Test your Christmas Carol knowledge with the quiz below (originally found at here).  Carol names are written literally and you decode!  Answers coming later this afternoon!

1. Quadruped with crimson proboscis 

2. 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. without noise 

3. Miniscule hamlet in the far east 

4. Ancient benevolent despot 

5. Adorn the vestibule 

6. Exuberance directed to the planet 

7. Listen, aerial spirits harmonizing 

8. Monarchial trio 

9. Yonder in the haystack 

10. Assemble, everyone who believes 

11. Hallowed post meridian 

12. Fantasies of a colorless December 25th 

13. Tin tintinnabulums 

14. A dozen 24-hour Yule periods 

15. Befell during the transparent bewitching hour 

16. Homo sapien of crystallized vapor 

17. I merely desire a pair of incisors 

18. I spied my maternal parent osculating a fat man in red 

19. Perambulating through a December solstice fantasy 

20. Aloft on the acme of the abode 

21. Slumber in ethereal quiet. 

22. Hey there! The announcing celestial beings carol. 

23. O greetings of ease and happiness. 

24. On commencement of Yuletide my honey bestowed upon me. 

25. Decorate the passage with branches of evergreen sprigs. 

26. Once upon a misty night prior to Christ's birthday. 

27. Ooh, celestial body of marvel, celestial body of strength. 

28. With a vegetable stem smoker and clothes fastening snout. 

29. It's a fluff-ball sphere in the cold season. 

30. Come on, come on, come on, get moving. 

31. O scared darkness, the asterisks are brilliantly shimmering. 

32. It's fixin' to appear extremely similar to December 25th. 

33. Small children with their optical aids entirely illuminated. 

34. Loyal buddies that are important to ourselves collect closely to ourselves again. 

35. Boppin' while circling the tannenbaum... 

36. Royalty of royalties always and always... 

37. O approach, y'all devoted happy and victorious... 

38. Urban walkways, congested walkways, trimmed in a festive manner... 

39. Ah! The atmospheric condition beyond is terrific... 

40. Percussion instruments jingle, are you harking... 

41. Remarked the evening breeze to the tiny sheep... 

42. Wishing your dates be gleeful and intelligent... 

43. Harmony on the planet, kindness to Homo sapiens... 

44. Hop in the sack, hide your noggin, since the fat man comes this evening... 

45. Ourselves bid yourselves a joyous Noel and a cheerful neoteric 365 days...