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How to stump your friends: What popular Christmas song mentions Satan?
examiner.com ^
| Dec. 21, 2010
| Réne Girard
Posted on 12/24/2010 11:04:42 AM PST by jackspyder
At this time of year, Christmas songs seem to stir our hearts and minds with thoughts of Christmas cheer, jingle bells, sleigh rides, snowflakes, Santa, Rudolph, and of course the birth of Jesus in a manger long ago. And although many people bemoan the evils of over-indulgence, unbridled commericalism, as well as the absence and rejection of Christ during the Christmas season, few make the direct connection to the deceiver of the world - Satan himself. But did you know that one very popular Christmas song actually mentions Satan by name?
This odd little piece of trivia is one I like to present at this time of year. Maybe you can do the same for your friends and family - especially if you get a kick out of watching their faces contort as their holiday brains scramble for the only right answer.
Although some people will give up quickly, others will genuinely try to figure it out. Here are some hints if they decide to ask.
Hint #1 It is a traditional Christmas carol, not an obscure song you have never heard.
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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; Religion
KEYWORDS: christmas; christmassongs; examiner; satan; song
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To: ModelBreaker
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posted on
12/24/2010 1:45:50 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: Eccl 10:2
Grandma Got Run Over By Satan
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posted on
12/24/2010 1:49:29 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
To: AnAmericanMother
That’s a carol that goes for the throat. No tame baby Jesus meek and mild in that one. The universe’s foundations shook when He was born.
To: ModelBreaker
Amen! Check out the picture at the Latin version of Angelus emittitur. A Finnish David and Goliath.
"I come not to bring peace, but a sword."
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posted on
12/24/2010 2:02:41 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: MHGinTN; mc5cents
Thanks. I knew the meter was off. Unfortunately I was trying to remember the lyrics while listening to other music.
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posted on
12/24/2010 2:28:12 PM PST
by
The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: The_Reader_David
46
posted on
12/24/2010 3:38:44 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: Saundra Duffy; restornu
Pingalingaling to Tabernacle music
47
posted on
12/24/2010 3:39:56 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: ModelBreaker
48
posted on
12/24/2010 3:56:46 PM PST
by
MHGinTN
(Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
To: Responsibility2nd
To save us all from Satan’s power...
Easy.
49
posted on
12/24/2010 4:37:13 PM PST
by
Ronin
("Dismantle the TSA and send the screeners back to Wal-Mart.")
To: Flying Circus
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posted on
12/25/2010 8:03:10 AM PST
by
FromLori
(FromLori)
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