ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH |
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A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS |
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At least back to the 17th century angels have been depicted playing this stringed instrument, still part of the modern orchestra |
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Silver iodide is often used to produce condensation for "seeding" these |
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We hope the owner of those goggles survived the messy fracas in Buñol, Spain where overripe these become missiles |
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Father Michael McGivney founded a Catholic service organization & called it the Knights of this sailor of 1492 |
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This nursery rhyme guy called for his pipe, his bowl & "his fiddlers three!" |
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He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve |
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This sacred tome was revealed by an angel to Muhammad in Mecca & Medina |
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In vein & placer deposits, gold often appears with fool's gold, also called this |
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10 days after Independence Day in the U.S., the French have a fete named for this structure |
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Angelo Tancredi was the first knight to join the order of this man of Assisi & was singing to him when he died |
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The title Shah Jahan translates as this 4-word phrase, heard in the movie "Titanic" |
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This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away" |
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On angelic love, Raphael says in this man's "Paradise Lost", "Whatever pure thou in the body enjoy'st... we enjoy" |
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When they're bars & ingots, gold & silver are called this, which sounds like a soup broth |
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Knight-turned-missionary Ramon Llull wrote a manual of this, the honorable conduct expected of knights |
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As its name implies, this type of bird seen here dives into water to feed |
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"Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer |
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This angel proclaims, "And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age" |
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Gold is virtually indestructible, yet has this moldable quality, from the Latin for "to hammer" |
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This annual festival began in 1810 when Prince Ludwig of Bavaria invited the people of Munich to join in celebrating his marriage |
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Led by Hugh de Payns, they formed in the early 12th century to protect pilgrims headed to Jerusalem |
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Any large sum of money; one was actually paid for the release of Richard the Lionhearted |
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You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of choppers |
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This Tony Kushner play has the line "Greetings prophet; the great work begins: the messenger has arrived" |
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Silver is valuable due to its brilliance, scarcity & resistance to this process, meaning it won't rust |
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Holi, a spring festival in India, is celebrated in honor of this eighth avatar of Vishnu |
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Minister Thomas W. Stringer formed the African-American version of the "Knights of" him, Damon's friend |
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Part of ancient Thebes, it was the burial site of many Egyptian pharaohs |
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A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back" |
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