Christmas Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Like a first-year elf still learning to build toys
  2. 9. Keeping a Christmas speech short so everyone can get to the presents
  3. 10. The jolly gift giver who knows if you’re naughty or nice
  4. 11. Tree The evergreen centerpiece decorated with lights and memories
  5. 13. Behaving like someone who’s had way too much eggnog
  6. 14. When calm parents hide the chaos of wrapping presents at midnight
  7. 15. What happens when a holiday wish list is not very clear
  8. 16. Skilled like an elf assembling toys at top speed
  9. 17. The toy-making team behind the Christmas magic
  10. 19. When someone honestly admits they peeked at a present
  11. 23. Trying sweet talk like
  12. 24. To remove a head—like an ornament accidentally losing its top
Down
  1. 1. Like two presents placed side-by-side under the Christmas tree
  2. 2. A mysterious word, perhaps the name of an elf who’s a bit clumsy
  3. 3. House A sweet holiday creation that rarely survives until New Year’s
  4. 4. Pole Santa’s frosty headquarters
  5. 6. How Christmas dinner turns out if the cook forgets the timer
  6. 7. As unmovable as a child insisting they were on the nice list
  7. 8. Like a shy elf who avoids the Christmas choir
  8. 9. Like a holiday card that says only Merry Christmas and nothing more
  9. 11. Describes stealthy Santa-style gift deliveries
  10. 12. When the Christmas lights are hopelessly tangled… again
  11. 18. As friendly as Santa greeting children at the mall
  12. 19. Changing your gift wishes every five minutes
  13. 20. What Santa never does, even when elves make mistakes
  14. 21. The bravery needed to brave holiday shopping crowds
  15. 22. What parents do when they finally agree to put more lights on the house