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- 1. the small, soft, white pieces of ice that sometimes fall from the sky when it is cold, or the white layer on the ground and other surfaces that it forms
- 3. card a decorated card that you send to someone at Christmas
- 5. a tropical plant with groups of bright red leaves that look like flowers
- 6. a drink made from milk, sugar, and eggs, often mixed with alcohol such as brandy or rum
- 7. a small evergreen tree (= one that never loses its leaves) with shiny, sharp leaves and small, round, red fruit.
- 10. a tool for breaking the shell of a nut
- 13. a hard biscuit shaped like a person
- 14. belief that is not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, but is connected with old ideas about magic, etc.
- 16. a hollow structure that allows the smoke from a fire inside a building to escape to the air outside
- 19. the imaginary old man with long, white hair and a beard and a red coat who is believed by children to bring them presents at Christmas, or a person who dresses as this character for children
- 21. an imaginary being, often like a small person with pointed ears, in popular stories
- 23. a piece of flavoured hard candy shaped like a walking stick
- 24. long pieces of thin, shiny material used as decoration, especially at Christmas:
- 25. the process of becoming well again
- 26. a space in the wall of a room for a fire to burn in, or the decorated part that surrounds this space
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- 2. a set of figures displayed at Christmas as an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus Christ
- 4. a toy or decoration made from glass or plastic containing a clear liquid and a substance that looks like snow, which falls on a model of a scene inside when the object is shaken
- 8. a cylinder -shaoed chocolate cake which is eaten at Christmas
- 9. a type of deer with large horns that lives in the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and North America
- 11. A real or artificial fir tree that is decorated and kept at home at Christmas
- 12. an evergreen plant that grows on trees with small,white fruits and pale yellow flowers
- 15. a sweet, dark food containing dried fruit, eaten at the end of the meal in some countries at Christmas
- 17. a type of sledge pulled by animals, especially horses and dogs
- 18. a large bird grown for its meat on farms
- 19. one of a pair of tight-fitting coverings for the feet and legs made of light material and worn by women
- 20. a ball-shaped Christmas decoration for hanging on a tree
- 22. a hollow, cup-shaped, metal object that makes a ringing sound when a part hanging inside swings against its sides, or when it is hit by any hard object
- 23. a happy or religious song, usually one sung at Christmas
