Christmas Culture by Benjamin O'Neill

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Across
  1. 2. The ninth word in the Christmas Carol 'Away in a Manger' (3)
  2. 8. Composer of Christmas Oratorio 1734 (4)
  3. 9. King _____ I was crowned on Christmas Day (7)
  4. 11. Sion Corn is the Welsh equivalent of ____ (5)
  5. 12. Alexandra Burke's Christmas Number One from 2008 (10)
  6. 13. German Christmas gingerbread (9)
  7. 16. Gold, ______ and Myrrh were given to Baby Jesus by the Three Wise Men (12)
  8. 19. Band who had the Christmas Number One in 1977 with Mull of Kintyre (5)
Down
  1. 1. _____'s Window in Newcastle City Centre is a Christmas tradition (7)
  2. 3. _____ Hinds-Johnson, international rugby union player for Germany, was born on Christmas Day 1988 (5)
  3. 4. This country became independent from Italy in 1951 on Christmas Eve (5)
  4. 5. The German word for Christmas (11)
  5. 6. 1990 film about a boy who is left at home when his parents fly to Paris for a Christmas holiday, with sequels following in 1992, 1997 and 2002. (4,5)
  6. 7. A fictional character created in 1957 by Dr Seuss (6)
  7. 10. Christmas decoration, also codename for a piece of RAF radio jamming equipment during WWII (6)
  8. 14. Author of Christmas Carol (7)
  9. 15. O little town of _____, a popular Christmas hymn (9)
  10. 17. In a survey 44% reckon that this is the most thoughtless Christmas present they could receive (4)
  11. 18. This Medieval King of England was born on Christmas Eve 1166 (4)