Holiday Songs (December 2025)

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  1. 1. "Have Yourself a Merry _______ Christmas", a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane in 1943, was made famous by Judy Garland's performance of it in the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis.
  2. 6. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Eight of these serving women a-milking.
  3. 7. "White Christmas", a song written for the film Holiday Inn and first sung by Bing Crosby, this song is considered his greatest work. Quite the accomplishment considering he also wrote "God Bless America".
  4. 10. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Nine of these noblewomen dancing.
  5. 11. "Winter ____________", a song written by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith in 1934, is considered one of the greatest popular Christmas song despite never mentioning or even eluding to this or any holiday.
  6. 14. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; One of these can be found in a pear tree.
  7. 15. This famous comedian's 1995 novelty song "The Chanukah Song", was given its world premiere on Saturday Night Live on December 3, 1994. The song was later used in the comedian's 2002 film Eight Crazy Nights.
  8. 17. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Six of these noisy birds laying eggs.
  9. 18. "Mi Yimalel" ("Who can retell?), is a popular Hebrew language song recounts the efforts of this family in the story of Hanukkah.
  10. 19. ________ Night; Christmas carol normally performed on Christmas Eve.
  11. 21. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Ten of these noblemen a-leaping.
  12. 22. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Eleven of these musicians playing, though one may associated them more with St. Patrick's Day than Christmas.
  13. 24. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Five of these made of gold.
  14. 25. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Four of these kinds of birds.
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  1. 2. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Two of these are sent by one's true love.
  2. 3. "______________ Is Comin' to Town, a song written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie in 1934, has the distinction of being the single-most performed Christmas song according to various music publishing sources.
  3. 4. "Ma'oz Tzur", a 13th century liturgical poem and hymn that is traditionally sung after the lighting of each candle for each evening during the festival of Hanukkah, is often translated as the popular English language hymn, "Rock of _______".
  4. 5. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Three of these French female chickens.
  5. 8. "Happy Kwanzaa" was a track of this artist's fourteenth and final studio album in 1998.
  6. 9. Now regarded as an essential holiday tradition, this Tchaikovsky ballet was given its world premiere in July 1892.
  7. 12. Written in 1741 by Handel, this oratorio is considered a Christmas fixture despite the fact that it originally performed at Easter before secular, not religious, audiences.
  8. 13. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Twelve of these musicians playing, though they be more at home at a rock concert than one for Christmas.
  9. 16. Written in 1949 by Johnny Marks based upon a 1939 story published the Montgomery Ward department store, it tells the life story of this mythical red-nosed reindeer.
  10. 20. Despite the unlikelihood of its occurrence in December in the Middle East, the Christmas carol "It Came Upon The(or A) ___________ Clear", written in 1849 has become a staple of American Christmas celebrations.
  11. 23. From "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; Seven of these aquatic birds swimming.