# Christmas song trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 24, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546 "2008-12-24T15:21:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/21 "2008-12-26T19:13:47Z")
> [@maggenpye](#): > > I know Paul Young did the first line of _Do They Know It’s Christmas_ - according to Bob Geldoff’s autobiography (_Is That It?_) Boy George was supposed to sing it but was very late. Paul was the only one who had an adequately warmed up voice when they were ready to start. > > Which original version singer is also in the latest version of that song? Bono? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/22 "2008-12-26T19:21:09Z")
As a counterpoint to one of the questions in the OP, which Christmas song is about the resumption of faith that was lost? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/23 "2008-12-26T20:29:54Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > As a counterpoint to one of the questions in the OP, which Christmas song is about the resumption of faith that was lost? I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day? Johnny Cash version is my fav. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/24 "2008-12-26T20:34:03Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day? Got it in one. Edited: It just occurred to me that those goddamn Christmas shoes fit my question, also. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/25 "2008-12-26T20:44:12Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > True, but you could say the same of “Winter Wonderland” and “Jingle Bells.” They’re sort of Christmas songs by adoption. I guess you’re right. I took a look at some Christmas Albums and several have versions of “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. While I’ve always associated “Winter Wonderland”, “Jingle Bells”, and “Frosty the Snowman” with Christmas even though there aren’t any Christmas references, I’ve never done the same with “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. Looks like I’m behind the times. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/26 "2008-12-26T20:47:38Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I guess you’re right. I took a look at some Christmas Albums and several have versions of “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. While I’ve always associated “Winter Wonderland”, “Jingle Bells”, and “Frosty the Snowman” with Christmas even though there aren’t any Christmas references, I’ve never done the same with “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. Looks like I’m behind the times. The song is always (and in my experience, only) played during the “radio Christmas season” along with all the other winter songs that have been unofficially lumped into the modern “Christmas carol”. ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546/27 "2008-12-27T08:18:36Z")
> [@Future\_Londonite](#): > > Bono? yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-song-trivia/478546.md?page=1)