AUSOM December 2016

1. Correct name for a baby turkey.
2. Term used when spraying a tree with artificial snow.
5. Colour of mistletoe berries.
6. King George V introduced the custom of giving of these to staff. 9,7
8. Mel Gibson thriller that opens with the song "Jingle Bell Rock." 6,6
13. Accompanies Santa in Holland and punishes bad children 5,5
14. Number of Christmases written about by Margaret Mitchell in "Gone With the Wind."
15. Chemical formula for snow.
16. Wrote the songs for 1954 film 'White Christmas." 6,6
17. Country where Christmas is known as "Bada Din."

1. Item sometimes hung in a Christmas tree in Germany. The finder is entitled to an extra gift.
2. A Christmas gift given to their son by Farmer Hoggett & his wife in the film "Babe." 3,7
3. Famous mathematician born on Christmas Day in 1642.
4. Taken on Christmas Day in 1950 by Scottish students. 5,2,6
7. 1942 film which first featured the song "White Christmas." 7,3
9. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is a territory of this country.
10. The name by which the predator "uncia uncia" is better known. 4,7
11. Country where Santa has a personal postcode of "HOH OHO."
12. Animals which annually migrate across Christmas Island.
13. Drops of this substance are symbolically represented by red holly berries.