Christmas Quiz Cryptic Carols : these letters are the initial letters of each word in the titles or first lines of ten carols or Christmas songs WTKOOA ___________________________________________________________________ GRYMG _____________________________________________________________________ ISMKSC_____________________________________________________________________ DTHWBOH___________________________________________________________________ WSGSUTC____________________________________________________________________ LD, LD, OTDR_________________________________________________________________ MBC_________________________________________________________________________ RTRNR_______________________________________________________________________ AIAM________________________________________________________________________ OIRDC______________________________________________________________________ Christmas Sums : A : Legs on a reindeer + Gold Rings my true love gave to me ' Kings of Orient = B : Ships sailing by x Turtle Doves my true love gave to me + days of Christmas = C : Ali Baba's thieves - Snow White's Dwarves + Cinderella's Ugly Sisters = D : Santa's reindeer (including Rudolph) + legs on a turkey = E : Number of triangles in the yellow star to the right = Find the differences : (there are at least 10!) Right-click and select "save as..." to download this quiz ANSWERS

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We three kings of Orient are
God rest ye merry gentlemen
I saw Mummy kissing Santa Claus
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
When Santa got stuck up the chimney
Little Donkey, little donkey, on the dusty road
Mary's boy child
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Away in a manger
Once in royal David's city

4 + 5 divided by 3 = 3
3 x 2 + 12 = 18
40 - 7 + 2 = 35
9 + 2 = 11
Star has eight triangles - six round the edges and the two big ones

Differences in right-hand picture from left :

Small tree missing from skyline
Small snowman's hat has changed
Small snowman has lost a button
Sun in sky
Middle snowman's blue scarf is shorter
Extra tree behind snowman at left
Big snowman's hat has lost its pom-pom
Big snowman is smiling
Blob of snow has disappeared from tree at extreme right
Big snowman's ski pole has lost its end

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