Turn on the radio any day in December, and chances are you will catch a Christmas tune or two. Some stations, in fact, play nothing but Christmas music throughout the month. We all have our favorite holiday tunes, but how many of us know who penned them? Did you know, for example, that Irving Berlin wrote “A White Christmas”? Take this quiz and see what else you know. Match the tune to the right songwriter.

1) “Blue Christmas”

2) “The Christmas Song”

3) “Carol of the Bells”

4) “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

5) “Feliz Navidad”

6) “Frosty the Snowman”

7) “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

8) “Here Comes Santa Claus”

9) “Home for the Holidays”

10) “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”

11) “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”

12) “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas”

13) “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

14) “Jingle Bell Rock”

15) “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!”

16) “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

17) “Santa Baby”

18) “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”

19) “Silver Bells”

20) “Winter Wonderland”

A) Joan Ellen Javits & Philip and Tony Springer

B) Jay Livingston & Ray Evans

C) Joseph Carleton Beal & James Ross Boothe

D) Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith

E) Steve Nelson & Walter E. Rollins

F) Mel Torme & Robert Wells

G) Gene Autry & Oakley Halderman

H) Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie

I) Johnny Marks

J) Sammy Cahn & Jule Styne

K) Peter J. Wilhousky & Mykola Leontovich

L) Bob Allen & Al Stillman

M) Ralph Blane & Hugh Martin

N) Edward Pola & George Wyle

O) Jose Feliciano

P) Walter Kent, Kim Gannon & Buck Ram

Q) Midge Ure & Bob Geldof

R) Meredith Willson

S) Tommie Connor

T) Billie Hayes & Jay W. Johnson

Answers: 1) T, 2) F, 3) K, 4) Q, 5) O, 6) E, 7) M, 8) G, 9) L, 10) S, 11) P, 12) R, 13) N, 14) C, 15) J, 16) I, 17) A, 18) H, 19) B, 20) D

Well, how did you do? The songs may be familiar, but the songwriters are a whole different matter. You may not have been as familiar with them.