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Christmas Carol Titles, Translated

It's traditional to sing "Carols" during the holidays. Many came from other countries, and may not have had the title you're used to....

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1. Move Hitherward the Entire Assembly of Those Who Are Loyal In their Belief
(Usually known as Oh Come All Ye Faithful)

2. Listen, the Celestial Messengers Produce Harmonious Sounds
(Popularly known as Hark the Herald Angels Sing)

3. Nocturnal Time Span of Unbroken Quietness
(Generally known as Silent Night)

4. An Emotion Excited By the Acquisition or Expectation of Good Given to the Terrestrial Sphere
(Known to most as Joy to the World)

5. Embellish the Interior Passageways
(Usually referred to as Deck the Halls)

6. Exalted Heavenly Beings To Whom Harkened
(You may have heard it as Angels We Have Heard on High)

7. Twelve O'clock On a Clement Night Witnessed Its Arrival
(More popularly known as It Came Upon a Midnight Clear)

8. The Christmas Preceding All Others
(Often known as The First Noel)

9. Small Municipality in Judea Southeast of Jerusalem
(Which geographers know as Oh Little Town of Bethlehem)

10. Diminutive Masculine Master of Skin-Covered Percussionistic Cylinders
(Thankfully better known as Little Drummer Boy)

11. Omnipotent Supreme Being Who Elicits Respite to Ecstatic Distinguished Males
(Typically known as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)

12. Tranquillity Upon the Terrestrial Sphere
(Colloquially known as Peace on Earth)

13. Obese Personification Fabricated of Compressed Mounds of Minute Frozen Water Crystals
(More commonly referred to as Frosty the Snowman)

14. Expectation of Arrival To Populated Area By Mythical, Masculine Perennial Gift Giver
(Known to most kids as Santa Claus is Coming to Town)

15. Natal Celebration Devoid of Color, Rather Albino, as a Hallucinatory Phenomenon For Me
(Which Bing titled White Christmas)

16. In Awe of the Nocturnal Time Span Characterized by Religiosity
(Referred to by Christians as Oh Holy Night)

17. Geographic State of Fantasy During the Season of Mother Nature's Dormancy
(Generally known as Winter Wonderland)

18. The First Person Nominative Plural of Triumvirate of Far Eastern Heads of State
(In the "Orient" they are mostly referred to as We Three Kings)

19. Tintinnabulation of Vacillating Pendulums in Inverted, Metallic, Resonant Cups
(Most commonly known as Jingle Bells)

20. In a Distant Location the Existence of an Improvised Unit of Newborn Children's Slumber Furniture
(Perhaps you heard it as Away in a Manger)

21. Proceed Forth Declaring Upon a Specific Geological Alpine Formation
(Typically known as Go Tell It on a Mountain)

22. Jovial Yuletide Desired For the Second Person Singular or Plural By Us
(More commonly known as We Wish You a Merry Christmas)

Posted December 23, 2004 8:35 AM