[Nimue] A Christmas Scrund

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Author Message Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5065 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:30 pm:        There's a very common scrund having to do with Christmas. I used to have it & I bet many of you do. What is it? Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 50 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:40 pm:        Is it that Jews don't celebrate Christmas? Does it relate to Santa Claus? Reindeer? Jesus? Elves? The North Pole? Presents? Christmas trees? Snow? Christmas carols? Atheists? The time we celebrate Christmas? The origins of Christmas? Ornaments? Sleighs? Winter? Wrapping paper? Would only Americans have it? Only Christians? Jews? Nonreligious people? White people? Black people? Some other religious/cultural groups? Are other holidays such as Hanukkah and Kwanzaa relevant? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5067 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:51 pm:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 50 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:40 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it that Jews don't celebrate Christmas? Does it relate to Santa Claus? Reindeer? Jesus? Elves? The North Pole? Presents? Christmas trees? Snow? Christmas carols? Atheists? The time we celebrate Christmas? The origins of Christmas? Ornaments? Sleighs? Winter? Wrapping paper? Yes to Christmas carols; no to all the others Would only Americans have it? no Only Christians? no Jews? They could have itNonreligious people? ditto White people? ditto Black people? ditto Some other religious/cultural groups? ditto Are other holidays such as Hanukkah and Kwanzaa relevant? no Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1547 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:52 pm:        Is the scrund about the word Christmas? The history of Christmas? The celebration of Christmas? Something else that happens in concurrence with or overlaps with Christmas? Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 53 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:57 pm:        The phrase Christmas carol relevant? Any specific carol? The practice of caroling? The origin of carols? Origin of a specific carol? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5068 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:03 pm:        Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1547 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:52 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about the word Christmas? no The history of Christmas? no The celebration of Christmas? It's about a specific carol. See above & below Something else that happens in concurrence with or overlaps with Christmas? see previous answer Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 53 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 9:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) The phrase Christmas carol relevant? no Any specific carol? yes The practice of caroling? no The origin of carols? noOrigin of a specific carol? no Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 56 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:11 pm:        Is the carol religious? Can I insert an LTPF list of Christmas carols, or is that cheating? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5069 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:13 pm:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 56 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 10:11 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the carol religious? yes Can I insert an LTPF list of Christmas carols of course, or is that cheating? of course it's not cheating Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 57 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 11:30 pm:        Fine. [LTPF list of religious Christmas carols.] Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5073 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 5:48 pm:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 57 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 11:30 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Fine. [LTPF list of religious Christmas carols.] I don't know how to access the list. Please include it. Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1549 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:17 pm:        Is it a religious carol? Or a carol about non-religious parts of Christmas? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5076 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 7:24 pm:        Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1549 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:17 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it a religious carol? yes Or a carol about non-religious parts of Christmas? no Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 94 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 12:43 am:        Is it normally sung in: Catalan? English? Filipino? Finnish? French? German? Italian? Latin? Norwegian? Polish? Romanian? Spanish? Swedish? Ukrainian? (This came from Wikipedia.) Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1550 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 3:20 pm:        Hark the Herald Angels Sing? The First Noel? The Little Drummer Boy? It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? Go Tell it on the Mountain? Silent Night? Joy to the World? Mary had a Baby? We Three Kings? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5077 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 7:37 pm:        Hominid (Hominid) New member Username: Hominid Post Number: 94 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 12:43 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is it normally sung in: Catalan? English? Filipino? Finnish? French? German? Italian? Latin? Norwegian? Polish? Romanian? Spanish? Swedish? Ukrainian? (This came from Wikipedia.) It is normally sung in English. Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1550 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 3:20 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Hark the Herald Angels Sing? The First Noel? The Little Drummer Boy? It Came Upon a Midnight Clear? Go Tell it on the Mountain? Silent Night? Joy to the World? Mary had a Baby? We Three Kings?none of the above Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 957 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 10:37 pm:        Any of these? Away in a Manger Oh Come, All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Angels, From the Realms of Glory Good King Wenceslas I Saw Three Ships Little Drummer Boy I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Do You Hear What I Hear? Ding Dong! Merrily On High The Holly and the Ivy The First Noel While shepherds watched Deck the halls in the bleak midwinter once in royal david's city Is the scrund that Jesus was born in very cold weather - eg in the bleak midwinter - when in actual fact it is very unlikely it was cold and snowy where Jesus was born? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5081 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 10:39 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 957 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 10:37 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Any of these? Away in a Manger Oh Come, All Ye Faithful O Little Town of Bethlehem Angels, From the Realms of Glory Good King Wenceslas I Saw Three Ships Little Drummer Boy I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Do You Hear What I Hear? Ding Dong! Merrily On High The Holly and the Ivy The First Noel While shepherds watched Deck the halls in the bleak midwinter once in royal david's city None of the above! Is the scrund that Jesus was born in very cold weather - eg in the bleak midwinter - when in actual fact it is very unlikely it was cold and snowy where Jesus was born? no Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 960 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 10:56 pm:        12 days of christmas calypso carol coventry carol god rest ye merry gentlemen - is the scrund that this doesn't mean 'merry gentlemen' but means 'god rest ye merry' it came upon the midnight clear little donkey mary's boy child see amid the winter's snow If it's not on this list could you put me out of my misery and just tell me? Otherwise this will just become a google-fest!! Is the scrund to do with the 'three kings'? to do with when they visited? the fact that we don't know how many there actually were? is it to do with the fact that no gospel has the kings and the shepherds both visiting? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 5086 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 11:14 pm:        Kdoc (Kdoc) New member Username: Kdoc Post Number: 960 Registered: 7-2001 Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 10:56 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) 12 days of christmas calypso carol coventry carol god rest ye merry gentlemen yes - is the scrund that this doesn't mean 'merry gentlemen' but means 'god rest ye merry' yes it came upon the midnight clear little donkey mary's boy child see amid the winter's snow If it's not on this list could you put me out of my misery and just tell me? Otherwise this will just become a google-fest!! Is the scrund to do with the 'three kings'? noto do with when they visited? the fact that we don't know how many there actually were? no is it to do with the fact that no gospel has the kings and the shepherds both visiting? no ******** SPOILER **************** This is Clever Hannah's second triumph of the day--in fact of the hour. I used to think that "God rest ye merry gentlemen" had a comma after 'ye.' But the comma is actually after 'merry.' "God rest ye merry" was an old greeting. May my new puzzle at the bottom of the page make you all merry. Noel (Noel) New member Username: Noel Post Number: 1553 Registered: 7-2009 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 3:02 pm:        Wow! I had no idea.