Quiz: How well do you know your Christmas carols?

10 December 2020, 17:07

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Christmas presents. Picture: Getty

The festive period wouldn’t be the same without their figgy puddings and soaring descants. But how well do you really know your Christmas carols?

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Let’s find out how good your Christmas carol knowledge is, really...

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