Across
- 3. This ‘traditional’ Christmas film gave the lead actor permanent hearing loss
- 4. Plays an oversized adoptee
- 6. Holy City in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
- 10. Last U.S. State to declare Christmas a holiday
- 12. An aromatic resin from an African tree, burned as incense
- 18. A popular ballet
- 19. A room or building where goods are manufactured or repaired
- 20. Decorative ribbon
- 23. Famous for their nose
- 24. Leads a wild hunt
- 26. Played six different roles in the same Christmas movie
- 30. Precious metal
- 32. Patron saint of children
- 34. A present you don’t want
- 37. Spiritual being
- 38. A common garden visitor
- 39. One of Santa’s reindeer; from the German word for thunder
- 40. An unlikely traditional Christmas meal
- 41. A Roman holiday
- 43. Foil decoration
- 44. First reindeer
- 45. Decorative sphere
- 47. The 12th month in the standard Gregorian calendar
- 49. The number of snowflakes needed for a White Christmas
- 51. A building for public worship in Christianity
- 54. Optimism
- 55. Filled with sweets on December 6th
- 59. Icy human
- 60. A supernatural creature often with pointed ears and magic powers
- 61. One of Santa’s reindeer; from the Dutch word for lightning
- 62. Where is “Wigilia supper” eaten?
- 63. Upset with puppets
- 64. Christmas is worth 16 points in which game?
- 66. What races from Sydney on Boxing Day?
- 68. A large meal, typically celebratory
- 70. Charles Dickens’ miser
- 71. Fourth reindeer
- 72. Important visitors
- 74. _ in a Pear Tree
- 76. Green trailing plant
- 77. Which U.S. state has a town called Santa Claus?
- 79. Real-life inspiration for ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
- 80. Second reindeer
- 81. Elvis’ Christmas
- 82. A traditional baked item
- 83. The city Kevin doesn’t get to visit
- 85. Who wrote ‘Jingle Bells’?
- 87. Allows the reindeer to fly
- 89. Happy and cheerful
- 90. A four week period leading up to Christmas
- 91. A joyful song
- 92. The birth of Jesus Christ
- 93. To cook food via dry heat without direct exposure to flame
Down
- 1. Duke of Bohemia, patron saint of the Czech state, subject of a carol
- 2. How often does Santa check his list?
- 5. Origin of Eggnog
- 7. A good boy for a bad man
- 8. A fragrant resin obtained from trees and used in medicines, perfumes, and incense
- 9. Not a cherub this time
- 11. A glove with one section for the thumb and one section for the other four fingers
- 13. Disobedient or badly behaved
- 14. Christmas
- 15. An alternative name for the day after Christmas
- 16. A beverage of spiced ale or mulled wine
- 17. Let it _
- 21. A combination of flowers, stems, and leaves arranged in a ring for decoration
- 22. A nightmarish villain
- 25. Third reindeer
- 27. Fifth reindeer
- 28. Santa Claus’ catchphrase
- 29. A wreath of flowers and leaves hung as a decoration or worn on the head
- 30. A cake once sold as medicine
- 31. Where do candy canes come from?
- 33. City located in Palestine
- 35. Stocking classic
- 36. First carol broadcast from space
- 42. A Pagan festival
- 46. South American shrub
- 48. Where was ‘A Christmas Prince’ filmed?
- 50. Ice vehicle
- 52. Fan of infanticide
- 53. Traditional bird
- 55. A natural luminous body
- 56. Finnish home of Santa
- 57. A shrub featuring red berries, white flowers, and dark green leaves
- 58. A parasitic plant that bears white berries in the winter
- 59. For a traditional grown up trifle
- 60. January feast day
- 65. Latin for ‘glory’
- 67. A glossy brown nut that is typically roasted and eaten
- 69. Cheerful and happily celebratory
- 72. A long feeding trough
- 73. A mean-spirited, unfriendly person
- 75. Hollow instruments that make a clear musical note when struck
- 78. The most popular fir in the UK
- 84. Where a witch drops your gifts
- 85. Birthplace of a Christmas saint
- 86. Deer indigenous to tundra and subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia
- 88. Popularised Santa’s red and white costume
- 91. A hollow structure to vent smoke