Christmas time

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Across
  1. 3. a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas.
  2. 4. a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind.
  3. 6. a cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick which is lit to produce light as it burns.
  4. 8. an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.
  5. 9. a thing used to make something look more attractive but usually having no practical purpose.
  6. 10. a decorated paper cylinder which, when pulled apart, makes a sharp noise and releases a small toy.
  7. 12. a pair of long, narrow pieces of hard, flexible material, typically pointed and turned up at the front, fastened under the feet for travelling over snow.
  8. 13. a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
  9. 14. a round thing of packed snow, especially one made for throwing at other people for fun.
  10. 15. a thing the snow is made of, especially a feathery ice crystal.
  11. 16. a thing drawn by horses or reindeer, especially one used for passengers.
  12. 17. to cover things or enclose in paper or soft material.
Down
  1. 1. a cylindrical stick of striped sweet rock with a curved end, resembling a walking stick.
  2. 2. a piece of clothes hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Santa to fill with presents.
  3. 5. a long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration.
  4. 7. the quantity of snow falling within a given area in a given time.
  5. 10. a vertical pipe which conducts smoke up from a fire or furnace.
  6. 11. an animal of the tundra and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America, take Santa everywhere he needs.
  7. 13. moving on ice as a sport or pastime wearing special boots with razors.