Saturday, December 28, 2019

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 28, 2019

😎FUN FACT
If there is a “war” on Christmas, it’s only to stress the fact that the holiday should be a LOT more than just the giant retail event businesses are trying to turn it into.

🥇FAMOUS FIRSTS: THE CHRISTMAS CAROL EDITION
There were radio stations playing Christmas music 24/7 WEEKS before Thanksgiving!
But now that all the ultra-commercialized hype is over, for now, do you know who the FIRST performer(s) of each song listed below were?
01. Frosty the Snowman⛄
02. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas🎄
03. Here Comes Santa Claus🎅
04. Jingle Bell🔔 Rock
05. Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!❆❄❅
06. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer🦌
07. Santa🎅 Baby
08. Santa Claus🎅 Is Coming To Town
09. Silver Bells🕭🕭
10. White Christmas🎄
11. Sleigh🛷 Ride (as an instrumental)
12. Sleigh Ride🛷 (with lyrics)

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the December 21, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS
Something familiar is represented in the picture on the left.
Do you know what it is?
It’s a (Keith) ♫partridge in a pear tree.♫

THE LETTER SHUFFLE
How many new words can you spell out of the letters in the word CHRISTMAS?
A, act(s), ah(s), aim(s), air(s), am, amiss, arc(s), arch, arm(s), art(s), as, ash, ass, at
Cam(s), car(s), cart(s), cash, cast(s) cat(s), char(s), chair(s), charm(s), chart(s), chasm(s), chat(s), cram(s)
Ha, hair, ham(s), harm(s), has, hat(s), hi, him, his, hiss, hit(s)
I, I’m, is, it, its, it’s, itch
Ma, mach, march, mart(s), mash, mass, mast(s), mat(s), match, math, mint(s),mirth, miss, mist(s)
Racism, racist(s), ram(s), rash, rat(s), rich, rim(s)
Sash, sat, scam(s), scar(s), scat, sham(s), shirt(s), Sir, sis, sit(s), smash, smart(s), stair(s), star(s), starch, stash, stir(s)
Tar(s), this, Tis, trash, tram(s), trim(s), Tsar

Besides the 135 words listed above, Chris, Christ, and Sam might be eligible, depending upon your position of counting proper names in a game like this. Other words might also be possible.

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