We have heard these singing sweetly through the night.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...
A Visit From St. Nicholas (or St. Nick) or The Night Before Christmas
All this girl or boy wanted for Christmas is two of these.
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Mary and Joseph traveled from this town to Bethlehem.
Nazareth
This angel announced to Mary that she is to have a child who would be the Saviour.
Gabriel
The Lord is come; let earth receive her King: let every heart prepare Him room...
Joy to the World
You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel...you're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!
Mr. Grinch (or The Grinch Who Stole Christmas)
"I don't want a doll, no dinkey Tinkertoy... no crocodiles or rhinoceroseses, I only want...."
I Want For Christmas A Hippopotamus
These three brought to Jesus gifts and gave Jesus homage.
Wise Men or Magi or Three Kings
Jesus' birth was first announced 'from on high' to this group of people.
Shepherds
How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee one by one. One for the little bitty baby...
Children, Go Where I Send Thee
No one wanted to play with this reindeer
Rudolph
"Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful and since we have no place to go..."
Let It Snow
Joseph had a dream to leave Bethlehem with Mary and Jesus and go to this nearby country.
Egypt
The three Kings (Wise Men) brought these three gifts to Jesus
Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh
Twas in the moon of winter time
When all the birds had fled, that mighty Gitchi Manitou sent angel choirs instead.
Huron Carol
He was made of snow but the children know how he came to life one day
Frosty the Snowman
"Bells are ringing, children singing - all is merry and bright - hang your stockings and say your prayers.."
Here Comes Santa Claus
The three Wise Men were warned in a dream not to go back to this King and tell him where Jesus was.
King Herod
Mary said these words when she accepted God's plan for her to have Jesus.
"Let it be done unto me" or "Let It be done unto me according to his word" or "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word".
Hark now hear the angels sing, a king was born today, and man will live for evermore, because of Christmas Day.
Mary's Boy Child
In Dickens story The Christmas Carol this mean spirited, misery character saw Christmas as "humbug".
Scrooge
' I broke my bat on Johnny's head; somebody snitched on me. I hid a frog in sister's bed..."
Nuttin' for Christmas or I'm Getting Nuttin' For Christmas
Elizabeth (cousin of Mary and mother of Jesus) and her husband Zachariah had a baby to whom they gave this name.
John or John the Baptist
Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple as a baby to present him to God. They had to bring two of these as a sacrifice (also mentioned in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas)
Two turtledoves