Have a Musical Christmas!

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  1. 1. The original language of the carol 'Silent Night'
  2. 6. Once in Royal _'s city'
  3. 7. A festive song that is generally religious
  4. 9. Who got mad when he heard 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen' in 'A Christmas Carol'?
  5. 11. Frosty the snowman had eyes made of __
  6. 12. French composer who wrote the Christmas Motets
  7. 13. We Wish You a Merry Christmas' originated from sixteenth-century __ (country)
  8. 14. The melody for the Christmas song 'What Child is This?'
  9. 16. This composer used the music to 'In dulci jubilo' in several of his compositions including a chorale and a chorale prelude for organ.
  10. 21. He composed 'Ceremony of Carols'
  11. 22. Bach wrote the 'Christmas __'
  12. 23. The second word of the original title in Latin of 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'
  13. 24. The first word of the original title in Latin of 'O Come, All Ye Faithful'
  14. 25. The carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter' was inspired by a poem written by Christina __
  15. 26. In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', my true love gave me 7 _ swimming
  16. 27. Irving Berlin's __ Christmas (1954 film and a musical based on the film)
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  1. 2. Name of the ballet by Tchaikovksy that is almost always performed during the Christmas period
  2. 3. According to a Christmas song, he will 'go down in history!'
  3. 4. In the carol 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', my true love gave me a _ in a pear tree.
  4. 5. A plant featured in many Christmas song
  5. 8. Mozart used this Christmas music to write a violin and piano duet.
  6. 10. The tune of 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' is adapted from music by this composer
  7. 15. You better not cry because he is coming to town
  8. 17. He composed a concerto grosso that is widely known as the 'Christmas Concerto'
  9. 18. English composer born on Christmas Day, 1583.
  10. 19. Tannenbaum is the German name for this festive plant
  11. 20. Writer of the novel 'A Christmas Carol'
  12. 24. The period anticipating the coming of Christ, marked in some churches with a special carol service
  13. 28. Along with the ivy, this symbolizes Pagan fertility and has been used as Christmas decorations in churches in England since the fifteenth century