Christmas Crossword 2022

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  1. 2. Sunday nights this fall were spent watching "House of the Dragon" with friends, a tradition that was given the slightly risqué name of "_____ Sundays."
  2. 5. During a family trip to this state in March, Carissa stayed at her first-ever AirBnb and got to watch a professional tennis match.
  3. 7. Although Carissa has now visited over twenty state parks in her quest to collect all of the Hiking Club passwords, this state park near Rochester remains a favorite due to its soaring bluffs and lack of mosquitos.
  4. 8. Carissa celebrated this month-long holiday of her own invention in the 11th month of the year by making chicken wild rice soup, coconut curry soup, beef stew, and chili.
  5. 13. Frasier's favorite hangout/hideout spot when visiting Mom, Dad, and Tommy is the upstairs ______.
  6. 15. While helping Jessica and Ashton move into their new home in Hampton, Iowa, Carissa got to sample this type of sandwich (Iowa's version of the sloppy joe).
  7. 16. The go-to order for Carissa and her teammates at their weekly trivia nights: a pile of fries and a plate of _______.
  8. 18. Carissa watched (and memorized the titles to) all 327 episodes of this long-running cult classic horror/fantasy television show this year. Surely this information will come in handy some day!
  9. 19. Carissa can often be spotted walking on this state trail, which runs from Rochester to Pine Island.
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  1. 1. This 1922 German horror classic was the oldest movie Carissa watched this year.
  2. 3. Seeing this Greek mythology-inspired musical for the first time this March was a highlight of Carissa's year.
  3. 4. Carissa is known at work for her made-up aphorisms involving farm animals, such as "Everyone's happy until the ___ rolls over."
  4. 6. Inspired by this Beatle's fashionable outfits in the "Get Back" documentary, Carissa enjoyed incorporating plenty of colorful turtlenecks and flared jeans into her wardrobe this year.
  5. 9. Carissa was inspired by the latest season of the Great British Baking Show to attempt to bake this pastry (French for "raisin bread") in October.
  6. 10. No "Joke": Carissa & Callie got to watch this Americana singer bring the house down at the Xcel Energy Center this July.
  7. 11. Frasier usually has pretty good kitchen manners, unless this food (his favorite) is involved.
  8. 12. "Alright, give me Hamm on 5, hold the ____." Carissa marked five years working here this November.
  9. 14. Carissa watched many hours of Olympic figure skating this February, and even learned to tell the different jumps apart. This jump is the most difficult to execute, but its forward entry makes it the easist to spot.
  10. 17. For the third summer in a row, Carissa hosted a virtual book club. After covering the Twilight and Hunger Games books in previous years, this summer's subject was this juggernaut children's series of the 2000s.
  11. 18. Frasier doesn’t mess with the Christmas decorations, with one exception: he keeps knocking over this figure in the nativity scene, causing him to do a faceplant before the baby Jesus.