Can you decipher the REAL titles of these exaggerated titles of very familiar Christmas tunes? Don’t peek now–but if you need help, find answers below.

1. From dark ’til dawn, soundless and sanctimonious 2. Celestial messengers from splendid empires 3. In a distant bovine diner 4. Universal elation 5. Ornament the enclosure with large sprigs of berry-bearing evergreen. 6. O miniature Nazarene village 7. May Jehovah grant unto you hilarious males retirement. 8. Those of you who are true, come here! 9. Are you detecting the same aural sensations as I am? 10. The diminutive male of less than adult age who plays a percussion instrument 11. Primary Yuletide 12. Heavenly cherubs announcing in song–listen! 13. Reigning monarchs of the Far East 14. Proclaim it to the hills.

Answers: 1. Silent Night 2. Angels We Have Heard on High 3. Away in a Manger 4. Joy to the World 5. Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly 6. O Little Town of Bethlehem 7. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen 8. O Come, All Ye Faithful 9. Do You Hear What I Hear? 10. Little Drummer Boy 11. The First Noel 12. Hark, the Herald Angels Sing 13. We Three Kings 14. Go Tell It on the Mountain

THEY MISSED HIM! They were looking for a lion, He came as a Lamb, and they missed Him.

They were looking for a warrior, He came as a Peacemaker, and they missed Him.

They were looking for a king, He came as a Servant, and they missed Him.

They were looking for liberation from Rome, He submitted to the Roman stake, and they missed Him.

They were looking for a fit to their mold, He was the mold maker, and they missed Him.

What are you looking for? Lion? Warrior? King? Liberator? What are you looking for?

They were looking for their temporal needs to be met, He came to meet their eternal need, and they missed Him.

He came as a Lamb to be sacrificed for your sin. Will you miss Him?

He came to make peace between God and man. Will you miss Him?

He came to model servanthood for all mankind. Will you miss Him?

He came that we might have true liberty. Will you miss Him?

He came to give you eternal life. Will you miss Him?

When we submit to the Lamb, we will meet the Lion. Join with the Peacemaker, and we will meet the Warrior. Work with the Servant, and we will meet the King. Walk with the Submitted, and we will meet the Liberator. Concern ourselves with the eternal, and we will have the temporal.

If Jesus is not fitting into the mold you have, then come to the mold maker and get a new one. Submit to His plan for your life and you will see the eternal need met first; then all the other things you have need of will be taken care of as well. –Author unknown.