Thanks for keeping this nonsense going all this year. It's been a useful distraction from the real world for me...
25. Used by Native American cultures in sacred ceremonies: Scottish trolley for people with weak leg joints.
Mc - cart - knee.
Not bloody Step Into Christmas, you will surely be glad to know.
Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace
24. Two articles on better breathing for fish. Not Buddy's ...the day.
The & a are two articles. I am reusing a few old clues this week, with no apologies.
Fish might breathe better if they had more gills.
Buddy Holly sand That'll Be The Day.
Thea Gilmore - That'll Be Christmas
23. T-mas left after dire traffic jam.
If Chris leaves Christmas, you're left with tmas.
Dire... erm... well, not Straits. (Yes, I know that's not how you spell "diarrhoea").
Chris Rea - Driving Home For Christmas
22. What Santa needs... a double homicide.
Double homicide: Slay & The Killers.
Santa needs a great big sleigh.
The Killers - A Great Big Sleigh
21. OHHHHHHH! Wrapping.
The Big O.
Roy Orbison - Pretty Paper
20. Predictions of misery from your flat screen TV & stereo.
LCD Sound System - Christmas Will Break Your Heart
19. Remain in that postcode for at least 24 more hours.
East 17 - Stay Another Day
This is a good song. But they look extremely silly, both in the picture above and in the video.
18. Move over... Jesus was one too.
Move over, darling.
Jesus was a carpenter.
The Carpenters - Merry Christmas, Darling
17. Common sense list for America or Jack?
Captain America... or Captain Jack? (Billy Joel, not Johnny Depp.)
That sounds sensible.
Captain Sensible - One Christmas Catalogue
16. Gargled harem hopes to last to the end of the month.
"Gargled harem" was an anagram.
Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December
15. A short, painful New Year for Shaky... and what came before that wasn't the best either.
Suffering, shortened, becomes Suf. January, shortened, becomes Jan.
Shaking Stevens.
Sufjan Stevens - That Was The Worst Christmas Ever
14. Get... Clemons! No chimney, obviously.
Get Carter!
Clarence Clemons.
If there was no chimney, Santa would have to use the back door.
Clarence Carter - Back Door Santa
13. Da do ones kill Andy Bell.
Da do ron ron... slays Ride.
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride
12. The story of snow in Chelmsford or Saffron Walden.
They're in Essex.
David Essex - A Winter's Tale
11. Kids hanging around a barber's shop on the zebra crossing.
Outside an American barber's shop, there used to be a candy cane pole.
Zebra crossings have white stripes. I've probably used that before. but it worked again here.
The White Stripes - Candy Cane Children
10. The opposite of a Silent Night... with added bloodshed.
The opposite of a Silent Night...? A loud one!
Loudon Wainwright III - I'll Be Killing You This Christmas
9. My average sucks... and I always get miserable around now.
"My average sucks" is an anagram.
Kacey Musgraves - Christmas Makes Me Cry
8. Dinosaur punch goes straight to your head.
A bop to the head?
T-Rexmas!
T-Rex - Christmas Bop
7. Small Buddy Hollies jingle.
Buddy sang Rave On...
The Raveonettes - Christmas Song
6. Don't forget snarly rhinos!
Longtime readers will remember that I've used the "snarly rhinos" anagram before.
Harry Nilsson - Remember (Christmas)
5. "Two weeks off work." That's amazing!
A wonder is amazing.
"Two weeks off work." That's what Christmas means to me!
Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means To Me
4. American sums found in delivery ward.
American sums are Math
So... Math is (in the room) when a child is born.
Johnny Mathis - When A Child Is Born
3. I'm not even going to write a clue for this one. Everything you need is in the picture.
Eels - Christmas Is Going To The Dogs
2. Home of Kemp, King and Scorsese... on the road, darling.
Martin Kemp, Martin Luther King and Martin Scorcese would live in a house...martins.
Caravans are homes that go on the road, love.
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
1. My way to wish you all yuletide greetings.
At last, the end is near...
Have yourselves a merry little Christmas!
As a Christmas present to the others, I decided not to post any answers to this quiz but if I had I'd probably have answered all 24 inside half a minute!
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"Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
It's the time that every Santa has a ball
Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer?
Does a ton-up on his sleigh?
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?"
Many thanks Rol for a(nother) great bumper edition and all the hard work you put in all year round to keep us entertained on a Saturday morning (or afternoon as it often is in my case...)
ReplyDeleteWasn’t able to play yesterday and only later on discovered it had been a bumper seasonal edition. Well done as ever and looking forward to having a try at solving the clues with the family over the festive period (carefully avoiding the answers of course).
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