Christmas Song Riddle homework- can you help?

[emer95]

This is really hard... and I'm a teacher! My daughter is in 5th grade and she has a sheet of drawings that represent Christmas songs. 22 of them were easy enough for her to figure out on her own. They were things like a drawing of a knight with his finger up to his lips, saying "Shh!" Silent Night.

Here are the two we can't figure out. We've been at them all night.

One is a drawing of a wishbone, a nail (or maybe a pin?) and a saw with the tip of its blade broken and an arrow pointing to the tip. This is driving me mad! I wish I could draw it or scan it for you to make it easier. Scanner is broken so I can't.

The other one is a cowboy riding a horse. The horse appears to have something around its neck, kind of like a scarf with bells on it (I think). The cowboy has one arm raised, and he is wearing sunglasses.

If anyone of you figures these out, you'll have my admiration forever and I will declare you a freaky genius!

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

http://www.ssqq.com/archive/christmaspuzzleoriginal.htm

I haven't found the answer yet, but I think these are the pictures. You must be talking about pictures 18 and 24.

I suspect the answers are somewhere on that site.

 

[carj]

I think I may have found the puzzle you are talking about by googling "Christmas song riddles"
There is an answer key too!

 

[Belle Ella]

OK, the one with the saw is "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth". I remember this one from something I did a while back.

 

[BKMETV]

the Pin is an Awl as in "all I want for Christmas is my Two front teeth"

 

[Magic Mom]

This is really hard... and I'm a teacher! My daughter is in 5th grade and she has a sheet of drawings that represent Christmas songs. 22 of them were easy enough for her to figure out on her own. They were things like a drawing of a knight with his finger up to his lips, saying "Shh!" Silent Night.

Here are the two we can't figure out. We've been at them all night.

One is a drawing of a wishbone, a nail (or maybe a pin?) and a saw with the tip of its blade broken and an arrow pointing to the tip. This is driving me mad! I wish I could draw it or scan it for you to make it easier. Scanner is broken so I can't.The other one is a cowboy riding a horse. The horse appears to have something around its neck, kind of like a scarf with bells on it (I think). The cowboy has one arm raised, and he is wearing sunglasses.

If anyone of you figures these out, you'll have my admiration forever and I will declare you a freaky genius!

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth?

 

[emer95]

OK, the one with the saw is "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth". I remember this one from something I did a while back.

Holy heck! So that pin thingy is an awl? And 10 year olds are supposed to be able to figure that out?

There's 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. Not like I have anything better to do this time of year anyway.

Thanks so much, everyone! You're all freaky geniuses and I should have come to you hours ago! Now I have to go wrap this teacher's gift!

 

[carj]

I think I may have found the puzzle you are talking about by googling "Christmas song riddles"
There is an answer key too!

 

[BKMETV]

OK but the cowboy one has me stumped...anyone have the answer to that one?

 

[Belle Ella]

The only song the Cowboy one brings to mind is Silver Bells.

 

[BKMETV]

Oh that would work...the Lone Ranger's horse is Silver...thanks it was driving me crazy!!

 

[dbrn]

On the site posted by the second poster, there is a color version of the puzzle. The caption included with the picture of the horse with bells around his neck is "Hi!Ho!Silver" I'd say the answer for this one is 'Silver Bells'.

 

[mouseclick1]

OK but the cowboy one has me stumped...anyone have the answer to that one?

Silver Bells?

 

[IDoDis]

OT, to the OP -- your kids are still in school? When do they get out for the winter break? Our last day was last Friday and the kids go back Jan 5th.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

OT, to the OP -- your kids are still in school? When do they get out for the winter break? Our last day was last Friday and the kids go back Jan 5th.

Not the OP but my friend teaches in NYC and they go until 3:00 on the 23rd. I think they go back on Jan 3rd.

I teach in the New Orleans area and our schedule is like yours.

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

Not the OP but my friend teaches in NYC and they go until 3:00 on the 23rd. I think they go back on Jan 3rd.

I teach in the New Orleans area and our schedule is like yours.

My son's school is like the NYC one, except they get out at 2:40.

 

[BKMETV]

Mine were done Friday and go back on Jan 3rd.

 

[muffyn]

Holy heck! So that pin thingy is an awl? And 10 year olds are supposed to be able to figure that out?

remember the game show concentration??
it always had that AWL thingy in the puzzles. I have never forgotten that one.

 

[bethbuchall]

OT, to the OP -- your kids are still in school? When do they get out for the winter break? Our last day was last Friday and the kids go back Jan 5th.

I want your schedule! My kids have a full day today, and they have to go back on Jan 3. (Last year, though, they actually had school on the 23rd, so I guess we're lucky this year.)

 

[Sorsha]

The secretary at my husband's job printed this page out and passed it out at the Xmas party last week as one of the little "social games" we did for fun while we were waiting for the appetizers.

None of us could figure out "Awl" I Want For Xmas either till she told us the answer. We all thought that was realllly stretching for it.

FWIW I think that's a really hard page for a 5th grader!! A whole room full of adults (about half of whom hadn't even had any alcohol yet!!) had trouble with most of the pictures!!