Holiday stories

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Across
  1. 4. boy with crutch in "Carol"
  2. 7. a girl in several of Brett's Christmas stories
  3. 9. his huge tree got cut for the maid's tree, and more
  4. 11. Scrooge's clerk
  5. 13. his epithet: "Humbug!"
  6. 14. color of Seuss' Christmas grouch
  7. 15. train to the north pole
Down
  1. 1. "The Gift of the ____"
  2. 2. "A Child's Christmas In ____"
  3. 3. Russian nesting doll
  4. 5. magic doll in Hoffmann's tale of Christmas
  5. 6. 'twas the ____ before Christmas
  6. 8. wrote "Lord of the Rings", but also Christmas letters
  7. 10. golden dreidel is a gift in her Hanukkah story
  8. 12. mischievous creatures often featured in Brett's stories