Annual Christmas Treasure Hunt

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Across
  1. 3. Holiday “log” that’s more cake than firewood
  2. 5. Baking’s most reliable co-conspirators
  3. 7. Gloves with fewer individual opinions
  4. 8. Snowman with an unusually optimistic outlook
  5. 9. A song or a person, depending on context
  6. 11. Seasonal drink people swear they like every year
  7. 12. A funny holiday classic
  8. 13. Instrument with 88 keys but no locks
  9. 15. Sport whose abbreviation sends you to the wrong place if you pack a suitcase
  10. 16. Tree jewelry with a short life expectancy
  11. 20. Seasonal word that looks like it could RSVP
  12. 23. Festive greenery that fights back
  13. 24. Door décor shaped like a festive zero
  14. 25. Furniture for meals, homework, and treaty negotiations
  15. 26. Where “spin” means exercise, not PR
  16. 28. Entryway chaos manager that works one sole at a time
Down
  1. 1. Santa’s ride: not a car, definitely a flex
  2. 2. Sleeping arrangement that appears only when company does
  3. 4. Weather you can control by shaking
  4. 6. Plant that turns standing still into a social contract
  5. 9. Hook-shaped sugar with minty ambition
  6. 10. Winter accessory that doubles as portable warmth
  7. 14. A ballet or a tool, based on your December plans
  8. 17. Reindeer whose medical condition became a career advantage
  9. 18. Holiday sparkle with a tendency to shed
  10. 19. Decorative rope with no practical knots
  11. 21. Wall-mounted helpers that always catch what you throw
  12. 22. Board-game headquarters and graveyard for missing pieces
  13. 27. The socially accepted reason people function before noon