3-per Word Ladder: Listen Up!

Can you discover a summary of a Christmas song in this 6-letter word ladder in which THREE letters change between each rung? (See 'How to Play' note)

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Clue	6-Letter Rung	Letter Patterns of Adjacent Rungs
Sings Christmas songs, or the songs themselves		_{⇙ A R ⇙ L ⇙}
With no excess, or in the nick of time		_{⇖ A R ⇖ L ⇖ B ⇙ ⇙ E L ⇙}
Seen, biblically		_{B ⇖ ⇖ E L ⇖ ⇙ E ⇙ ⇙ L D}
Boston newspaper, or a monarch's messenger		_{⇖ E ⇖ ⇖ L D H ⇙ R ⇙ ⇙ D}
Played an instrument associated with winged, haloed ones		_{H ⇖ R ⇖ ⇖ D ⇙ A R P ⇙ ⇙}
Latin: of the wrist, or tunnel with a syndrome?		_{⇖ A R P ⇖ ⇖ C A R ⇙ ⇙ ⇙}
Light touch of fondness or affection		_{C A R ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ E S S}
Except if		_{⇖ ⇖ ⇖ E S S ⇙ N ⇙ E ⇙ S}
Winged, haloed ones, or a California baseball team		_{⇖ N ⇖ E ⇖ S ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ E L S}
Conveyences for the 3 Wise Men crossing the desert sands		_{⇖ ⇖ ⇖ E L S C A ⇙ ⇙ L ⇙}
____mas: celebration of Jesus's presentation at the Temple		_{C A ⇖ ⇖ L ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ D L E}
Horse's headgear		_{⇖ ⇖ ⇖ D L E ⇙ R I ⇙ ⇙ E}
Edward's titular role in Twain's book about class inequality		_{⇖ R I ⇖ ⇖ E P R ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ E}
'Psalm' synonyms: sacred song, religious song, song of ____, hymn		_{P R ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ E P R A ⇙ ⇙ ⇙}
The Lord's ____ (a Sermon on the Mount teaching)		_{P R A ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ R A ⇙ E ⇙}

Clue	6-Letter Rung	Letter Patterns of Adjacent Rungs
1st Commandment prohibits false idols, ____ images		_{⇖ R A ⇖ E ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ A V E ⇙}
Jesus fed the 5000 with 2 fishes and 5 of these		_{⇖ ⇖ A V E ⇖ ⇙ O ⇙ ⇙ E S}
It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street, for two		_{⇖ O ⇖ ⇖ E S M O ⇙ ⇙ E ⇙}
___ Teresa (a.k.a. St. Teresa of Calcutta)		_{M O ⇖ ⇖ E ⇖ M ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ E R}
Jesus's cradle, or a feeding trough for horses		_{M ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ E R ⇙ A ⇙ ⇙ E R}
Tom Canty's titular role in Twain's book about class inequality		_{⇖ A ⇖ ⇖ E R ⇙ A ⇙ P ⇙ R}
One of the 3 Wise Men (King of Sheba at the time)		_{⇖ A ⇖ P ⇖ R G ⇙ S P ⇙ ⇙}
Story related by Matthew, Mark, John or Luke		_{G ⇖ S P ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ O ⇙ P E ⇙}
Limitless actor Bradley, or a barrel maker		_{⇖ O ⇖ P E ⇖ C O O ⇙ ⇙ ⇙}
Dove sounds, or making noises of contentment		_{C O O ⇖ ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ O I N ⇙}
Apply oil to (someone) in a religious context		_{⇖ ⇖ O I N ⇖ ⇙ N ⇙ ⇙ N T}
One who might be swaddled		_{⇖ N ⇖ ⇖ N T I N ⇙ A ⇙ ⇙}
Existing in an individual from birth		_{I N ⇖ A ⇖ ⇖ ⇙ ⇙ ⇙ A T E}
Judaean prefect under whose command Jesus was crucified		_{⇖ ⇖ ⇖ A T E}

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The arrows in the third column indicate which letters changed from the previous rung (up arrows) and which letters in the current word must be changed in order to produce the next rung (down arrows).

Classic: Type in answers that appear in a list

Last Updated: Dec 16, 2017

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