THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 10, 2022

 😎FUN 😢SAD FACT

Unless PBS or some other network manages to strike a deal, Apple TV’s exclusive rights to A Charlie Brown Christmas ends that beloved special’s network holiday airing streak at 1965-2021.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What other holiday specials have aired annually since their debuts?

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

Out of all the suggestions CBS, the original airing network made, how many did the creative team behind A Charlie Brown Christmas actually use?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX🎁 and discover the results from the December 3, 2022 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS

It’s December and time to decorate The Free Choice E-zine office.

What is so special about our Christmas tree?

There is no L for Noel.

WHAT’S THAT SONG?

Words from a tune of the past are below. All you have to do is give us the song title. Ready?

♫Dressed in a snow white gown, tap tap tappin’ at your window pane to tell you she’s in town.♫

Suzy Snowflake, as originally sung by Rosemary Clooney.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: CHRISTMAS DAY, 2021

😎FUN FACT

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the most adapted holiday story in any media.

REBUS

Christmas is here and it’s time to celebrate! Do you know what is represented by the image on the right?

TRIVIA TIME⌚

What is the origin of the Gingerbread Man?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX🎁 and discover the results from the December 18, 2021 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Four classic Christmas specials have the unique distinction of being shown on television every year since their debut. Can you name the quartet?

In order of their initial appearance: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 🦌since 1964, A Charlie Brown Christmas since 1965, the original Chuck Jones produced Doctor Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas since 1966 celebrating its 55th anniversary this year, and the “baby” of the family: Frosty the Snowman⛄ since 1969.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you form out of the letters in 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.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 19, 2020

😎FUN FACT

Despite the pandemic, because of their Happy Meal prizes, McDonald’s is technically the world’s largest toy distributor.

NUMBER PLEASE

Get ready! We ask the question, but the answer is just a number.

How many presents can Santa Claus🎅 put into an empty sack?

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you spell out of the letters in CHRISTMAS?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX🎁 and discover the results from the December 12, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Thanks to Public Broadcasting, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on December 13 to maintain its consecutive presentation streak since debuting in 1965. What THREE other holiday specials have aired EVERY YEAR since their premieres?

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer🦌 since 1964, Doctor Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas since 1966 and Frosty the Snowman⛄ since 1969.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What did A Charlie Brown Christmas do that no animated feature did before?

Used actual children to voice the characters instead of having adult actors do the voices.

Some also claim the special is responsible for ending the Aluminum Christmas Tree🎄 fad that existed in the early 1960s, but that’s never been confirmed.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: DECEMBER 12, 2020

😎FUN FACT

While it debuted during A Charlie Brown Christmas, ♫Linus and Lucy♫ (aka The Peanuts Theme) is actually a Jazz number and not a seasonal tune.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Thanks to Public Broadcasting, A Charlie Brown Christmas WILL AIR on December 13—check local listings for time and channel—to maintain its consecutive presentation streak since debuting in 1965. What THREE other holiday specials have aired EVERY YEAR since their premieres?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

What did A Charlie Brown Christmas do that no animated feature did before?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the December 5, 2020 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS

Time to decorate the tree, but something familiar is represented in the image on the left. Do you know what it is?

NOEL, because there is no L among the decorations.😉

AKA, ALSO KNOWN AS

Under what name did what is now Nickelodeon debut under?

Pinwheel, on December 1, 1977.