OCEA Vintage Holidays Crossword
Across
- 4. Search engine and crooner of the best-selling holiday singles of all time
- 6. How Mariah Carey starts "All I Want for Christmas Is You," a quarter of OCEA's favorite song
- 7. Eight nights' worth of light, seen by front doors and on stamps from NPM
- 8. Pine, fir, and spruce...the favorite scent for 50% of OCEA
- 11. Beloved winter animal for 33% of OCEA, but it's iced out from the Zoo
- 12. American History is home to one of these iconic plush toys gifted at the holidays since 1903
- 14. Over 55% of OCEA will make one of these before the clock strikes midnight
- 18. British ensemble film that captured 25% of OCEA hearts as their favorite seasonal movie
- 23. Seasonal loaf we promised wouldn't be at our vintage-inspired gathering
- 25. Festive red plant brightening Smithsonian Gardens annually
- 26. Athletic knit, or homeward holiday destination for some OCEA members
Down
- 1. Great Lakes state where OPA's Paulina Segarra braves the winter snow
- 2. OSEP's KJ Jacks loves this winter animal(stirring optional)
- 3. A holiday dinner cuisine for one OCEA member that is typically served in paper takeout cartons
- 5. The spiced construction material that two OCEA members consider their favorite pastime
- 9. "Sun City" escape chosen by one OGR winter traveler
- 10. OPA's Ben Marcus favors this crip potato best served sizzling
- 13. Storage space for seasonal decor and national treasures
- 15. This holiday scent is called "liquid gold" for its intense, woody fragrance
- 16. SI neighbor where visitors glide instead of walk
- 17. Hot chocolate and eggnog may be tied for OCEA's favorite holiday drink, but this mulled import outcompetes both drinks for those 21+
- 19. Once burned for luck, now mostly streamed-but good for a cozy atmosphere either way
- 20. Decoration or the singer of the Secretary's preferred holiday rendition of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"(allegedly)
- 21. Cop with artifacts in American history that's the center of the annual holiday movie debate
- 22. Northern state offering Shoofly Pie for one OCEA devotee
- 24. Green storyteller in NMAH's collection that narrates one version of a Dickens classic