Christmas Figurative Language Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The jangling bells, snorting reindeer, and pounding hooves on the roof told me that Santa had arrived.
  2. 4. She eagerly hovered near the mistletoe, waiting for her true love to find her.
  3. 8. The snowflakes danced and twirled in the air.
  4. 9. Candy canes covered the Christmas cottage.
  5. 11. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
  6. 12. The story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim from "A Christmas Carol" clearly criticized the great divide between wealth and poverty in Victorian England.
Down
  1. 1. The shopping mall was a hive of activity with busy bees filling their carts with last minute Christmas gifts.
  2. 3. The deafening silence of the snowy night calmed me.
  3. 5. I belong on the Island of Misfit Toys because I don't fit in anywhere.
  4. 6. The snow outside made our backyard look like a Christmas card.
  5. 7. Santa had piled the presents a mile high under the Christmas tree!
  6. 10. We really had peace on earth and goodwill toward men this Christmas when a family argument broke out over who would carve the Christmas turkey.