Jane's Advent Calendar Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. The Christmas Wham sang about in 1984 (4)
  2. 4. Pig Wrappings(8)
  3. 6. Colour of clothing worn by Victorian Father Christmas (5)
  4. 8. Provides the sparkle (7)
  5. 9. First voice heard on Band Aid's 'Do they Know It's Christmas (4,5)
  6. 12. Pull these at Christmas (8)
  7. 14. US city where ‘Home Alone At Christmas’ is set (7)
  8. 15. Plant known to the Celt's as 'all healer' (9)
  9. 18. Put out by children in Holland on Christmas Eve (5)
  10. 20. He's driving home for Christmas (5,3)
  11. 22. Source of Trafalgar's tree (6)
  12. 23. Jesus' tribe (5)
  13. 24. Contains presents by the fireplace (8)
  14. 25. Bring this for carol singers (5,7)
  15. 27. The spirit of Christmas butter (6)
  16. 28. Bing dreams of this (1,5,9)
  17. 29. Played Scrooge in 'A Muppet Christmas Carol' (7,5)
  18. 30. Scottish Singer born 25 December 1954 (5,6)
  19. 31. Carol sung by soldiers on both sides during the Christmas Eve ceasefire of 1914 (6,5)
  20. 33. Best-selling Christmas gifts of 1980 (6,4)
  21. 34. Location of Traditional Christmas Day Swim (3,10)
  22. 37. The English leader who prohibited the singing of Christmas songs (6,8)
  23. 38. Crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066 (7,3,9)
  24. 40. Brought the gift of myrrh (9)
  25. 41. He or She speaks at 3pm (3,7)
  26. 43. Book which begins with ‘Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents’ (6,5)
  27. 45. Writer of A Christmas Carol (7,7)
  28. 46. Actress aged 6 who was asked for her autograph by a department store Father Christmas (7,6)
  29. 48. Hot spiced wine (6)
  30. 49. One needed to pull the Jingle Bells sleigh (5)
Down
  1. 2. Following the star sign of Christmas (8)
  2. 3. Baby Jesus' sleeping quarters (6)
  3. 5. Christmas food often disliked by children (7)
  4. 7. A good king sung about at Christmas (9)
  5. 10. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is a territory of this country (9)
  6. 11. The second day of Christmas (6,3)
  7. 13. Guider of Santa's sleigh (7,3,3,5,8)
  8. 14. President who switched on the Christmas Lights in Belfast in 1995
  9. 16. She wants you for Christmas (6,5)
  10. 17. Seven of these go swimming (5)
  11. 19. Christmas No.1 in 1975 and 1991 (9,8)
  12. 21. Tim Burton has one of these at Christmas (9)
  13. 26. Jesus' Birthplace (9)
  14. 32. A Christmas Ballet (3,10)
  15. 35. Acronym for the name of the choir singing on The Pogues Christmas Hit (1,1,1,1)
  16. 36. Where the chestnuts' roast (4,4)
  17. 39. Mary's Angel Messenger (7)
  18. 42. Nordic word meaning ‘Turning of the Sun’ (8)
  19. 44. Santa's little helpers (5)
  20. 47. The modern day country where Saint Nicholas was born (6)