“Christmas Music Quiz,” Friend, Dec. 2004, 26

Christmas Music Quiz

By Cynthia Rakes Bowden

Draw a line to a picture of a word missing from a phrase of a song from the Children’s Songbook. (See answers below.)

Illustrated by Elise Black

“This is the _______ proclaiming the birth, singing ‘Hosanna!’ and ‘Peace on the earth!’” (“The Nativity Song,” pp. 52–53).
“Stuff a _______ for a loved one; hang the holly joyously” (“Have a Very Merry Christmas!” p. 51).
“And can you see so rev’rently the _______ kneeling there?” (“Picture a Christmas,” pp. 50–51).
“A loving mother laid her baby in a _______ filled with hay” (“Once within a Lowly Stable,” p. 41).
“‘And _______ will be born in a land far, far away’” (“Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus,” p. 36).
“ _______ riding through the desert dark and far” (“Stars Were Gleaming,” p. 37).
“Fairest little Jesus child, from the heavens angels smiled. We a _______ before thee lay” (“Little Jesus,” p. 39).
“Onward going, gleaming, glowing, leading still, our Christmas _______ !” (“Stars Were Gleaming,” p. 37).
“Have a most exciting Christmas! Ring a bell and trim a _______ “ (“Have a Very Merry Christmas!” p. 51).
“While _______ watches through the night, a star reflects thy light” (“Mary’s Lullaby,” pp. 44–45).
“He urged the donkey forward then, with _______ on its back, and carried bread and goat cheese in a little linen sack” (“When Joseph Went to Bethlehem,” pp. 38–39).