Across
- 2. Last name of the poet who wrote The Night Before Christmas in 1822
- 4. The nation where the first Christmas card debuted in 1843
- 6. Drink that traces back to posset from medieval England; rum was added later by American colonists
- 11. The famous ballet that premiered in Russia in 1892
- 14. The mythology to which leaving treats for Santa and his reindeer dates back
- 15. Last name of the Massachusetts man who popularized having Santas in stores
- 17. First name of the Peanuts start whose popular Christmas special first aired in 1965
- 18. Logs that were part of ancient winter solstice celebrations
- 19. Last name of the actor who plays George Bailey in the film It's a Wonderful Life
Down
- 1. Christmas flower that were first brought to the U.S. in 1820s
- 3. Last name of the first person to string light bulbs around a Christmas tree in 1882
- 5. The nation that first began to decorate Christmas trees
- 7. Hidden on the Christmas tree; finder opens presents first
- 8. Calendars first made in Germany that count down to Christmas
- 9. Holiday dessert beloved by the British but often joked about by Americans
- 10. Ohio city where candy canes first appeared in the United States in 1847
- 12. The nation that first popularized ugly Christmas sweaters
- 13. Decorations from ancient Greece and Rome that eventually took on Christian meaning
- 16. Queen ___ I is credited with the early decorating of gingerbread cookies