Christmas Eve 12.24.2022

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  1. 2. THE COUNTRY WHOSE INDEPENDENCE DAY IS ON CHRISTMAS EVE EVERY YEAR
  2. 5. THE STATE HOME ALONE WAS FILMED IN
  3. 8. THE DEPARTMENT STORE THAT BUDDY GETS A JOB AT
  4. 9. OLD MAN MARLEY REUNITES WITH HIM IN THE END OF HOME ALONE
  5. 11. THE NICKNAME OF THE PAIR OF BURGLARS (TWO WORDS)
  6. 12. THE NAME OF THE HEAD ELF IN 'THE SANTA CLAUS'
  7. 14. THE AUNT WHO GIFTED RALPHIE HIS SPECIAL PJ'S
  8. 15. BUDDY'S FATHER WORKS IN THIS BUILDING (TWO WORDS)
  9. 18. THE NUMBER OF REINDEER PULLING SANTA'S SLEIGH
  10. 20. ANOTHER WORD FOR 'FAMILY' IN CAROLS LIKE "WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS"
  11. 21. CAUSES THE MCCALLISTER'S TO LOSE POWER (TWO WORDS)
  12. 23. CLARK AND COUSIN EDDIE ENJOY EGGNOG FROM THESE
  13. 26. CLARK IS TRYING TO READ THIS WITH STICKY FINGERS IN BED
  14. 27. THE OTHER TWO ARE DANCER AND DASHER
  15. 28. "BABY, IT'S ____ OUTSIDE?"
  16. 29. THE WISE MEN BRING THREE GIFTS, THIS IS ONE OF THEM
  17. 30. WHERE JESUS IS BORN
  18. 35. THE STATE THAT "A CHRISTMAS STORY" TAKES PLACE IN
  19. 36. INSTEAD OF CASH, CLARK RECEIVED A FREE MONTHLY MEMBERHSIP FOR THIS
  20. 37. ACTOR WHO PLAYS GUS POLINSKI (TWO WORDS)
  21. 39. THE NUMBER OF SIBLING'S KEVIN HAS
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  1. 1. THE REAL-LIFE DEPARTMENT STORE IN "MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET"
  2. 3. "FRA-GEE-LAY, IT MUST BE..."
  3. 4. NAME OF GUS' BAND (TWO WORDS)
  4. 6. A SHORTAGE OF THIS CAUSED SANTA'S SLEIGH TO CRASH IN CENTRAL PARK
  5. 7. NAME OF BUDDY'S HALF BROTHER
  6. 10. WHAT THE PARKERS EAT SINCE THE HOUNDS ATE THE TURKEY (TWO WORDS)
  7. 13. BUDDY DOES NOT LIKE THIS TOY (FOUR WORDS)
  8. 16. THE FIRST NAME OF THE GRINCH'S LOVE INTEREST
  9. 17. THE CENTURY WHEN THE TERM "XMAS" WAS COINED
  10. 19. THE NETWORK THAT AIRS AN ANNUAL 24-HOUR MARATHON OF "A CHRISTMAS STORY" BEGINNING ON CHRISTMAS EVE
  11. 22. PLAYED BY WILL FERRELL (THREE WORDS)
  12. 24. ONE BUDDY'S FOUR FOOD GROUPS
  13. 25. SANTA'S REINDEER THAT SHARES A NAME WITH A VALENTINE SYMBOL
  14. 26. TYPE OF MUSIC GUS POLINSKI'S BAND PLAYS
  15. 31. HELPED SCOTT ESCAPE FROM JAIL (THE SANTA CLAUS)
  16. 32. LEWIS TOSSES IT AND CAUSES AN EXPLOSION
  17. 33. THE COUNTRY WHERE EGGNOG ORIGINATED
  18. 34. A BELOVED SIDE KICK
  19. 38. THE COUNTRY THAT SENDS A BIG CHRISTMAS TREE TO LONDON EVERY YEAR