A Christmas Carol For You Trivia Quiz

Answer: Yorkshire

The words of this hymn were written by John Byrom around 1750 and on the original manuscript one finds the words, "Christmas Day. For Dolly", Dolly being Byrom's daughter. By the 1760s the six verses of the hymn were set to a memorable tune from the North of England, called "Yorkshire". The other options are all Christmas connected: "St Louis" to "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Winchester Old" to "While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night", and "Regent Square" to "Angels from the Realms of Glory".
A personal memory: my first Christmas away from home, I was in the U.K. and taken by my hosts to their local church for the midnight service, and this was the opening hymn. It is much more common in the U.K. than in America, and I had never heard it before. It was a marvellous experience, as the procession made its way around the candle-lit church to the accompaniment of this powerful tune.

(Submitted by Ampelos)

Answer: "Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?"

Mark Lowery wrote the lyrics to "Mary Did You Know?" in 1984. Buddy Greene wrote the music in 1991. It was first recorded by Michael English and has been covered by many artists including Mark Lowery himself. The song asks Mary if she knew when Jesus was born all that he would do.

(Submitted by Ilona_Ritter).

Answer: Sunday school

The word were written by Philip Brooks, an American episcopal priest for a Sunday school carol service. There are at least two different tunes to which it is sung, depending on where you live. In the US it is commonly sung to the tune St Louis. In the UK, it is usually sung to the tune "Forest Green".

I particularly love the words of the third verse: 'How silently, how silently the wondrous gift is given, So God imparts to human hearts the blessings of his heaven' as God often meets us in unexpected places and in unexpected ways.

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Answer: die

"Ring The Bells" was written by Harry Bollback and published in 1958. Here are the lyrics to the first stanza and chorus:

"Ring the bells, ring the bells, let the whole world know,
Christ was born in Bethlehem many years ago.
Born to die that man might live, came to earth new life to give,
Born of Mary, born so low, many years ago.
God the Father gave His Son, gave His own beloved One,
To the wicked sinful earth, to bring mankind His love, new birth.

Chorus
Ring the bells, ring the bells,
Let the whole world know
Christ the Savior lives today
As He did so long ago!"


Submitted by cms4613

Answer: The Little Drummer Boy

"The Little Drummer Boy" was written by Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941. It is a beautiful story of a little boy who wants to give the Baby Jesus a gift but is too poor to buy anything, so he plays his drum for him and does it as best he can. It was inspired by the French song "Patapan." Written by Bernard de La Monnoye.

(Submitted by Ilona_Ritter)

Answer: 1992

"Breath of Heaven", on Amy Grant's "Home for Christmas" release, is also known as 'Mary's song' and told from the viewpoint of an unmarried teenage mother-to-be.

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Answer: false

This tune was actually written by Noël Regneya and his wife at the time, Gloria Shayne Baker, in 1962. The song was written as a response to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and while referencing some of the events of the birth of Jesus, His name is never mentioned in the lyrics of the song.

Question submitted by logcrawler

Answer: While Shepherds Watched their Flocks By Night

The words to "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night" were written by Nathan Tate in 1700. The most common tune for this carol is "Winchester Old", but in the North East of England, it is often sung to this alternative tune, which has the same meter, although it is necessary to repeat some of the lines.

Submitted by cal562301

Answer: Huron

The words of what is commonly called the "Huron Carol" ("Jesous ahatonhia") are attributed to the Jesuit missionary St Jean de Brebeuf, one of the eight "Huron martyrs" killed by the Iroquois in the late 1640s at the mission of Sainte-Marie-among-the-Hurons. The English lyrics include native references such as "that mighty Gitchi-Manitou", "within a lodge of broken bark", and "the chiefs from afar before him knelt with gifts of fox and beaver pelt".

Question by Ampelos.

Answer: Martin Luther

The view that Luther wrote this carol has been discredited through the years. Traditionally though, it was said that Luther wrote the piece as a bedtime song for his children. The other three choices listed were all prolific hymn writers with Fannie Crosby credited with producing more than 8,000.

Submitted by rredman 95