Across
- 1. The Christmas Wham sang about in 1984 (4)
- 4. Pig Wrappings(8)
- 6. Colour of clothing worn by Victorian Father Christmas (5)
- 8. Provides the sparkle (7)
- 9. First voice heard on Band Aid's 'Do they Know It's Christmas (4,5)
- 12. Pull these at Christmas (8)
- 14. US city where ‘Home Alone At Christmas’ is set (7)
- 15. Plant known to the Celt's as 'all healer' (9)
- 18. Put out by children in Holland on Christmas Eve (5)
- 20. He's driving home for Christmas (5,3)
- 22. Source of Trafalgar's tree (6)
- 23. Jesus' tribe (5)
- 24. Contains presents by the fireplace (8)
- 25. Bring this for carol singers (5,7)
- 27. The spirit of Christmas butter (6)
- 28. Bing dreams of this (1,5,9)
- 29. Played Scrooge in 'A Muppet Christmas Carol' (7,5)
- 30. Scottish Singer born 25 December 1954 (5,6)
- 31. Carol sung by soldiers on both sides during the Christmas Eve ceasefire of 1914 (6,5)
- 33. Best-selling Christmas gifts of 1980 (6,4)
- 34. Location of Traditional Christmas Day Swim (3,10)
- 37. The English leader who prohibited the singing of Christmas songs (6,8)
- 38. Crowned King of England on Christmas Day 1066 (7,3,9)
- 40. Brought the gift of myrrh (9)
- 41. He or She speaks at 3pm (3,7)
- 43. Book which begins with ‘Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents’ (6,5)
- 45. Writer of A Christmas Carol (7,7)
- 46. Actress aged 6 who was asked for her autograph by a department store Father Christmas (7,6)
- 48. Hot spiced wine (6)
- 49. One needed to pull the Jingle Bells sleigh (5)
Down
- 2. Following the star sign of Christmas (8)
- 3. Baby Jesus' sleeping quarters (6)
- 5. Christmas food often disliked by children (7)
- 7. A good king sung about at Christmas (9)
- 10. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is a territory of this country (9)
- 11. The second day of Christmas (6,3)
- 13. Guider of Santa's sleigh (7,3,3,5,8)
- 14. President who switched on the Christmas Lights in Belfast in 1995
- 16. She wants you for Christmas (6,5)
- 17. Seven of these go swimming (5)
- 19. Christmas No.1 in 1975 and 1991 (9,8)
- 21. Tim Burton has one of these at Christmas (9)
- 26. Jesus' Birthplace (9)
- 32. A Christmas Ballet (3,10)
- 35. Acronym for the name of the choir singing on The Pogues Christmas Hit (1,1,1,1)
- 36. Where the chestnuts' roast (4,4)
- 39. Mary's Angel Messenger (7)
- 42. Nordic word meaning ‘Turning of the Sun’ (8)
- 44. Santa's little helpers (5)
- 47. The modern day country where Saint Nicholas was born (6)