HOLIDAYS!!

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  1. 2. this comedian/actor sings "The Hannukah Song' [two words]
  2. 3. annual celebration of African-American culture at the end of December
  3. 4. this cable channel plays 24-hour Christmas movies for the family
  4. 6. "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" is a skit by this 1970s comedy duo [three words]
  5. 8. carnival-like street parties on Christmas in Puerto Rico
  6. 9. the 1988 Bruce Willis action film that people often call a Christmas movie [two words]
  7. 15. an arctic prospector who meets Rudolph and Hermey in the cartoon "Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer" [two words]
  8. 16. The last name of the author who wrote 'A Junky's Christmas'
  9. 20. city where Jesus was born
  10. 21. In Spain, this is known as "The Fat Lottery," El _____.
  11. 24. He is sometimes known as Father Christmas [two words]
  12. 25. "Santa Claus Conquers The ______" is a 1964 sci-fi holiday film
  13. 28. Occurs on December 25
  14. 30. this 1940s crooner sang 'White Christmas' [two words]
  15. 31. the usual type of Christmas tree
  16. 32. the third reindeer mentioned in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"
  17. 35. The Irish celebrate The Feast of the _____ _____ on Dec. 8. [two words]
  18. 36. The song "Christmas _____" is by The Waitresses
  19. 37. Germanic holiday monster who harms (and eats!) bad kids
  20. 39. he voiced Bob Cratchit in "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" [two words]
  21. 40. this character wants a BB gun in the film "A Christmas Story"
  22. 41. Will Ferrell played a main role in this 2003 film
  23. 42. Run-DMC sang about Christmas in this Queens neighborhood
  24. 43. a candelabrum used for Hanukkah
  25. 44. the most famous snowman
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  1. 1. she sings 'All I want for Christmas is You' [two words]
  2. 5. candle-holder for Kwanzaa
  3. 7. author of the novel "A Christmas Carol" [two words]
  4. 10. a piece of wood that burns during Christmas [two words]
  5. 11. has a red nose
  6. 12. personification of frost, ice, snow, sleet, winter, and freezing cold
  7. 13. the Holiday season is this in New Zealand
  8. 14. these are known as The Seven Principles for Kwanzaa [two words]
  9. 17. this stuff makes it a white Christmas
  10. 18. Christmas celebrates the birth of this man [two words]
  11. 19. The Italian Christmas witch, "La ______"
  12. 22. the author of the poem 'A Visit From St. Nicholas' [three words]
  13. 23. this is a 1989 film starring Chevy Chase: "_____ _____'s Christmas Vacation" [two words]
  14. 26. He directed the 1946 film "It's A Wonderful Life"
  15. 27. Jewish festival commemorating the recovery of Jerusalem
  16. 28. a fish the Polish eat on Christmas
  17. 29. Dominican Christmas Eve has a midnight church service also known as "______'s Mass"
  18. 33. This person got runned over by a reindeer
  19. 34. Bad kids get this in their stockings
  20. 38. the country where the Christmas Tree originated