Across
- 3. — Historical figure behind Santa
- 4. — German Christmas tree song
- 7. — Pagan winter festival
- 8. — First gift in a famous carol
- 9. — Late Christmas Eve service
- 12. — Season leading up to Christmas
- 13. — First witnesses of the Nativity
- 15. — Custom passed down
- 17. — January feast marking the Magi
- 20. — Christmas cry or carol
- 21. — Pudding, in song
- 24. — Door-to-door singing tradition
- 25. — Resin gift of the Magi
- 26. — Opening word of a famous carol
- 32. — Handel-inspired carol
- 33. — Bitter burial spice
- 34. — Famous Christmas hymn
- 35. — Old word for Christmas season
- 36. — Central Christmas message
- 37. — Festive song
- 38. — Annual Christian festival
- 39. — Prickly festive plant
Down
- 1. — Symbol of light at Christmas
- 2. — Carol-requested dessert
- 5. — Birthplace of Christ
- 6. — Sacred song
- 10. — Kissing plant
- 11. — Traditional carol
- 14. — Gift-bearing visitors
- 16. — Length of traditional Christmas season
- 18. — Birth story of Jesus
- 19. — Symbol of eternal life
- 22. — Heavenly messengers in carols
- 23. — Christmas Day celebration
- 26. — Spiced holiday drink
- 27. — Old English carol
- 28. — Roasted holiday snack, in song
- 29. — Welsh-origin carol
- 30. — Valuable Magi offering
- 31. — Shortest day of the year