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3. classified into two groups: clear and thick, can be consumed hot or cold, depending on the climate of the region where it's being served, and flavors can be sweet or savory.
5. forms when an extremely cold water droplet freezes onto a pollen or dust particle in the sky.
8. Finding a better way for Santa to deliver presents than slipping through a window. It was in Irving's satirical short story from 1812, called "Knickerbocker's History of New York," where Saint Nick is first described as "rattling down [blank].”
9. In 1890, Massachusetts businessman James Edgar became the first department store [blank], according to The Smoking Jacket. Edgar is credited with coming up with the idea of dressing up in a Santa Claus costume as a marketing tool.
10. a small four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side, used in a children's game traditionally played at the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.

1. In the Norse culture, this plant was a sign of love and peace. The story goes that the goddess, Figg lost her son, the god Baldur, to an arrow made of [blank]. After his death, she vowed that [Blank] would kiss anyone who passed beneath so long as it was never again used as a weapon.
2. a space in the wall of a room for a fire to burn in, or the decorated part that surrounds this space: She swept the ashes from the [Blank].
4. the most frequently performed of all ballets and has served as an introduction to classical music for many young people. Because the first act is set at a Christmas party, the ballet is often presented at Christmastime.
6. the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts."
7. The name evidently came from two words – grog, another word for rum, and noggins, a word for the small wooden mugs that the drink was served in. At first, in England, the drink was nonalcoholic, and, as noted, hot.