Christmas

2. cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger
5. sing or say (something) happily.
6. the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way
8. cheerful and lively
10. the day or the evening before Christmas Day, 24 December
13. a type of deer that lives in the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and North America
14. a thing that serves as an ornament
15. a supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, delicate, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature

1. a large sock that children leave out when they go to bed the night before Christmas so that it can be filled with presents
3. the northernmost point on the Earth, lying antipodally to the South Pole
4. a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit
7. cheerful and jovially celebratory
9. an object used for travelling over snow and ice with long, narrow strips of wood or metal under it instead of wheels
11. a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas
12. atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer