Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

This round is for Christmas carols. To qualify, it must be a Christmas-themed song that is at least 50 years old. (I was going to say it had to be 100 years old, but I'm OK with allowing stuff like "Silver Bells.")

In addition, we are also going with an alphabet theme. Every song must begin with a different letter of the alphabet, until all of the letters in the alphabet are used (or until we can't think of any more). If there's more than one person left at the end of the first alphabet round, we'll do a second one.

Here's the master list of songs used:

A - Angels We Have Heard on High
B - Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
C - Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
D - Deck the Halls
E - Et admirabile sacramentum ("O Magnum Mysterium")
F - Fum, Fum, Fum
G - Good King Wenceslas
H - Hark the Herald Angels Sing
I - I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In
J - Jingle Bells
K -
L - Let It Snow
M - Minuit Chrétiens
N - Nightingale Carol
O - O Little Town of Bethlehem
P - Past Three O'Clock
Q - Quittez bergers (O Leave Your Sheep)
R - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
S - Santa Baby
T - The Twelve Days of Christmas
U - Ukrainian Bell Carol
V - The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
W - What Child Is This
X -
Y - Ya viene la vieja
Z -

A - Angels from the Realms of Glory
B -
C -
D - Ding Dong Merrily on High
E -
F - Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains
G -
H - Hallelujah Chorus
I - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
J -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O - O Holy Night
P - Puer Natus
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

Clarifications, rules and exceptions:

Q. What happens if I thought my song was 50 years old, but it turns out it wasn't?

A. You can go again if it's still the same day. (I.e., you won't be disqualified for not knowing the exact age of your song; I just want to push this round towards more traditional songs. You can also double check the age of your song after you post, if you're concerned it may not qualify.)

Q. Can I post a song that's not in English?

A. Sure, but you can only use a song once, no matter what lyrics you're using. So, you can post "Un Flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle" (and have it count for F) or "Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella" (and have it count for B), but once you've posted either version, the other version is out, too. Also, if you post a non-English song that has a well known English translation, please post the name of the translation so that we know it's out.

Q. What if I can't remember the exact name of my song?

A. You can count a song under its name or under the beginning of the first line. So, you can post "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" and have it count for I or for W (because the official name of the song is "White Christmas").

Clear as mud?

I'll start:

"Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains."

-"Angels We Have Heard on High."

O little town of Bethlehem how still we see thee lie.

O little town of Bethlehem.

"On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping, ten lords a leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking, seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree."

--"Twelve Days of Christmas"

"Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells, all seem to say, throw cares away"
Ukrainian Bell Carol

On December five and twenty, fum, fum, fum.

"Fum, Fum, Fum"

C is for wrote:Ukrainian Bell Carol

Nice.

Also, I forgot to specify if Day 1 ends tonight or tomorrow night. Do you think I should keep it open for two full days?

From the General Rules:

C is for wrote:2. Generally the first day is extended past two midnights in order to get maximum participation.

Dead Cat wrote:From the General Rules:

C is for wrote:2. Generally the first day is extended past two midnights in order to get maximum participation.

Right, but the first day is also generally not a full day. (And for some reason I wanted the days of the round to match up with the days in December. Let's chalk that up to me being more OCD when I'm feeling sick.) That said, I think I'll go for two days, anyway, because it's Christmas Carols, so pretty much everyone should be able to participate.

Good king wenschislaus went out, on the feast of stephen...

Darn you Whistler. That's probably my favorite Christmas carol.

"I saw three ships go sailing by, on Christmas day on Christmas day"

-I saw three ships

Hark the herald angels sing, glory to the newborn King!

-Hark the Herald Angels Sing

"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Jack Frost nipping at your nose"

-Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh, o'er the fields we go, laughing all the way. Bells on bobtails ring, making spirits bright, what fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight! Oh-
"Jingle Bells"

"You know dasher and dancer and prancer and vixen, comet and cupid and donner and blitzen. But do you recall... the most famous reindeer of all!"
-Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer (I checked the year, it's 1950)

Whistler wrote:(I checked the year, it's 1950)

Interesting! (Also, you're a day ahead because we're still on Day 1. So you can skip Day 2, if you like.)

"Santa Baby, a '54 convertible too--light blue. I'll wait up for you dear, Santa Baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight."

--"Santa Baby"

Not sure if it's a "carol" per se, but it's definitely old enough.

Katya wrote:(Also, you're a day ahead because we're still on Day 1. So you can skip Day 2, if you like.)

I can too, I guess. Hooray.

C is for wrote:

Katya wrote:(Also, you're a day ahead because we're still on Day 1. So you can skip Day 2, if you like.)

I can too, I guess. Hooray.

Oops! Yes, you too.

And also Dead Cat.