Deck the Halls
E507810
"Deck the Halls" is a holiday-themed suspense novel co-written by Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, featuring the amateur sleuth couple Alvirah and Willy Meehan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Deck the Halls canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5293094 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deck the Halls Context triple: [Alvirah and Willy series, hasWork, Deck the Halls]
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A.
Deck the Halls / Silent Night
"Deck the Halls / Silent Night" is a medley combining the traditional Christmas carols "Deck the Halls" and "Silent Night," featured as a track on the holiday album "One Wish: The Holiday Album."
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B.
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is a popular 19th-century American Christmas song widely recognized for its catchy melody and association with holiday festivities.
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C.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a classic Christmas standard, originally introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis* and since covered by countless artists.
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D.
Silver Bells
"Silver Bells" is a classic Christmas song widely associated with the holiday season and frequently included on festive albums.
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E.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas song that has become a seasonal standard, widely covered and featured in holiday music repertoires.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Deck the Halls Target entity description: "Deck the Halls" is a holiday-themed suspense novel co-written by Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, featuring the amateur sleuth couple Alvirah and Willy Meehan.
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A.
Deck the Halls / Silent Night
"Deck the Halls / Silent Night" is a medley combining the traditional Christmas carols "Deck the Halls" and "Silent Night," featured as a track on the holiday album "One Wish: The Holiday Album."
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B.
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is a popular 19th-century American Christmas song widely recognized for its catchy melody and association with holiday festivities.
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C.
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a classic Christmas standard, originally introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 film *Meet Me in St. Louis* and since covered by countless artists.
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D.
Silver Bells
"Silver Bells" is a classic Christmas song widely associated with the holiday season and frequently included on festive albums.
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E.
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
"It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" is a classic mid-20th-century Christmas song that has become a seasonal standard, widely covered and featured in holiday music repertoires.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
holiday-themed novel
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| author |
Carol Higgins Clark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Higgins Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coWrittenBy |
Carol Higgins Clark
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mary Higgins Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alvirah Meehan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Willy Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
suspense fiction ⓘ |
| hasAmateurSleuthCouple | Alvirah and Willy Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHolidayElement | Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistType | amateur sleuths ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
crime investigation
ⓘ
family in danger ⓘ holiday suspense ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | collaboration between Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Alvirah and Willy series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Christmas season ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Deck the Halls Description of subject: "Deck the Halls" is a holiday-themed suspense novel co-written by Mary Higgins Clark and her daughter Carol Higgins Clark, featuring the amateur sleuth couple Alvirah and Willy Meehan.
Referenced by (4)
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