Across
- 1. Christmas breakfast (6)
- 3. Roots with John Canoe (possibly) (8)
- 6. missing christmas cakes!(7)
- 9. fun gifts(anag) (8)
- 14. He's feeling festive yet crabby, from the christmas box (5,5)
- 15. from the troupe on your doorstep (1,8,5)
- 18. Christmas eve tradition (8)
- 19. controversy, to watch or not to watch?(6,6)
- 20. what a thrill! (4)
- 21. beautiful!, but lacking in clarity (5)
- 22. Channel 4 presenter (4)
- 23. Jacob's son (6)
- 24. German honey/ginger bread (9)
- 27. pot in between roasted toes (5,8)
Down
- 2. stockpiling(8)
- 4. Celebration of new moon from ancient times (7,7)
- 5. New years' spectacle (6,7)
- 7. The best and worst bits of christmas: mashed(6,3,6)
- 8. Might make it on top this year(5)
- 10. terrible christmas jokes at the table (8)
- 11. Mary's going into labor! Quick...(4,3,7)
- 12. man clearly breaking the no-visitors rules! (7)
- 13. Euphorbia pulcherrima (9)
- 16. 'I don't want to be a pie!' (7,3)
- 17. potato, informal (4)
- 25. No luck (yet) with the Aussie neighbours (5,5)
- 26. For rudolf (or buzz) (6)