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\"Virtual<\/a><\/center>Today’s Virtual Advent Tour gives you a game to work on while you’re between tasks. I remember being in high school the first time a teacher gave us a version of it, probably on a day after a test or before early dismissal, when we were unbearably inattentive or rowdy. We all had a lot of fun, and I hope you enjoy it too:<\/p>\n

Here are the initials of the titles of 25 conventional Christmas tunes. Can you figure them all out? (All initials are capitalized, regardless of whether the word should be in the title.)<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. OCT<\/li>\n
  2. JTTW<\/li>\n
  3. GKW<\/li>\n
  4. SN<\/li>\n
  5. OCAYF<\/li>\n
  6. TLDB<\/li>\n
  7. GTIOTM<\/li>\n
  8. TFN<\/li>\n
  9. FTS<\/li>\n
  10. HTHAS<\/li>\n
  11. OHN<\/li>\n
  12. RTRNR<\/li>\n
  13. OLTOB<\/li>\n
  14. SB<\/li>\n
  15. AIAM<\/li>\n
  16. IHTBOCD<\/li>\n
  17. DTH<\/li>\n
  18. JB<\/li>\n
  19. AWHHOH<\/li>\n
  20. GRYMG<\/li>\n
  21. WCIT<\/li>\n
  22. SCICTT<\/li>\n
  23. UOTH<\/li>\n
  24. WC<\/li>\n
  25. ITMWTOTY<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I’ll post the answers over the weekend. Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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