Saturday, December 13, 2025

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 13, 2025

 😎FUN FACT
Mele Kalikimaka is the closest possible translation to Merry Christmas within the Hawaiian alphabet.

HOLIDAY SPECIAL QUIZ
There have been a lot of Christmas specials over the years. Many produced by the Rankin-Bass Studio.
Can you match the Narrating Host to their classic Rankin-Bass holiday special?
Note: Not every narrator was actually a character within the story. Some of them either appeared as "themselves" or did not actually appear on screen at all.

THE NARRATORS
a. Fred Astaire
b. Shirley Booth
c. Jimmy Durante
d. Greer Garson
e. George Gobel
f. Andy Griffith
g. Buddy Hackett
h. Burl Ives
i. Roger Miller
j. Red Skelton
k. Jonathan Winters

THE SPECIALS
01. Frosty The Snowman⛄ (1969)
02. Frosty Returns (1992)
03. Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)
04. The Little Drummer🥁 Boy (1968)
05. Jack Frost (1979)
06. Nestor, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey🫏 (1977)
07. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer🦌 (1964)
08. Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)
09. Santa Claus🎅 Is Coming To Town (1970)
10. Twas The Night Before Christmas (1974)
11. The Year Without A Santa Claus (1974)

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX🎁 and discover the results from the December 6, 2025 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS
We began the holiday season by putting up The Free Choice E-zine’s Christmas tree, but something familiar is represented by it. Do you know what it is?
NOEL (No L in the decorations)

TRIVIA TIME⌚
December 9 marks the 60th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas, but unfortunately it is no longer available on commercial/broadcast TV. However, 3/THREE other Christmas specials have aired annually since their debuts. Do you know which ones?
Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 🦌since 1964, the Chuck Jones version of Doctor Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas since 1966 and Frosty The Snowman ⛄since 1969.

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