Across
- 2. Icelandic tradition of exchanging gift books with loved ones on Christmas Eve
- 5. "The ____ Tree", a winter fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen
- 7. Author of "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
- 8. "The Gift of the ______", a popular O. Henry short story
- 9. "________ and Prejudice", a Jane Austen novel which inspired many Hallmark Christmas movies
- 10. Author of "A Christmas Carol"
- 11. Louisa May Alcott novel which begins and ends on Christmas
- 12. Titular character of Dr. Seuss' famous Christmas story
Down
- 1. Original author of "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", the story on which the ballet is based
- 3. "The Father Christmas _________", a collection of Christmas stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 4. Fictional setting from C.S. Lewis where it is "always winter but never Christmas”
- 6. "________ Night", Shakespearean comedy most widely considered to be a Christmas play