Saturday, December 22, 2012

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 22, 2012

This is the last weekend BEFORE Christmas, so let's break out some classic enigmas.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you form out of the letters in the word CHRISTMAS?

REBUS
Something quite timely is represented by the image below. Do you know what it is?


We'll reveal all next weekend.
But for now, let's open the gift wrapped ANSWERS BOX, and discover the results of December 15's Puzzle Corner.

FAMOUS FIRSTS
Scrooge McDuck's first ANIMATED appearance was actually in an educational short entitled Scrooge McDuck and Money, released in 1967.
In all honesty, I thought it was playing his namesake in the 1983 release Mickey's Christmas Carol.

REBUS
Requires at least 3 weeks for shipping on time.

I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas, as originally sung by Gayla Peevey.
Contrary to urban legend, the song was NOT originally recorded as a means for a local zoo to raise money to acquire a hippopotamus, but has been used in that capacity since its 1953 release.


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