Braingle: 'Anagram Christmas' Brain Teaser

Anagram Christmas

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#34523
Fun:	(3.04)
Difficulty:	(1.82)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	MarcM1098

My father gave me a brain teaser with two groups of words missing. The four words in each group are anagrams of each other. I've solved the first group, but I'm stuck on the second group. Can you help?

Time to decorate the Christmas tree! Putting up the lights was my job, but after that it was time to ENLIST some help. While the kids were busy adding TINSEL, I put on some music to LISTEN to; my favourite song is "SILENT Night".

After we finished decorating the Christmas tree, I hung the stockings on the __1__. Feeling a chill, I looked down and had to __2__ my __3__ lapse; the fire was out. I threw on my __4__ and stepped out into the cold night to gather some firewood. Upon my return, we were soon roasting chestnuts and sipping eggnog to complete a wonderful evening.

Hint

Here are definitions of the missing words:
1. a shelf above a fireplace
2. to express sorrow
3. relating to the mind
4. a cloak
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Comments

Thel Dec 21, 2006	Great teaser! And I wish your stockings will be brimming with presents!
squid1995 Dec 21, 2006	Great teaser it had me thinking.
reptile5000 Dec 21, 2006	yes, tomoro is ok
scallio Dec 22, 2006	Hmmm... learned something new. Didn't know that a mantle could be worn. Don't I feel sheepish! Thanks for a great teaser!
lavender Dec 24, 2006	Great teaser!
SPUTNIK2 Feb 08, 2007	Ya got me Marc, this was hard, but i could have gooten the example! Good one and please keep them coming
(user deleted) Feb 11, 2007	=D That was awesome, how you could find so many anagrams. I was stumped the first time through, thinking it was "chimney," due to clue 1, then "coat," on clue 4. Then I put the two together and remembered getting a Mantle in Castlevania. ^^
OldChinaHand Feb 11, 2007	Good One.
Dr-Who Feb 11, 2007	Great, I enjoyed it
AbsurdHero Feb 11, 2007	Fun. I thought it was pretty easy myself, but it seems to have stumped some people.
marschie Feb 11, 2007	I didn't get mantel/mantle ...but I did get lament/mental. Great fun!
lmurray Feb 11, 2007	QUITE EASY. I QUESTION THE VALIDITY OF YOUR USING A MANTLE AS A MEANS OF WARMTH TO GO OUT INTO THE COLD NIGHT, BUT THE LETTERS FIT.
coachpisco Feb 11, 2007	Excellent!
puttumup Feb 11, 2007	yawn
Pizzazz2u Feb 11, 2007	It is a Totally Awesome teaser! It should get anyone to thinking and trying to unscramble the answers! Keep up the fantastic work!
bradon182001 Feb 11, 2007	Good teaser for a Sunday morning.
OhEmGee Feb 11, 2007	im gunna have to say that i didnt like it very much. i thought it was boring and lacking a surprise answer. i was not impressed but thanks for trying.
anion Feb 11, 2007	I thought it was very good and it was hard. Good job!! It was not lacking in anything. Keep up the good work.
RoknRobn228 Feb 11, 2007	The first 3 were easy. I would never have guessed the 4th. Nice teaser!
vanoosha Feb 11, 2007	Nice one!
phyllisa Feb 11, 2007	Wonderful, I got it and I think it's OK to put on an old-fashiioned mantle for a teaser!
katjojo Feb 11, 2007	I got mantle and mental, but you got me on the rest.
ViaTunisi Feb 11, 2007	The hint was a little too easy, but this was a great puzzle overall.
speedqueenkmw Feb 11, 2007	good one-got all but mantle. kind of an old term, right? keep 'em coming
campfirecutie Feb 11, 2007	Great teaser!! I was stumped on #4 but it was still fun! Good job!
i_luv_2_read Feb 11, 2007	mantle, noun - 1. a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape. that is definitely a valid definition good teaser. i didn't get it, though. horrible at anagrams... oh well
vlerma Feb 11, 2007	Nice job. Had me stumped on your wrap however.
iteachkids Feb 11, 2007	FUN NE!!!
auntiesis Feb 12, 2007	This was good and also hard. I got mantle right away, then thought it was wrong because I couldn't find the 4th word. I'm old enough to know what a mantel is, but I just didn't think of it. But keep them coming. A lot of thought went into this one.
Qrystal Feb 12, 2007	I suspected mantle, but didn't think it would be so because it was the same word as the first one, and not anagram'd at all. I didn't think the first would be spelled mantel! It just looks wrong! But dictionary.com says that mantle is an alternate to mantel, but mantle seems to more correctly refer to the clothing piece. Darn! Oh well, learn something new every day, and occasionally, it's even here!
Qrystal Feb 16, 2007	Heh, I just had to use the word "mantel" in a report today, and thought it was amusing that this Braingle teaser taught me the difference between "mantel" and "mantle", and so I'm much cooler now than I was last week!
FatHead Oct 24, 2007	That was pretty fun, once I got the hint!
doehead Feb 15, 2010	Nice easy one today.
patiencewithaP Feb 15, 2010	Good one even though I couldn't think of #4!
Babe Feb 15, 2013	I only got 2 of them. It looked like you were to put 2 words in each blank so I was confused.
gaylewolf Feb 15, 2013	This one was easy for me because I am familiar with these 4 words all being spelled with the same letters. Thanks for posting!
jaycr Feb 15, 2013	Nice job, well written.
cutebug Feb 15, 2013	Nice ez one to start the day.