  48. Caribou With Vermillion Olfactory Appendage


  49. Allow Crystalline Formations To Descend in Triplicate


  50. Jovial Yuletide Desired For The Second Person Singular Or Plural By The First Person Plural


  51. Commence Auditory Reception The Announcing Cherubs Vocalize


  52. Kris Kringle Will Be Arriving In The City In The Not Too Distant Future


  53. Bipedal Traveling Through An Amazing Acreage During The Period Between December 21st And March 21st In The Northern Hemisphere


  54. Its Arrival Occurred At Twelve O'Clock During A Clement Nocturnal Period


  55. Exclamatory Remark Concerning A Diminutive Municipality In Judea Southwest Of Jerusalem



Holiday Double-Speak Test Results:
43-55 Correct:You don't need any more yuletide spirit!
30-42 Correct:You could use a little something in your stocking!
20-29 Correct:Are you sure you have the right holiday?
1-19 Correct:Surely you jest?!!
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