A Very VB Christmas!

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  1. 1. The Nutcracker protagonist or misspelling of a little bear's name
  2. 5. Santa's helpers
  3. 9. Fictional Seinfeld holiday
  4. 11. Bygone department store with famed Christmas displays
  5. 13. Festive herbal garnish
  6. 15. Where VBs gathered for many snowy Christmases (and summer funn)
  7. 16. Percussive instrument used by a VB drummer boy
  8. 18. Conflict paused during the Christmas Truce
  9. 19. Winter sport destination + site of upcoming VB nuptials
  10. 20. Maker of the G2’s OG Xmas stockings
  11. 21. Gift receptacle put out on December 5th
  12. 23. Personification of winter's cold
  13. 26. Late night mass time
  14. 27. Welcome (or unwelcome) holiday stoop dweller
  15. 28. Scrooge's famous exclamation
  16. 30. Alpine flower popularized in song
  17. 32. Last Christmas, I gave you my ________ (lyric)
  18. 35. Diminutive character in A Christmas Carol + BIL
  19. 37. “There’s no more room at the _______.”
  20. 39. Secret Santa
  21. 41. Superstar raised on a Christmas tree farm
  22. 43. Bird mysteriously found in a pear tree
  23. 44. Reindeer that shares a name with the Roman god of love
  24. 47. ECCC sledding hill named after this VB
  25. 48. Fitting White Christmas song karaoked by the G2s
  26. 50. Rowdy post-Xmas dinner game
  27. 52. Cross country or downhill winter pastime
  28. 54. Small but mighty enforcer of the “No Christmas talk before Thanksgiving” rule
  29. 56. Hairy Jim Carrey lead role
  30. 58. Putzy but beloved Christmas appetizer made by Nana
  31. 59. Holiday homonym
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  1. 2. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,” is the opening line of this classic novel
  2. 3. Number of weeks in Advent
  3. 4. VB who starred in productions of The Greatest Christmas Pagaent Ever + A Christmas Carol
  4. 5. Anticipatory night
  5. 6. Charlie Brown Christmas group Vince ______ Trio
  6. 7. What may be roasting on an open fire or found in a West Side grove
  7. 8. Not-yet written book about our VB customs _______ Traditions
  8. 10. Game played on ice at Basswood
  9. 12. Hanson Christmas album
  10. 14. Citrus symbol of St. Nicholas
  11. 15. Algonquin word for sled
  12. 17. Traditional dessert the Cratchit family has for Christmas dinner
  13. 22. Celestial guide for the Three Wise Men
  14. 24. Food item Grandpa George brought under his arm to Christmas
  15. 25. French verb meaning "to eat"
  16. 29. Traditional act under the mistletoe
  17. 31. Mantel adornment
  18. 33. Rockefeller Center Christmas feature
  19. 34. Fragrant fir
  20. 36. Jam filled Christmas confection
  21. 38. Wisconsin city visited by an amorous Brit in Love Actually
  22. 40. Hallmark movie A Cherry Pie Christmas is set in this VB holiday locale
  23. 42. Santa's Germanic foil of folklore
  24. 45. Blueberry ______, song sung by Papa during Xmas karaoke
  25. 46. So hoop-dee-doo and _____dock, and don't forget to hang up your sock! (lyric)
  26. 49. Gifter/maker of a Snoopy rug
  27. 51. Writer/producer/singer of unreleased holiday hit
  28. 53. Eggy beverage
  29. 55. Gift Papa hid using wax and a wire hanger for Tom
  30. 57. What the Herald Angels sing!