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have been some magic in
that old silk hat they found.
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around.
O, Frosty the snowman
Was alive
To know the meaning of this line, you first have to know the story of Frosty the Snowman. First, a magician asks his son to deliver a magic hat to a fellow magician. The son walks around and sees his friends. They seize the hat, and to tease him, they place it on a snowman's head and say "If this hat is really magic, then this snowman is going to dance!" Suddenly, the snowman jumps up and starts dancing. So, basically, this line means that the magician's silk hat was placed on the snowman's head, and he began to dance.
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Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
Now bring us some figgy pudding
And bring some out here
"Our" Christmas songs usually came from England. Back then, and even now, figgy pudding is a holiday special at Christmas time. Figgy pudding is usually made with spices, and can be eaten with many types of nuts. The author who wrote this likes figgy pudding, so he is expressing it in this line.
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The horse was lean and lank
Though many people think that Lank is the name of the horse, that is not true. Lank means ungracefully tall and thin. Lean means to slope, but it also means to be very skinny. So basically, "the horse was lean and lank" means "the horse was tall, thin, and ungraceful".
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See the blazing Yule before us
Back then, they would have Christmas parties on Christmas Eve. Also, they didn't have heaters, so they had to light a fire in the fireplace. Since nobody wanted to go out and keep gathering wood, since they wanted to have fun, they discovered this new tree called the Yule tree. The yule log from the yule tree would light way longer than any other log, so people would use the log when they had Christmas parties, so unlucky people wouldn't have to keep on going outside in the cold to collect logs and miss out on the fun inside.
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Don we now our gay apparel
This basically means "Let's put on our happy clothes". In that time, people usually wore boring clothes that were colored gray, brown, and black. However, during Christmas, they tended to go for something a little more colorful. As in red and green. Don means put on, gay in that time meant happy, and apparel means clothes. So, in conclusion, "Don we now our gay apparel" means "We put on our happy clothes". Though it is a bit awkwardly worded, as Meggies said, words at that time became altered as America got older.
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Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Deck the halls mean to decorate (for Christmas). Holly is a special type of plant that can only be picked in winter, and it is red and green. Since holly is great for picking at wintertime, it is the traditional plant of Christmas. Also, since it is red and green, our Christmas colors are red and green. Deck is short for decorate, and boughs are branches, so the meaning of "Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly" means " Decorate the halls with branches of holly."
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